A History of Greenwood by Those Who Lived It

Good day! As I spend my days relaxing and visiting with friends here at Updyke’s in Hornell, my mind wanders back to my time in...

The businesses owned and operated in Greenwood were named JE Armstrong and Son. You have heard the stories of JE, Jesse, Jack and Muriel;...

Good day fellow citizens of Greenwood! Mrs. JE Armstrong, Muriel here. My husband Jesse shared some about our time in Greenwood. Let me...

Hello! Remember me? Jesse Earl Armstrong. I guess from the signs on my businesses there in town, you may refer to me as JE. But, my...

As I would guess during the 1940s and 50s with many families in Greenwood, Stanley and Margaret Murray and their six children had a few...

Say that 10 times fast. It's April 1955 and the Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company presented their Funnybone Follies with a number of local...

Recognize this house? Tis the season for parties... Principal and Mrs Wesley Tenant hosted a Christmas party for the school faculty and...

While this was taken in 2019 by Perry Streeter, thanks Perry, I have a feeling that it may have looked basically the same up on Christian...

Good ol' GCS with those triple terraces. From this image, they do not look so imposing, do they? Greenwood Central School was built on...

I have shared about the Greenwood News, its reporters from the early 1900s right up through the 1960s. With a couple of gaps which I hope...

As you have read the 25 Days of Christmas and the stories of the first few Greenwoodians, you have probably identified a pattern of...

Tonight, I am volunteering for a worthy cause here in Roanoke, Virginia where I live, Illuminights. A more than 500,000 light mega...

Here's what's Cookin', Recipes from the Kitchens of Greenwood. Check out the image. Under that pile of recipes shared by the women of...

News was full of visits and visitors, official and unofficial, for shopping or to share a dinner with friend and family. This little...

Along with long lists of visits and visitors, and a little entertainment, it seems a lot of the news involved elections of all kinds....

I am going to skip 1909 for the most part. But, will mention that in the summer, the Wallace family held a reunion at the home of Jarvis...

1908 was filled with snow, talk of gas prices and new wells and a little politicing. In early May, yes, I said May, of 1908, 2 to 6...

In 1907, it seems that the townspeople, or maybe just the reporter, had a fixation on the financial side of the happenings in good ol'...

This is not all about Christmas. However, it depicts the way "news" was provided in 1900 in a small rural town called Greenwood. It may...

Kids and yes, adults too, love their animals. In Greenwood, there were the pets that lived in town and those that worked for a living...