History of Greene County PA Waynesburg Pennsylvania

Description

Greene County
, PA
The history of Greene County, PA, is recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this
NEW
18-Page Booklet
,
reprinted primarily from
three
hard-to-find vintage books. The
spiral-bound booklet has a vinyl sheet protecting the front cover.
Source books include:
An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(1876) by William Egle, M.D.;
Pennsylvania, a Guide to the Keystone State
compiled by WPA writers; and
My Pennsylvania,
a 1946 project of the Bureau of  Publications, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(
Some Information may be repeated in various excerpts, but often with a different slant or with additional details
.)
The communities mentioned include: Waynesburg, Carmichaels (New Lisbon, Carmichaelstown), Greensburg, New Geneva, Newtown, Mapletown, Clarksville, Jefferson, Mount Morris, Morrisville, Clinton.
Among the many and diverse subjects in the booklet are:
Early Settlers and Their Hardships; Sheep Raising; Minerals: Coal, Iron and Salt; Physical Features; Rev. John Corbly's narrative of the massacre and mutilation of his family; Story of a Trio of Dunkards; the story of Experience Bozarth and her axe; Narrow-Guage RR; Waynesburg College; and other interesting bits of history and trivia.
The excerpt from the third book includes a 1940s
map of the county
, several photos and a concise update of the county's progress as it looked shortly after World War II.
ILLUSTRATIONS
include the Central part of Waynesburg and Greene County Court House in Waynesburg.
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