Marianna Borough officials presented a funding request for the Marianna Miners Memorial Park during the Washington County LSA meeting. The presentation begins at the 3…

General Soil Map, Pennsylvania  Source: Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Marianna, Pennsylvania lies within what soil surveys classify as A2d land , spe…

The land stays silent while the sky rehearses its farewell.

In the early 1900's, clothing in a Pennsylvania coal town like Marianna was shaped less by fashion trends than by labor, class, and social expectation. Newspaper cov…

Jonathan Moore  Born August 15th 1847  Died May 12 1917 (67) Occupation:Farmer  Father- Thomas Moore Mother- Rebecca Hedge Children: William H. Moore Born October 19th…

People didn’t stop using phone books all at once, but their decline really began in the late 1990s and early 2000s with the rise of the internet and mobile phones. As on…

Note:  These documents were obtained via a DEP Right-to-Know request and are not a complete collection. The documents posted here are those I chose to share from the rec…

Menu from Rudnick’s Bar & Restaurant, Marianna, Pa Rudnick's, a family-owned bar and restaurant since 1982, was located along 10 Mile Road in the southeastern…

Phillip John Dillon Birth: November 25, 1887 • Mehaffey Borough, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, USA Death: October 26, 1954 • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (aged 66) Phill…

When a gas company purchases private land to build a compressor station, many residents wonder whether a municipality receives any funding from the project. Because the…

For Marianna residents who want to learn more about local oil and gas activity, the MarcellusGas.org website is a useful resource. Under its permit information section, …

Johnetta , a now-vanished industrial town in Western Pennsylvania’s Alle-Kiski Valley, was founded in 1892 and named for John H. Jones of the Pittsburgh-Buffalo Company …

Homes and other buildings in Marianna are predominantly located in the Indirect Exposure Zone for wildfire risk, according to the Wildfire Risk to Communities interacti…

The Marianna Project is a major cleanup and restoration effort in Washington County, PA, led by the Natural Streams Foundation and funded by the Pennsylvania Departmen…

In Pennsylvania, municipalities—boroughs, cities, towns, and townships—may merge or consolidate; but unless some governmental and legal process does the combining, they …

Painting by L. Scherer If you love historical stories, old buildings, and local artistry, consider reaching out to Art by Scherer to commission a painting for yourself o…

The films shown at the Marianna Arcade in the early 1900s were recordings of Vaudeville acts, similar to the one seen here.

The Garber Family History

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIADEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONBUREAU OF MUNICIPAL SERVICESMLF ALLOCATIONS REPORT The MLF program allocates funds to municipalities in Pennsylva…

Nichol Funeral Home was established in 1883, making it one of the oldest funeral homes in Washington County, Pennsylvania. Located on Main Street in Marianna, it began d…