Local History

Whiskey has played an important role in the history of southwestern Pennsylvania. In the 1780s and 90s, farmers would distill...

The year was 1794. It was a violent time in southwestern Pennsylvania. There was still a threat of Indian attack,...

One surviving artifact from the Downey House fire serves as a gripping reminder of the incident. In the aftermath of...

In the late 1700s, it became apparent there was a sincere need to establish a new county in the very...

As far as the length of human history goes, electrical lighting is relatively new. However, the need to light up...

Garards Fort is a small community in Greene Township that dates to the days of the early Western frontier. The...

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...