Preserving History
Story from Karen Ernst In working on the Baker Family Project, our group was introduced to Karen Ernst who is a descendant of the Henry Baker Sr. and Elizabeth Poe family. In corresponding we find the family line of Karen’s back to the Baker family. This blog is dedicated to her stories about the Swank
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What a name! You’re probably wondering “what is that or where is that”? Well for those unfamiliar Buzzards Glory is the name of a little one room brick school house at the corner of Grubbs-Rex Road and Red River West Grove intersection in Monroe Township in Darke County, Ohio. The little building has seen better
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Featured Picture: Ted Martin Painting from Carol Martin Price Told by Carol Martin Price to Annette Stewart. Written by Barb Deis. This topic was sparked by an general inquirer about Ted Martin’s painting he had purchased from a vintage shop, to the AWTHS. From there, it was asked on the “You Know You’re from Arcanum”
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AWTHS will begin Open Hours and Events in November. November 7 from 9am-noon we will begin our “Open First Saturday of Month” open hours again. The library will be open for research as well as the house for tours and to view displays. Do some early Christmas shopping by purchasing publication books about Arcanum and
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Featured Picture: The Dietrich’s who had the Lewis Dietrich Saloon The AWTHS has two large portraits that were given on loan by the Don Dietrich family of their ancestor Lewis Dietrich. Lewis was the owner and had the brick home built in 1894 which was the Louis Deitrich Saloon. Per Anita Short’s Arcanum Business book
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Earlier the first preaching in the vicinity was at the home of Samuel Coblentz in the area of Otterbein Chapel. In 1840 a rough log church was constructed. According to the Otterbein Chapel United Brethren Church, it was a part of the Greenville Circuit. Also Castine. The first United Brethren Church in Castine was built
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