Preserving History
During the month of May, various quilts from the community will be on display at the Arcanum Public Library. The display is sponsored by the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society and will feature family quilts and textiles from the Bev Rench family, Jo Michael family, and Annette Stewart family. The public is encouraged to stop
Fryman Log Home uncovered in 2017 and taken down Last blog we told about the need for the log house to either be repaired or come down and explained the step by step process. This blog tells the story of the farm’s owners and about the Fryman family who signed the log home and are
Log House 2016 before taken down This is dedicated to all lovers of history and my dad, Dale Sease, who didn’t get to see the entire process fulfilled. This story is about the two story log house on my parent’s property, owners the late Dale Sease and Betty Sease. Address is 1724 Karr Road in
The AWTHS has a collection of glass slides of various businesses and individuals in town that were donated by Joan Rench. According to her daughter, Bev Rench, we were told the slides were bought from Roland Gilbert. We do not know how or when Rolland obtained them. If anyone has info about the glass slides,
When AWTHS did the Arcanum video series last summer with Cary Wogoman he mentioned the Chancellor house at the corner of 1st and Locust when we were in the area. In looking thru “The Arcanum Business book” we read several pages and places about the Chancellor’s and their involvement in various businesses and the community.
Story from Karen Ernst We have more wonderful stories from Grubbs Rex Road in the mid 1800’s in Monroe Township to share with our readers. Did you ever study the census records that had ag reports attached? From these old reports it list how much the buildings were worth on the farm, what animals were
