Museum Happenings December 2023
The end of the year has arrived much sooner than anticipated. The previous eleven months have flown by thanks to an active program...
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Allen Fiechuk
- Nov 19
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving - a day we set aside to give thanks, but why do we celebrate this day? We are all familiar with the first “thanksgiving”...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Nov 12
Annual Meeting Recap 2022
October has come and gone, and with it the Society’s 84th annual meeting. The weather was favorable, and the atmosphere was seasonal. The...
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Allen Fiechuk
- Oct 29
Haunted Halloween
Each year on October 31, we celebrate Halloween - we go trick-or-treating, carve jack-o-lanterns, put on costumes, and attend parties. ...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Oct 22
The Historic Gates Hospital
What is the value of an old building? From a monetary perspective they can be quite costly and take a tremendous amount of effort to...
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The Historical Society
- Oct 15
The Fiddling Ghost of Mahoning Valley
Indiana County’s musical ghost inhabits a little house at Smicksburg in West Mahoning Township, and has been named the “fiddling ghost of...
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Life of the Departed
Benjamin Franklin once said, “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except Death and Taxes.” Since the beginning of time,...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Sep 17
The Great Street Car Robbery
During the first quarter of the twentieth century, Indiana County saw tremendous wealth thanks to the flourishing businesses and industry...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Sep 10
Beyond Ancestry
We live in the golden age of genealogical and historical research. DNA tests, coupled with mainstream websites, such as Ancestry and...
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The Historical Society
- Aug 27
Collections Corner: The No. 14 Cannon
The cannon which is now positioned on the corner of South Sixth Street and Washington Avenue outside the Museum is No. 14 of 70, 5 inch...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Aug 20
Sanborn Maps
Insurance is and always has been a tricky business. Modern companies, outfitted with technology that would have astounded people of the...
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Allen Fiechuk
- Aug 13
Second Annual "A Night at the Museum"
Beginning last year in August, strange things started to happen at the museum. After everything began opening again, the Historical...
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Jonathan Bogert
- Jul 30
Collections Corner: The Piano in the Parlor
Imagine the year is 1870 and you find yourself seated in the grand parlor of one of the many affluent residences of Indiana County. As...
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Allen Fiechuk
- Jul 16
Fergus Moorhead - An Adventure
It was May 1772, and Captain Fergus Moorhead was just twenty-nine years old. He along with his two brothers Samuel and Joseph, James...
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Fireworks and Festivities - Celebrating the Fourth in the 1800s
Booming of cannons, firecrackers, marching men in uniform - that was the Fourth of July of the past in Indiana County. Traditionally,...
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Allen Fiechuk
- Jun 14
Flag Day - A History of Celebration
June 14 - Flag Day - a hardly recognized holiday today. Although we all know that government offices are closed, but beyond that, why do...
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Allen Fiechuk
- May 14
Historic Preservation Month
May has been termed as Historic Preservation Month. The month has been set aside to promote historic places and heritage tourism, and...
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