Local History

It was the kind of bright spring day that shouts “let’s go out to the ballgame!” when I met up...

Here’s a magazine cover photo that gives Brave some bragging rights: “Mr. America 1952 Jim Park” is a native son....

I was surprised that Kent’s Chapel in Brave was not listed when I searched online for United Methodist Churches in Greene...

On a small farm in rural Gilmore Township, not too far from Jollytown, on February 25, 1852, a young girl...

On June 20, 1883, a man by the name of Earle R. Forrest was born in Washington, Pennsylvania. As a...

The Denny sisters paint a fine picture of what life was like for those with means in the early days...

With Memorial Day weekend coming up how about lunch in Hundred, WV, then a back roads return into Pennsylvania to...

This old postcard from the Brice and Linda Rush collection shows just one of the many elegant houses and stately...

Projects are always ongoing at the Greene County Historical Society. As we prepare for Opening Day we have had a...

1876 was the centennial anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the nation. A historic time indeed,...