Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society

Contacting AWTHS

April 28, 2023June 26, 2023 Annette Stewart

AWTHS is transitioning our email accounts. If you wish to contact AWTHS we are accessible the following ways: Emails: General is awthsinfo@gmail.com. For Research or to reach Annette Stewart awthsresearch@gmail.com. For all other inquires, including Farmers Market and Facility Rental, use the general awthsinfo@gmail.com. You may contact us through FB Messenger. Open Hours are generally

New Year 2023 at AWTHS

January 2, 2023April 29, 2023 Annette Stewart

As we usher in another New Year for 2023 at AWTHS, we wish to announce our upcoming events that are planned so far for the year. We wish to thank all of our volunteers, members, board members, chairs, and the community for your time in serving and participating this past year (2022) and the area’s

April Events

January 2, 2023April 3, 2023 Annette Stewart

The AWTHS Open Hours will be held Saturday, April 15 from 2-4pm instead of our usual “Open First Saturday’s hours”. This will be held in conjunction with the Arcanum Alumni evening event. This year the following classes will be honored: current senior class of 2023, 1998, 1973 and 1948. Visit the Arcanum Alumni FB page

November Events

September 28, 2022October 27, 2022 Annette Stewart

November 5 Open Hours 9-noon. Program November 10 at 7pm on George Spreecher. Arcanum Post Master, Merchant, Father and Civil War Veteran who served with the Ohio 34th Regt. OVI Co. K.George’s great great grandson wrote a book using letters George sent home to his wife Sarah Ann Renshaw Sprecher during the Civil War.The book

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

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

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