Local History

It was a bright, blue September morning. That’s what nearly everyone remembers first. The day that became known as one...

Where were you when the world stopped turning on that September day?” It’s hard to believe that 25 years have...

For more than a century, the movie-going experience has evolved in remarkable ways. Audiences have traded wooden chairs in nickelodeons...

On a day when communities across America paused to celebrate the nation’s history, Sharing the Spirit of America offered a...

The public reading of the Declaration of Independence was one of the most powerful moments of the American Revolution. As...

Last month we published the first story of our new feature Backroads Redux. To recap, I recently discovered something remarkable...

Around here, ice cream was never just dessert. For much of the 20th century, it was a social event, a...

I recently uncovered something remarkable at the Greene County Genealogical Society Library (as I do every visit). I had come...

Greene County has long been defined by two powerful industries that shaped its identity: agriculture and coal mining. Though vastly...

By 1793, John Antill was operating a flour mill in Carmichaels which shipped some 120 barrels of flour each season...