Tag: Greene County history

I recently uncovered something remarkable at the Greene County Genealogical Society Library (as I do every visit). I had come ...

Greene County has long been defined by two powerful industries that shaped its identity: agriculture and coal mining. Though vastly ...

By 1793, John Antill was operating a flour mill in Carmichaels which shipped some 120 barrels of flour each season ...

The Mount Morris Fair and Agricultural Association sponsored its first exhibition October 3-6, 1905, on a fairground site bought for ...

During the second half of the 18th century, the agricultural fair in Carmichaels stood as one of the most important ...

Two hundred fifty years ago, Greene County wasn’t the southwest corner of Pennsylvania … it was the wild west frontier ...

Greene County was officially created in 1796, but its history reaches back through several layers of colonial jurisdiction. During the ...

While the nation prepares to celebrate our 250th anniversary, Greene County can celebrate 230 years of hunting tradition, where forests, ...

Many of our readers are old enough to remember when America’s Bicentennial celebration in 1976 became a nationwide cultural phenomenon. ...