Local History

As I drive to the Monon Center in Greensboro on a sunny summer morning, I find myself remembering another sunny...

What town can resist not just one but two chances to celebrate being on the front lines when America was...

Ed DeMuth’s maternal grandfather, Hixon Sproat, worked for the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad (P&LE). Sadly, Ed’s grandfather passed away...

“When you drive one mile down the road that’s all the farther you’ve gone, with one mile of runway you...

Many of us know who lived in our homes in years past. Perhaps we even realize the history of the...

The pair of lion sculptures that guard the stoop of the elegant house at 145 W. High St., Waynesburg let...

The photographs and sketches that remain of Josephine Denny (1893–1992) are a window into the life and times of a...

Fox Ford, Inc. has witnessed an incredible amount of world history during its 100 years in business. Between 1921 to...

The American colonies were a time bomb in the 1770s. Strife was everywhere, and revolution was in the air. In...

Published, and republished with updates throughout the first half of the 20th century, the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps and Atlases...