Join us August 1, 2026 at 10am at the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society at 123 West George, as we host a Victorian themed tea with guest Larry Wright. Larry descends from the Ivester-Kepner family. His grandmother was Bernice Helen Kepner who married Harold Theo Wright Sr. There son was Harold Theo Wright, Jr. who
Category: Historical Buildings
Former Blacksmith…118 West George
LEO BAKER AUTO SALES Cleo Baker, proprietor 118 West George Many of us remember this as the blacksmith shop. Owned by Lester Meyer in 1937. Walking by you would hear the swinging of the hammer on the anvil. Or maybe you went there to the business to have something repaired. I remember going with my
Dreamland-Ritz Theatres…Part of America 250
Photo at 108 West George. Kepner-Dull Building. Now part of Tom Wetzel’s Antique Store block. Movie Pictures Comes To Arcanum Phenakistiscope, kinetoscope ( I889 l ) and the nickelodeon ( 1905) all preceded the movie theatres we think of today. Nickelodeons coupled movies with sing-a-longs, vaudeville comics, dog acts and illustrated lectures. In 1907 the
OZIAS-SMITH HOME – 4 North Main
This information is from Bill Gunder’s notes and is copyrighted as the AWTHS, Inc. archives. John Surber, Builder. There will be numerous residences erected in Monrow Township, Darke County,Ohio in 1881. John Surber, contractor refers those contemplating building to the following persons whohave had buildings put up by him:……Benj. Ozias (Greenville Democrat, Wednesday, March 9,
John W. Smith Home
Smith home above on left side. Currently in the JoAnne Pleasant Hill Estate. JoAnne and Dave Hill last lived here. Corner of North Main and West South Street. Past history and owners recorded below. The Smith family we’ve been writing about included: Milton Smith, son Joe Smith, and daughter, Mildred Smith Pleasant who was JoAnne
John Smith Family
This is from the Beers book, listed on Find-a-Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72199095/john-smith From Beers, 1880, History of Darke Co., Ohio, pp. 657-8 John Smith, merchant; P. O. Arcanum; one of the old settlers of Darke Co.; he was born in Adams Co., Penn., in 1828, and removed, with his parents, to Preble Co., Ohio in 1835 or