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By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member March 4, 2025 Halifaxians grab a warm bowl of soup on a cold night. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. Soup,...

By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President January 7, 2025 Arnold Friberg's “The Prayer at Valley Forge” (1975). From the president: Over the years,...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 18, 2025 The Belsnickel and Uncle Sam of Keystone - DS&T Insurance (Dylan Troutman) switching...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member January 6, 2023 Volunteers Emma Bowman and Graylee Dobbin make a signature hot chocolate for...

As the winds turned bitter with the arrival of winter, bells, ever so lightly ringing, could again be heard descending from the highest poin

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member December 1, 2024 The Harman family at the HAHS November Program. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. Winter...

In the days of my youth, there was war. Not real war mind you, but rather the kind that exists between factions of young boys who, within

On September 24th, 2024, the Historical Society lost a long time board member, co-laborer, 6 year museum curator, and above all - one of our

I am an lover of records. Phonograph recordings in one way or another have been around since the late 1800’s. By the 1930’s the company RCA

With Halloween upon us, one thing is certain within American society as the leaves continue to fall and Autumn winds sweep through the month

This past Friday was another incredible success for the whole town of Halifax, as hundreds of families, friends and individuals came out for

Whenever I think about the town of which I am from, I always consider it's conjunction to our state's Capitol, "just over The Mountain" as I

Halifax's favorite archaeologist, Dane Snyder, dug into local history this past weekend by starting the excavation of a portion of land near

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member September 25, 2024 (Top)Members of the cast and crew of "Round the River's Bend" gather for a group...

By: Ryan Bowman, HAHS President July 4, 2024 "Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull, circa 1817-1818. Change. A single word with...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member July 17, 2024 HAHS Members gather for an evening of food, fun, and fellowship. Photograph by Dylan...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member July 3, 2024 Belsnickel at the beach. Photograph by Dylan Bowman. With the sweltering heat, the glory...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 21, 2024 An eagle-eye view of Facility K-25 in Oak-Ridge, Tennessee, in 1947, where John Drake...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member May 15, 2024 Ronnie Stoneroad (front), Max Bowman (back), and others work on the brick and mortar of...

By: Dylan Bowman, HAHS Board Member April 25, 2024 (Left to Right) Faye Leitzel, Lynette Schlegal, Grace Clouser and Darla Fulkroad at...