Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society

The Racquet Factory

August 15, 2022September 12, 2022 Annette Stewart

AWTHS will host a program, Thursday evening at 7pm on September 8, 2022 on the Dayton Racquet Company. The program is free and open to the public. If you worked at the factory or heard stories about the company, please come and share with us on September 8. Also check out the FB event for

Weisenbarger Building Fire

August 1, 2022September 24, 2022 Annette Stewart

AWTHS will have a program on August 13 at 10am at AWTHS about this topic. What do you remember about the fire? Please bring your stories, photos, clippings to the program to share with our guests. If you can’t attend in person, see AWTHS FB page to watch live or our video also on the

August Events

July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Annette Stewart

August Events: August 6 Open Hours 9-Noon. Visit the Farmers Market -open every Saturday morning. Vendors Welcome (no set up fees and come when you can). Program August 13 at 10am.”The Day Words Went Up In Flames”. The Arcanum Public Library, Post Office, Arcanum Lockers and Clark Hardware originally the Weisenbarger Building on West George

Open Doors September 17

July 18, 2022September 24, 2022 Annette Stewart

Some of AWTHS collections. AWTHS will be a part of Ohio’s Open Doors on September 17 from 1-5pm at 123 West George in Arcanum, Ohio. We are a host site for Ohio Open Doors–a 10 day event when Ohio historic buildings and landmarks open their doors for special tours and events. We’ve created a special

Underground Railroads Stations Preble County

June 25, 2022July 11, 2022 Annette Stewart

Donne Hayden was our speaker at AWTHS in June and did a wonderful presentation on the Quakers in Preble County, Darke County and IN. There was a voluminous amount of material presented on many topics including the Underground Railroad Stations, routes, and people involved. Here we’ve included a small sample if you wish to follow

Mary Wert Thatcher

June 18, 2022September 24, 2022 Annette Stewart

Mary was born November 10, 1807 in New Jersey to Nancy Slater and Godfrey Wert per Ancestry.com. Her mother passed away in 1810 and the father must have remarried as there is recordings of half brothers and half sisters. Actually 12 siblings! Mary married Moses Thatcher in 1831 when she was 24 years old. Her

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