by admin | Aug 30, 2017 | History, In the Media
by Carole Wilhelm Alice Dixon Lowry of Powell began a diary Jan. 1, 1936, and assiduously recorded both mundane and significant happenings for the next three years. Her nephew, Jim Dixon, enjoyed family history and kept her writings after her death in 1944. Reba...
by admin | Aug 28, 2017 | Events, History
Fred Carlisle ‘56, an Ohio Wesleyan University alumnus and native of Delaware Ohio, has published a new book – Hollow and Home: A History of Self and Place. Mr. Carlisle will read from this latest book: Wed., Sept. 6 (5:30-7:30 pm) Delaware’s Willis Education Center...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | History
Madame X: Alice Meyer Driscoll at 6:30 on Wednesday, Sept 20 at the Franklinton Historical Society Alice Meyer Driscoll (1889-1971) moved to Westerville with her family when she was six. If anyone told her, while she was growing up, that women didn’t have a head for...
by admin | Jul 23, 2017 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical Society will hold a history stroll Stroll Down Sandusky Street August 9, 2017 from 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM History Stroll A tour of the history and architecture of the North two blocks of Sandusky Street from Central to William. You will learn...
by admin | Jun 29, 2017 | DCHS History, Del. Co. Hist. Society, History
Delaware County Historical Society – History Timeline Milestones As part of our 70th Anniversary celebration, The Delaware County Historical Society has assembled a Timeline of the Milestones in our history. These are Key events that shaped us into the premier...
by admin | Jun 28, 2017 | Barn, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
Do you have family photos, old or new, that are interesting, puzzling, or even valuable? Do you have mid-19th. century images such as tintypes, daguerreotypes, cabinet cards, or even 3-D stereo views? Do you know? How to identify different photograph types, How...
