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: Memories of Arcanum
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
A F Smith 1831-1888
From Beers, 1880, History of Darke Co., Ohio, p. 658. Brother to John Smith, Smith General Store. Looking for the store or business location and clipping as well as photos. Anyone have the Arcanum Business book handy to research? From the Arcanum Businesses book we read in 1886 that Charles H. Shepherd and A Frank
William Martin Smith 1828-1898
From Beers, 1880, History of Darke Co., Ohio, p. 658. Brother to John Smith, Smith General Store. William M. Smith, miller, grain and tobacco dealer, also dealer and shipper of live stock, Arcanum, Ohio. We could hardly do justice to the business interest of Arcanum without devoting a brief space of this work to the