Events for 2025 at the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society, located at 123 West George Street in Arcanum, Ohio. Contact info is awthsinfo@gmail.com or through Messenger. Other contact info is on our website under “contacts”. Open Hours for ‘First Saturday Morning of the Month” from 9am – noon. Agricultural displays are up through July 5
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Savona Elevator
Photo by Vintage Aerial. 1996 Story written by Wendell Miller: “My Uncle Wayne Geeting owned the elevator in Savona. I worked there during the summers while I was in High School (1960-1963). My Grandfather Lester Geeting bought the elevator at public auction for my Uncle while he was serving in the US Army Air Force
Tobacco Warehouses and Buyers
Was at 212 South Main. Destroyed in fire. Dull & Williams Tobacco Warehouse Tobacco Warehouse and Buyers Burnett Shank & McCure John A. Smith Imperial Miami Valley Mayer Tobacco Hangen (American Tobacco Co) Daniel Francis National Leaf Tobacco Dull & Williams Rosenwald & Brother Tobacco Warehouse Arcanum Leaf Tobacco Burnett & Smith E. Rosenwald &
Southern Darke County Tobacco Farming
Tobacco was the cash crop in earlier times before soybeans became poplar to plant as a field crop. Most farms planted some acreage of tobacco. It was time consuming and and was very involved for many months of the year. We know there was acres of tobacco as there was lots of tobacco warehouses in
Dairy Men and Creameries
Dale Baker, Dixie Baker Kepler’s grandfather, bottled his own milk and distributed it from the farm. ”My sister has two bottles with the Dale Baker Dairy name on them. Bill Baker’s grandfather Leonard Dewey Baker delivered milk for Dale with this milk wagon and horse. (attached is a picture of Leonard Dewey’s milk wagon that
Poultry Houses
1926-28 H B Hole Poultry House. Located at 112-118 North Street Arcanum. Arcanum Poultry House-Harvey Cook Smith Poultry & Produce Earl Lehman Stover & Hole Holl Poultry H B Hole, Inc. and Dairy Shuler Arcanum Poultry Arcanum Hatchery 103 North High. Was Arcanum Hatchery from 1945-46. Per Arcanum Business book. Pitsburg Youngs Harters Hatchery Thayers-Processer