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Museum Happenings September 2022
The county fair finishes up today, and students have settled in for the semester ahead. There are plenty of exciting new exhibits in the...

Jonathan Bogert
Sep 3, 2022


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...

The Historical Society
Aug 27, 2022


Sanborn Maps
Insurance is and always has been a tricky business. Modern companies, outfitted with technology that would have astounded people of the...

Jonathan Bogert
Aug 20, 2022


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...

Allen Fiechuk
Aug 13, 2022


Museum Happenings August 2022
With summer coming to a close, the Society has put to rest a number of important projects, reaching goals set back at the beginning of...

Jonathan Bogert
Aug 6, 2022


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...

Jonathan Bogert
Jul 30, 2022


Jim Nance - Indiana High School's greatest athlete
James “Jim” Sherman Nance, Jr. was born on December 30, 1942 to James S. Sr. and Delia Nance in Indiana, PA. He was a graduate of...

Allen Fiechuk
Jul 23, 2022


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...

Allen Fiechuk
Jul 16, 2022


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,...

The Historical Society
Jul 9, 2022
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