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Shining the Light: Valley Chapel
When Methodism came to the valley below Grimes Hill in 1852, its first parishioners met at Johnson’s Schoolhouse for Sabbath School scheduled to “commence at 9 o’clock on Sunday and
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Category Results: Local History
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Greene Artifacts: Caring for Our Aged Wood
Taking care of a museum can be an endless cycle of maintenance, especially when many of the artifacts and a great deal of the components of our building itself are
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Going Greene: A Story From the Settlement
In the early 1830s the bottoms along Dunkard Creek were a remarkably different place than they are today. Long fields stretched along the banks, and all land suitable for farming
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GreeneScene of the Past: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
This undated snapshot of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church on the corner of Franklin Street and Fruit Alley shows it much later in its 99-year lifetime. There’s a car parked
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Shining the Light: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
It was a finger numbing 20 degrees on January 18 when people began gathering at the corner of Franklin Street and Fruit Alley in Waynesburg. Snow was cleared from the
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