“Washington County should have a historical society,” Harvey S. Bomberger declared on July 28, 1911. Bomberger, 51, was a merchant from Boonsboro. He stood in the reading room of the ...

Adam Macbeth, an archaeologist field technician, digs in search of artifacts in Custis Square in Colonial Williamsburg on March 19, 2019. This land belonged to Martha Washington’s father-in-l… ...

The Washington County Historical Society purchased the school in 1978, and it has been a museum ever since. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Two women at the Historical Society of Washington County, VA are on a mission to preserve the stories of veterans.

During the Washington County Historical Society’s Open House Day on Saturday, one of the archive rooms displayed street signs from the early 20th century. (Photo by Gwen Sour) MARIETTA ...

Now, the Washington State Historical Society is making his work available to all. To stream KING 5 on your phone, you need the KING 5 app. Download the KING 5 app ...

Washington County is on the verge of losing its history museum and its historical society. At the end of December, the Five Oaks Museum, formerly known as the Washington County Museum, closed its ...

A post shared by WA St Jewish Historical Soc. (@wsjhs) on Aug 12, 2019 at 4:01pm PDT Waves of migration brought artisans, tradesmen, and merchants, including Bailey Gatzert.

(Courtesy of the Washington County Historical Society) A 1946 photo of students attending District #50 Long Lake School. A circa-1956 photo of students attending District #37 School.

Washington County had 79 rural school districts and one joint district with Chisago County that were slowly consolidated during the 1940s and 1950s until all of them were closed by the early 1960s ...