History & local legend
The Black Cross marks a burial ground at Cornetti and Sasse roads in Winfield Township, Butler County. Victims of the influenza epidemic of 1918–1919 were buried here, including immigrants who had come to work in nearby mines. Many could not be returned to their home countries, and their individual graves were left without names.
The site acquired a ghost story in which mist gathers over the ground, wind rises and a long howl comes from the field. A wooden cross made from railroad ties once marked the burial place. After the old cross fell, neighbors and Scouts installed a replacement in May 2024. Its circular element honors the different nations represented among the people buried here.
