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Greene County Pennsylvania 2020 Official Visitors Guide #VisitGreene www.VisitGreene.org History & Heritage • Fairs & Festivals • Covered Bridges • Agritourism • Recreation • Business Financing Greene County, Pennsylvania • Pad Ready Sites • Tax-Exempt Financing Population 38,686 Founded February 9, 1796 Welcome • SBA 504 Lending Options Area 587 square miles to Greene County! • Micro Loan Lending Options County Seat Waynesburg Motto Cornerstone of the Greene County, Pennsylvania is an Keystone State excursion to a simpler time! It is a place that celebrates history and tradition, while looking forward to the future. It is a place where you can follow a path known as the Warrior Trail, created by Native Americans over 5,000 years ago; walk along a portion of a 250-year-old Greene County, surveying expedition resulting in the Pennsylvania Mason-Dixon line; explore a perfectly preserved century-old foundry and machine shop; or visit a nationally Stimulating Economic Development in acclaimed university that is educating the current generation for the future. Greene County for more than 60 Years! Looking for fun and adventure? Bike along the Monongahela Transportation River, see a movie at a rare Roads and iconic drive-in theater in Carmichaels, or drive through the countryside (especially during the fall season for scenic Airports foliage). Visit seven historic Pittsburgh International Airport ................. 55 miles covered bridges, swim and play www.flypittsburgh.com at the region’s foremost water Offering more than 50 domestic and international parks, play golf, go fishing, visit destinations on 13 commercial carriers and more than 170 daily flights. a farm, hike, run, or hunt. Ramp up the excitement at High Point Morgantown Municipal Airport ................... 30 miles National Pro Motocross Arena For more than 60 years, Greene County Industrial Developments, Inc. www.morgantownairport.com and Lucas Oil Truck and Tractor has played a key role in the economic development of Greene County. Offers daily flights to Baltimore-Washington International Pulls. We are proud of our county and its rich history. (BWI) and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). Access nearly 1,000 connecting flights to domestic and Numerous festivals are held We blend a pro-business attitude and a low-cost of doing business with international destinations. throughout the year celebrating a rich history, abundant natural resources, recreation, beautiful scenery, our traditions. These include Greene County Airport.................................... 3 miles educational opportunities and countless financial incentives. This two country fairs celebrating our unique combination creates an unsurpassed quality of life. www.co.greene.pa.us/airport Public-use, general aviation airport with a 3,500-foot-by- agricultural industry, a coal show Take a closer look at what Greene County can offer your business and 75-foot BIT runway that sufficiently accommodates most honoring the coal industry, a river your family. We are confident you will be relocating soon! light aviation needs. festival along the Monongahela, numerous classic car shows, Distance From Major Cities and even a festival that honors rain. This is just a sampling of Baltimore, MD .........242 miles Ohiopyle, PA ............ 46 miles Beckley, WV .............192 miles Philadelphia, PA ......318 miles the festivals and events that Buffalo, NY ...............260 miles Pittsburgh, PA .......... 52 miles celebrate what we love in Greene Cincinnati, OH .........286 miles Richmond, VA ..........312 miles County, Pennsylvania. Cleveland, OH ..........178 miles Toronto, Ontario .....362 miles Columbus, OH .........179 miles Uniontown, PA ........ 28 miles Erie, PA .....................173 miles Washington, D.C. .....239 miles Harrisburg, PA .........218 miles Wheeling, WV ........... 56 miles Don Chappel, Executive Director 300 EverGreene Drive, Waynesburg, PA 15370 Morgantown, WV .... 26 miles Youngstown, OH .....112 miles Stephanie Stewart, Administrative Assistant/Financial 724-852-2965 · www.gcidc.org 3 Fun & Interesting Facts Rural Table of Contents of Greene County, Pennsylvania Welcome to Greene County .............. 3 History & Heritage ............................. 6 Pennsylvanians typically named towns and counties after Revolutionary War heroes. Greene County was named in honor of The Story of an Aged Institution ......... 8 General Nathanael Greene who served as Quartermaster General of the Continental Army from 1778 to 1780, and then commanded Agritourism ....................................... 10 the Southern Department from 1780 to 1783. Recreation Covered Bridges ............................... 12 The most famous border in the United States, the Mason- Dixon Line was marked by the surveyors, Charles Mason and Recreation ......................................... 14 Jeremiah Dixon, beginning in 1764. They laid their last marker near present day Mt. Morris on October 9, 1767, completing 233 The Indian Trail Tree.......................... 17 miles. During the Civil War, 94 years later, the boundary took on new meaning and significance as the border between the North and the South. History Accommodations ............................. 18 Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency 19 South Washington Street, Waynesburg, PA15370 An American Heritage ....................... 20 Greene County has a rich heritage of agriculture and many of the 1-877-280-TOUR (8687) farmers who settled in Greene County were from Virginia and www.VisitGreene.org Annual Events ................................... 21 Maryland under the impression they were settling in western Virginia. In addition to growing a variety of crops, they also raised sheep and, by the 1820s, became the leading wool producers in Hunting in Greene ............................. 26 Pennsylvania. Greene County is still the largest sheep-raising county in the state. “Oh, the County of Greene with its high Living in Greene ............................... 28 rolling hills. Do you love it All on the Table .................................. 34 The Bailey, Enlow Fork and Harvey mines in southwestern enough to share all Pennsylvania form the largest underground coal mining of its thrills?” Dining & Shopping ........................... 36 complex in North America, and the safest, most productive - James “Fuzzy” Randolph complex in the world. The complex is several times larger than the island of Manhattan. Everything but the Kitchen Sink ........ 41 The Beginnings of a Tradition ........... 42 The 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game was a college football game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Directory listings are not comprehensive, but represent a broad assortment of paid partners of Greene County Tourism. Yellow Jackets played on September 30, 1939. The game was played at Triborough Stadium on Randall’s Island in New York City. Design Fordham won the game 34–7. Broadcast by NBC, the contest was Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency Waynesburg University’s Red Brick Firm the first American football game ever televised. Printing Rhodes & Hammers Printing Inc. Photography Matthew W. Cumberledge, Barb Jones, JoAnne Marshall, Bet your hat if it will rain on July 29th in Waynesburg. In the late McMillen Photography, Memories & Melodies, Racer Productions 1800’s, residents began recording the rainfall on July 29, and Greene County Commissioners The Greene County Tourist Promotion Agency is part of the Greene County government challenged local and national celebrities to bet their hat if it Mike Belding, Chair and is funded through the county hotel/motel tax. The Official Visitors Guide was produced through the support of partners and advertisers, which are identified as such. would rain or not. Now Waynesburg celebrates with a day-long Betsy McClure All events, businesses, and other listings are subject to change without notice. Updates Rain Day Festival full of music, games and entertainment. Blair Zimmerman are maintained on the GCTPA’s official website. All content of this publication is copyright ©2020 Greene County Tourist Promotion 93 East High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 Agency. All Rights Reserved. 4 www.co.greene.pa.us Carmichaels Area Historical Society Greene County Historical Society and Museum 314 North Market Street, Carmichaels, PA 15320 918 Rolling Meadows Road, Waynesburg, PA 15370 P.O. Box 309, Carmichaels, PA 15320 (mail) 724-627-3204 · www.greenecountyhistory.org 724-710-9248 · www.carmichaelsareahistoricalsociety.com A historic 52 room museum that celebrates not only the history of Dedicated to scanning, digitizing and saving regional and local the Poor Farm it once was, but all things Greene County including the historical items such as vintage school pictures, military documents Waynesburg and Washington Railroad. Yes, we have a train! and photos, sports team photos and memorabilia, and everything in between for Carmichaels and Cumberland Township. Greene County Legacy Association 119 North Morris Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (mail) Walk through the halls of history with us! Cornerstone Genealogical Society 412-559-0537 144 East Greene Street, Waynesburg PA 15370 Created to protect, enhance and support projects pertaining to P.O. Box 547, Waynesburg, PA 15370 (mail) aspects of the history of Greene County, Pennsylvania. 724-627-5653 · www.cornerstonegenealogy.com The Cornerstone Genealogical Society is an organization dedicated to Haunted Hills & Hollows: preserving the genealogical history of Greene County, Pennsylvania.