by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Del. Co. History Network, Events
Look here to find local history programs offered by the member organizations of The Delaware County History Network.Click to learn more Big Walnut Area Historical SocietyMyers Inn Museum45 S Columbus St, Sunburywww.bigwalnuthistory.org Myers Inn Museum – Now...
by Richard Fisher | Jul 21, 2021 | Barn, DCHS Program, History
Join us for our first live program of 2021! Benny Shoults, Volunteer for the Delaware County Historical Society, will take you back to the City of Delaware, over one hundred forty years! The program will cover a time from 1879 to 1934, “The Golden Era of...
by Richard Fisher | Jul 21, 2021 | Del. Co. History Network, History, In the Media
POSTED ON JULY 14, 2021 BY JOSHUA KEERAN Program highlights early use of steam engines in Sunbury SUNBURY — “Steam Engine Contributions to the Industrial Revolution” is the topic for Jack Brown’s presentation to the Big Walnut Area Historical Society. The...
by Richard Fisher | Jul 20, 2021 | History, In the Media
Historic Courthouse Hearing Room Renamed To Honor Judge 24 JUN , 2021 | 1808Delaware Special to 1808Delaware In a surprise ceremony on Thursday, the Delaware County Commissioners renamed the hearing room of Delaware County’s Historic Courthouse in honor of...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Del. Co. History Network, History, In the Media
Program to focus on Underground Railroad court cases June 18, 2021BY JOSHUA KEERAN The Underground Railroad in the Ohio Courtsa Virtual Zoom Program7 p.m. Tuesday, June 22By Roy NicholsLearn more SUNBURY — Roy Nichols is returning to the Big Walnut Area Historical...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Meeker, Nash House
As of June 2nd, Cryder Historical Center, the Nash House Museum and the Research Library, Cryder Historical Center Nash House Research Library Stacks will be open on Sundays 2-5 and Wednesdays 10-12 and 1-5. This schedule may vary during holidays. Appointments are...
by admin | May 14, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo By Dillon Davison May 13, 2021 New life is set to be breathed back into Delaware’s historic CSX rail depot. Columbus-based investment and development firm RiverWest Partners, which purchased the building in 2019 from CSX Transportation, plans...
by admin | May 12, 2021 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, History, In the Media
The Delaware County Historical Society again wins a grant to digitize historic issues of Delaware County Ohio Newspapers. May 12, 2021By: 1808Delaware Across Ohio, historical societies and museums are putting the past into digital form. Through these efforts, photos...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | History, In the Media, This Place Matters
The Delaware landmark on West William Street, the OWU Student Observatory was Hiram Perkins’s own observatory at the Ohio Wesleyan University. OWU Student Observatory on William Street Delaware Ohio May 9, 2021By: 1808Delaware In 1896, the campus of Ohio...
by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | Black History, DCHS Program, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
Collins Banks store, which was located on South Liberty Street Learn the history of the Second Ward, a culturally rich corner of our city Tour Dates and Times May 1st (Sat)& 2nd (Sun) 1:00 pm, 2:30pm , 4:00 pm Van Tour This van tour of old Delaware will share the...
