Matt Cumberledge, Author at GreeneScene Magazine

About Matt Cumberledge

Matt has been a lifelong resident of Brave, in Wayne Township where his family first settled in the 1770s. Matt graduated from Waynesburg Central High School in 2000, and afterwards worked for Developed Structures Inc, in Waynesburg where he was in charge of quality and control of drawings going to steel fabrication shops throughout the country. Matt then spent 7 years in the Army National Guard, based out of Waynesburg PA, and was deployed to Iraq twice. Following the military, Matt worked for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections until 2018. He is currently the Greene County Historical Society’s executive director. Matt joined the GreeneScene team in early 2019, as a contributing writer providing the “Going Greene” and “Greene Artifacts” columns, as well as additional articles. “Writing for the GreeneScene has been one of the most fun decisions I have ever made,” according to Matt, “I love the positive nature of the paper and the support it provides to the community.” Outside of work, Matt is involved in many local organizations: Cornerstone Genealogical Society, The Warrior Trail Association, The Mon Yough Chapter of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology, Greene County Tourism and several others. Matt is a hobbyist blacksmith, and enjoys doing carpentry work.

Greene Artifacts: A Sad Iron Heater

There are many interesting artifacts in museums all over the world: gold crowns worn by royalty and leaders throughout all periods of history, documents that have shaped tour nation, and

Going Greene: A Little Bit of Greene in Washington

Meadowcroft Rock Shelter and Historic Village is one of the best-known historic sites and museums in western Pennsylvania. It is perhaps most famous for the archaeological site located under an

Going Greene: Keeping Backyard Chickens

There aren’t many more things enjoyable than porch sitting on a warm summer evening while enjoying conversations with friends and neighbors. It’s one of the highlights of living in a

LK Evans’ Pioneer History of Greene COunty Pennsylvania

The history of Greene County Pennsylvania is well researched and documented with materials that date from as far back as the 1860s up through the present time. Over the years,

Greene Artifacts: Whiskey! A Medicine!

Whiskey has played an important role in the history of southwestern Pennsylvania. In the 1780s and 90s, farmers would distill their excess grain into whiskey (specifically, old-fashioned Monongahela rye whiskey)

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