Rices Landing Fire Company

Photograph

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Greene Connections

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Name/Title

Rices Landing Fire Company

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.934

Description

Dated October 1928. Rices Landing Fire Company in Rices Landing, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania. Many fire companies answered Waynesburg's call for help to fight the disastrous Downey House fire on 23 December 1925. The Rices Landing Fire Company was one of those that came. The Waynesburg Volunteer Fire Company was officially incorporated in 1926 as a direct result of this devastating fire. Original, no photographer listed.

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2011.2

Acquisition Method

Digital

Credit Line

Greene County Historical Society

Made/Created

Date made

1928

Lexicon

Search Terms

Automobiles, Jefferson (Greene County, Pa. : Township), Occupations--Firefighters, Rices Landing (Pa.)

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN027-0003-0002

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Rices Landing - Places - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Owner/Agent

Greene County Historical Society

Notes

Archived at the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370). Researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project, between 2005 and 2014. SOURCE CITATION: Rices Landing Fire Company in Rices Landing, Jefferson Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania; dated 1928; item no. GCHS-AN027-0003-0002, Places Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection; Greene Connections Archives Project (GreeneConnections.com).