Local History

The purpose of an artifact, largely, is to tell a story or recall some element of past human history so...

April showers bring May flowers, and what do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims! April showers bring something else as well: seasonal flooding...

Who can forget the smell of bread baking? When I interviewed Lucille Tharp on her hundredth birthday, she reminisced about...

It’s been a busy winter at the Greene County Historical Society Museum, all about the maintenance, repairs, and renovations that...

A box of old photos can take you on an adventure. We find these in attics, closets, chests, all over...

It was the day before Edna “I go by my middle name Lucille” Tharp’s 100th birthday and the kitchen of...

When Lisa Rumble Miller messaged me this little snapshot of the original Ice Plant Restaurant that she and husband Curt...

When I ran across this old photo of a float in a World War I Veterans Day parade in Waynesburg...

July 9, 1929: the country was in the beginning of an economic recession that few knew at the time would...

working on new projects to improve the building and open new, never seen areas. Nearly every time they commence, these...