Local History

Hewitt Presbyterian Church sits on the bluff above Rices Landing, where every road to that old river town drops into...

Ancient civilizations can be found all over the old world. The ancient Egyptians are known for their pyramids and beautifully...

The Adena Culture was a prehistoric North American culture that existed circa 500 BC – 100 AD, primarily in the...

As I drive to the Monon Center in Greensboro on a sunny summer morning, I find myself remembering another sunny...

What town can resist not just one but two chances to celebrate being on the front lines when America was...

Ed DeMuth’s maternal grandfather, Hixon Sproat, worked for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE). Sadly, Ed’s grandfather passed away...

“When you drive one mile down the road that’s all the farther you’ve gone, with one mile of runway you...

Many of us know who lived in our homes in years past. Perhaps we even realize the history of the...

The pair of lion sculptures that guard the stoop of the elegant house at 145 W. High St., Waynesburg let...

The photographs and sketches that remain of Josephine Denny (1893–1992) are a window into the life and times of a...