Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society

Grandma Brumbaugh with her peony’s Spring time is a time of renewal. Not only of our gardens, flowers beds and yards but our mind. When Spring rolls around every year I think of my Grandma Brumbaugh and her love of flowers, plants and being outside. I share those same interest. I love going around and

Across the nation, hungry people waited in “soup lines” for a free meal, especially in larger cities. On the farm, growing, tending, preparing, and preserving food took many hours of work. There was no electricity to power refrigerators, so it was difficult to keep milk and other foods fresh, especially during the summer heat. Yet

Have you always wanted to write your family story in an understandable manner but didn’t know how or where to start? This blog will give some quick tips to get you started. First, decide if you are only doing family stories or incorporating some genealogy with dates such as birth dates, marriages and so forth.

Arcanum…A Secret Place page 171 Music at home was on the juice harp or mandolin.  There was parlor games and pulling taffy.  As the town grew, some may have Christmas dinner at the CA House.  Later the St. Nicholas Hotel around 1865 and Arcanum House in 1870.  These were local hotels with the St. Nicholas