The Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society, Inc. is a sponsor of the June 13, 2027 Home Tour of the area. Six locations will be a part of the first annual home tour: 3 unique Arcanum homes and 3 Graystone Ranch Properties. Locations selected are private individuals and a business which have graciously extended an invitation
Category: Memories of Arcanum
Home Tour 2027
The big announcement! Our homes and business for the upcoming 2027 Home Tour sponsored by AWTHS. June 13 2027. Presale tickets spring 2027. 1. North Main. Tim Becker and Michael Scott home. Known as JoAnne Hill’s old home. 2. South Main. Melissa Carmean. This once was a dentist and dr office. 3. Parkdale Drive. Linda
Ivester Tea with descendant, Larry Wright
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
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
Arcanum Traction (Electric) Car…America 250 Transportation
These notes are from William Gunder and Anita Short ( past historians, writers and founders of the Arcanum Wayne Trail Historical Society) and we are introducing the history as part of our publication sales titled “The Rails and Tails of the Dayton & Union Railroad-the Freight Years” by Todd Clemmons. This is book 2 about