Local History

During the second half of the 18th century, the agricultural fair in Carmichaels stood as one of the most important...

Originally, Carmichaels and the surrounding areas were overwhelmingly agricultural communities producing grain, livestock, hay, and dairy products. Early settlers established...

Fox Ford has been providing our area with the highest level of sales and service for a stunning 114 years....

We asked our readers to share their memories of Joe’s Dairy Bar in Waynesburg. Local history buff, Farley Toothman shared...

Two hundred fifty years ago, Greene County wasn’t the southwest corner of Pennsylvania … it was the wild west frontier...

English has a special talent for taking perfectly simple ideas and giving them a dramatic makeover that nobody asked for....

The Centennial celebrations of 1876 marked a defining moment in the United States, commemorating 100 years since the signing of...

The Denny House at 145 West High Street in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, is one of Greene County’s most distinctive surviving homes....

Greene County was officially created in 1796, but its history reaches back through several layers of colonial jurisdiction. During the...

From the very name of our county to numerous towns and townships within, the original connection to our Founding Fathers...