Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Vane Hoge’s Texas Longhorn Chair In our collection at the GCHS we have a few show-stopper items.  Those things that on tours always grab people’s attention, we’re featuring one of those today!  Volunteer Travis Elliot stumbled across the acquisition records for this item in our Archives yesterday, so here we present to you, The Texas Long Horn Chair formerly owned by Rear Admiral (Ret.) Vane Hoge. Here’s a bit of info from a note we found in the records, as well as Mr. Hoge’s obituary: This Texas Longhorn Chair was given to Vane Hoge by a friend from Texas in the late 20s or early 30s.  It was in his boyhood home several years.  Vane gave it to the museum in the early or mid 40s.  Information given by his niece, Alberta Main. VANE MORGAN HOGE, County Native, Dies in Bethesda Naval Hospital Rear Admiral (Rtd.) Vane Morgan Hoge, 68, a native of Greene County who rose to high rank in the United States Public Health Service and also was internati...

 Andrew J. Waychoff Point Collection Thousands of years of History exist within the borders of Greene County Pennsylvania and surrounding areas.   That is a fact that is sometimes easy to forget, however how many of us have been walking along a creek and found an arrowhead?  Or have you been having some excavation work done for water lines, utilities, foundations, and witnessed an ancient projectile point present itself in the spoil heap?   Our Archaeological History is just as rich as the events of the Historic Period in this region. This week, I am featuring one of my favorite collections housed here at GCHS.  This is a collection of “Arrowheads” or more correctly known as “Projectile Points” collected by one of our Founders and Author of a History of Greene County Pennsylvania, Andrew J. Waychoff. This specific collections is one of the best, and was collected locally by Waychoff, items found in the earth of plowed up fields, creeks and streams, as ...

We are still working out the details for our events and presentations for 2021! Here is our tentative schedule: Event Dates: Opening Day - April 24th HauntedCon - May 15th Cruisin' the Museum Car Show - June 5th Christmas in July - July 24th-25th Harvest Festival - October 9th-10th Christmas Open House - November 27th-28th, December 4th-5th.  Lecture Dates: March 5th - Jackson Crawford - Norse Mythology April 15th - Dr Kathleen Thompson, Travis Duncan, Matt Cumberledge - Mental Health in the 19th Century June 17th- Rich Baker & The 1st Virginia - The Whiskey Rebellion July 8th- Candice Buchanan - Women's History in Greene County Keep an eye on our Blog, Facebook Page and Website for Times and More Details. Events this year may be Virtual, Live, or a Mix depending on the situation with Covid-19 and the necessary safety precautions.    Please note that all schedules are subject to change.

Welcome to the New Greene County Historical Society Blog! Keep this page book marked to get updates on events, historical articles, miscellaneous information and announcements on out monthly lecture series! On March 4th 2021, Join us online via zoom for Dr. Jackson Crawford of the University of Colorado who will be teaching us about Norse Mythology! Please Click the link below to register to see this interesting discussion! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeuhrzouGdCKogNiiyWgu1uRPoaW2Csu?fbclid=IwAR07gP3LblMnh86Ld4je4LMXWmwnWpC7VnFh8_yY6tNd5UlH_WMSec1W32s