Local History

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...

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...