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Dream A Little Dream… at Dreamer Park
When I first met up with Charlotte McMillen and husband Mark this spring, they were part of a bustling group of over thirty kids, parents, preachers, teachers and friends from
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Category Results: Local History
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Greene Artifacts: Whiskey! A Medicine!
Whiskey has played an important role in the history of southwestern Pennsylvania. In the 1780s and 90s, farmers would distill their excess grain into whiskey (specifically, old-fashioned Monongahela rye whiskey)
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Going Greene: Waynesburg – A Name That Captures History
The year was 1794. It was a violent time in southwestern Pennsylvania. There was still a threat of Indian attack, and the frontier settlements were just getting established. The Whiskey
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The 69th Annual PA Bituminous Coal Show
After a few rough years, Carmichaels’ annual PA Bituminous Coal Show is on the right track for getting back to its pre-pandemic standards. The coal show’s first year back, 2022,
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Greene Artifacts: A Fire Damaged Statue
One surviving artifact from the Downey House fire serves as a gripping reminder of the incident. In the aftermath of the fire, the hand from the original statue of Nathanael
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