Local History

Traditionally speaking, Greene County is pure Appalachia, northern Appalachia specifically, and many of our cultural traditions strongly relate to those...

The stretch of State Rt. 18 aka Golden Oaks Road between Grimes Hill and Nettle Hill rides the Warrior Trail....

The house that sits at the top of Grimes Hill gives little indication it was once one of the many...

When Methodism came to the valley below Grimes Hill in 1852, its first parishioners met at Johnson’s Schoolhouse for Sabbath...

Taking care of a museum can be an endless cycle of maintenance, especially when many of the artifacts and a...

In the early 1830s the bottoms along Dunkard Creek were a remarkably different place than they are today. Long fields...

This undated snapshot of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of Franklin Street and Fruit Alley shows it...

It was a finger numbing 20 degrees on January 18 when people began gathering at the corner of Franklin Street...

Every detail of life, from the people we interact with to the daily places we visit, tells a story. Every...

Buying and selling furs has been a part of the history of this region for centuries, going as far back...