by admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Events, History
The Big Walnut Area Historical Society, located in Sunbury, Ohio, is celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Van Dorn Inn in October. You are invited to join our celebration! It will be a great event for both young and old! The old Van Dorn Inn (known as the “Center...
by admin | Sep 27, 2017 | Barn, Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
On October 4, The Delaware County Historical Society will hold a birthday celebration in honor of President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was born in Delaware on that day in 1822. “Resurrecting Rutherford B. Hayes” by Eric Ebinger Author and Historian, Erick...
by admin | Sep 26, 2017 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events
The Big Give is a 26-hour online giving event to make a difference through kindness. The Columbus Foundation, its family of donors, and corporate and community partners have provided a $1.3 Million+ Bonus Pool, encouraging everyone to support nonprofits they care...
by admin | Sep 24, 2017 | Events, History
by Ashley Carter Prize-winning Civil War author and researcher Joan Waugh will present “U.S. Grant: Soldier and Statesman” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 28 at Ohio Wesleyan University. Waugh, professor of history at University of California, Los Angeles, will speak...
by admin | Sep 20, 2017 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
An outdoor video exhibit by Tiffany Carbonneau and Susanna Crum, “The Shadows We Cast” will be on display from Sept. 20-Oct. 31, 2017, on the façade of the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware The exhibit opens today, Sept 20, with a special...
by admin | Sep 19, 2017 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Delaware County Fair, Events, History
Some of life’s favorite times are spent eating out with family and friends, and create a stream of wonderful memories. The Delaware County Historical Society’s 2017 theme “Restaurants and Ice Cream Parlors” will open the flood gates of those...
by admin | Sep 14, 2017 | Del. Co. Hist. Society, Events, History
The Delaware County Historical Society will again this year conduct walks through our history and people on an Oak Grove Cemetery Walk Take a guided tour and see actors portraying the lives of: Gov. Frank Willis (47th Governor of Ohio) Dr. Hiram Perkins (namesake of...
by admin | Sep 8, 2017 | Events, History
The Village of Galena Ohio, in Delaware County, invites you to join their Heritage Day celebration. The feature of the celebration is the Grand Opening of the Galena Museum on October 7, 2017 from 11am to 2pm. The celebration will take place at the Galena Village Hall...
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...
