Local History

As the days of June pass by, the weather has been mild, with only a few hot days and several...

By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director 2020 is the census year, an important time in the United States. The census...

By Danielle Nyland Imagine warm summer nights, seated in your car or near it on a blanket or chair, sipping...

by Matthew Cumberledge Southwestern Pennsylvania is a truly beautiful place. Spring is upon us, wild flowers are blooming, trees are...

By Colleen Nelson The Baily Mine can be seen in the distance from the Enon Church. There is no post...

By Colleen Nelson Naturalist Arabelle Wheatley stands beside The “Crow Massacre” rock lying sideways along Crow Road.  This snapshot was...

by Matthew Cumberledge The invention of the printing press in the mid-fifteenth century by Johannes Gutenburg has been credited as...

By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director Most of the time when we think of an artifact, we think of something...

A newly published memoir, Moonlight Fertility, of Waynesburg native Helen Hoge Hornickel describes her life in China nearly a century ago....

By Colleen Nelson When the old grandstand at the Greene County Fairgrounds was taken down in 1986, this photo made...