Local History

By Rochelle McCracken In colonial times everyone owned a rifle, used for hunting and defending your property; the musket-loaded rifle...

By Colleen Nelson It’s hard to think about loving a place that you drive through - don’t blink, you’ll miss...

By Colleen Nelson I ran across this great old photo of Bristoria Presbyterian Church and I’m sure some are bound...

By Colleen Nelson Bill and Vivian Eakin of Waynesburg were packing things up and getting ready for their move to...

By Matthew Cumberledge, Executive Director of Greene County Historical Society Museum Just before the start of the Civil War, legislation...

The Joy of Hard Hat Decals By Danielle Nyland If you come from a family of coal miners, you probably...

Shooting the Coal By Danielle Nyland Before large-scale commercial mining came to Greene County, drift mines supplied coal to the...

Mining in Greene By Danielle Nyland The first car of coal from the slope portal of Nemacolin Mine. (Photo courtesy...

Cool at School West Greene & WWI The 7th grade students in Zack Patton’s social studies classes studied Greene County’s...

Greene Artifacts “Mad” Anthony Wayne & the Founding of Waynesburg By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director We’ve had many recent...