Local History

On a small farm in rural Gilmore Township, not too far from Jollytown, on February 25, 1852, a young girl...

On June 20, 1883, a man by the name of Earle R. Forrest was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. As a...

The Denny sisters paint a fine picture of what life was like for those with means in the early days...

With Memorial Day weekend coming up how about lunch in Hundred, WV, then a back roads return into Pennsylvania to...

This old postcard from the Brice and Linda Rush collection shows just one of the many elegant houses and stately...

Projects are always ongoing at the Greene County Historical Society. As we prepare for Opening Day we have had a...

1876 was the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the nation. A historic time indeed,...

The landscape of Hundred, WV is popping with new happenings, yet things still feel as comfortable as a home cooked...

I found this old photograph in Hundred Library’s tastefully historic rest room, flanked by a framed sketch of Henry “Old Hundred”...

The American Civil War raged on from 1861 to 1865 and is sadly remembered as one of the bloodiest conflicts...