Local History

By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director Old family photos are perhaps among the most important and interesting relics an historian...

By Matthew Cumberledge, GCHS Executive Director Times were tough, it wasn’t like today when our problems are more a matter...

By Colleen Nelson If you’re driving on State Rt 21 W, heading for Graysville, it’s hard to miss Harveys-Aleppo Grange,...

By Colleen Nelson This photograph, saved from the September 15, 1995 edition of the Observer Reporter shows longtime Aleppo Grange...

By Matthew Cumberledge Flint Ridge, Ohio produces some of the most recognizable and beautiful flint in the country. Known for...

By Colleen Nelson I’m certainly not the first person to love Aleppo, either as a township or a laidback country...

By Colleen Nelson When my good friend Pete Zapadka and I pulled off the road beside Windy Gap Church last...

By Matthew Cumberledge The border conflicts of western Pennsylvania are recounted in endless volumes published over the last two hundred...

By Matthew Cumberledge Artifacts are about the stories they can tell and the preservation of history, from the greatest events...

More than three years ago, Rick Black, veteran of the Vietnam War and an active member of VFW Post No....