| Presenter |
Topic |
| Linda
Steele |
Quilting
Program |
| Joe
& Leanna Roberts |
Martha
Doan |
| Jim
Peyton |
Business
Days of Westfield |
| Mark
Edwards |
Farming-Early
Days |
| Gene
& June Cordell |
Geneology |
| Bill
Marlott |
Native
Americans in Hamilton County |
| Jim
Fulton |
Union
Bible College |
| ALL |
Summerfest
participants |
| Mitch
Hazelbaker |
Westfield-Washington
Fire Dept. Tour |
| Various |
Community
Information Nights at schools |
| Diane
Nevitt & Sharon Craig |
Hamilton
Co. Museum of History Tour |
| Jim
Pickett |
Sheridan
Historical & Genealogical Museum |
| ALL |
Historical
Home Tour |
| Dave
Mikesell |
Various
Guest speakers reminence |
| Various |
Antique
shops |
| Various |
Hamilton
County Courthouse |
| Various |
Train
and Transportation Museum |
| Various |
Cemetary
tour |
| Various |
Historical
Building Techniques |
| 2003 |
|
| June
17 |
Mark
Davis of Stone Saver Cemetery Restoration gives
tips and know-how on preserving stone artifacts.
Location: Town Hall. 7 p.m. |
| June
28 |
Hands-on
Cemetery Preservation Anti-Slavery Friends Cemetery.
Time 1:00 pm. |
| July
15 |
Organizational
meeting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| July
19 |
Indiana
Medical Historical Museum (Old Pathology Bldg at Central
State) 1 pm. www.imhm.org |
| July
26 |
Genealogy
Group, Westfield Library, 10 am. |
| August
19 |
Joe
Burgess, Hamilton County Historian. The Underground
Railroad in Hamilton County and Westfield-Washington
Township. 7pm |
| August
30 |
Genealogy
Group, Westfield Library, 10 am. |
| September
13 |
Hands-on
Cemetery Preservation Anti-Slavery Friends Cemetery.
Time 9 am - 12 pm. |
| September
16 |
Organizational
meeting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| September
20 |
Sullivan
Patrick Henry Museum tour 9:30 am |
| October
11 |
Genealogy
Group, Westfield Library, 10 am. |
| October
21 |
Rachel
Merrill will speak on the Louis & Clark expedition.
This is the 200th anniversary of their expedition.
Rachael is a descendent of one of the explorers.
Officer nominations for 2004. 7 p.m.
|
| November
8 |
Genealogy
Group, Westfield Library, 10 am. NOW MONTHLY |
|
November 18 |
Organizational
meeting at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| December
6 |
Genealogy
Group, Westfield Library, 10 am. |
| December
16 |
Pitch-in.
Voting for new 2004 officers. 7 p.m. |
| 2004 |
|
| February
17 |
Program:
Steve Lalioff will discuss his work on log cabin
restoration. He has worked on the Lewis and Clark
Fort in Illinois and will talk about various other
projects.
He
will explain required steps to us to reconstruct
the log cabin the Historical Society rescued from
the Carey-Otis house.
|
| March
16 |
Organizational
meeting at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| April
20 |
Program: David Heighway Underground Railroad |
| May
18 |
Organizational
meeting at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| June
|
Summerfest
Planning Meeting |
| June
15 |
Judith
(Stanley) Shuck on family history with the Union
Bible College and early Westfield
|
| June
19 |
Shamrock
Fest 8:30-12 parade, 12-8pm booth |
| June
26 |
Master
Gardener Tour 10am-4pm |
| July
20 |
Organizational
meeting at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| August
7 |
|
| August
17 |
MEMBERS
ONLY: Roberts House Member tour |
| September
18 |
2004
Westfield Washington Township Historical Home Tour
|
| September
21 |
Organizational
meeting at 7p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| October
2 |
1:00
PM, Strawtown Koteewi "Prairie" Park Archeology
Tour – sign up at next meeting or call Carol
Daubenspeck at 896-1943 - more information at http://www.ipfw.edu/archsurv/Research.html |
| October
19 |
David
Heighway presented on almost no notice a wonderful
program on the Railroads in Westfield.
Tom
Kepshire had to cancel due to illness in family
– Monon Railroad in Westfield
For more information visit his Website at http://www.chrispy.net/%7Emonon/bygone/main.html
|
|
November 16 |
Organizational
meeting at 7p.m. Everyone welcome. |
| December
7 |
Pitch-in.
Show and Tell. Voting for new 2005 officers.
7 PM
|
| 2005 |
|
| January
18 |
Organizational
meeting at 7 PM Everyone welcome.
|
| March
1 |
NEW
DATE Ann Van Camp – The Van Camp Family
and Company – 7 PM Westfield Town Hall
|
| April
19 |
Anti-Slavery
Friends and the Underground Railroad by Thomas
Hamm from Earlham College |
| May
14th |
|
| June
21 |
Rachel
Merrill - Hortonville - at Hortonville - see Newsletter
for Details or call Rachel to
join us |
| August
16 |
Connie
Rendfeld - Indiana Historical Society - "Collecting
for your museum - do it right from the start" |
| September
24 |
Trip
to National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
- Cincinnati - click for details |
| October
18 |
Halloween
2006 unseenpress.com
Inc. - Historic Underground
Railroad Ghost Walk
Fund Raiser |
| December
13 |
Pitch-in
and Holiday Show and Tell Meeting - bring your
artefacts, pictures or short stories and present
them to the community - also 2006 Historical Society
Officers election |
| 2006 |
|
| February
23 |
Thursday
Meeting at 7 PM at the Town Hall:
This
month’s program will feature Mr. Gary Southerland
who has been with the Fire Department for many
years. He will present the history of the Westfield
Fire Department based on the extensive research
he has done. Gary has lived in and around
Westfield all of his life. He and his wife
Tamara have three children. Gary is an upstanding
citizen and has served our community very
well for many years.
Please
join us on Thursday the 23rd at 7:00pm in
the Town Hall for this program, which is
sure to be very interesting and informative!
|
| March
4 |
Saturday
March 4, 2006 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Sheridan Historical
Society
Collections Management Seminar. Join us for this event by the Indiana Historical
Society’s John Harris and Connie Rendfeld. Learn how to create and
maintain our new museums collection. Contact Michael Kobrowski @ 867-5594
by Feb 17th to make your reservation.
|
| March
25 |
Underground
Railroad Run/Walk and Historic Westfield Event
- www.mywestfield.net
The
Westfield Chamber is organizing another popular
historic Westfield event. This event brought
over 300 people to Historic Downtown Westfield
in 2004. The Historical Society is cooperating
with the Chamber and other local organizations
and businesses to make this year’s event an
even bigger success. Look forward to historic
lectures about the Underground Railroad in
Westfield/Hamilton County. Learn about the
Quaker and Union Bible College history with
demonstrations and speeches for the whole family.
Volunteers dressed in era costumes are needed
to distribute flyers and to give this event
a historic flair.
|
| April
18 |
Tuesday
Meeting at 7 PM
Join
Us for a Performance of Period Music Tuesday
April 18th 7pm Town Hall
Mr.
Stuart Davis and Rev. Jon Daubenspeck will
present for your enjoyment and information
a program on our roots in music and the instruments
that played a very important roll in the early
history of this county in war, peace, and worship
around the time Hamilton County and Westfield
was settled. You will see how the various songs
and instruments brought many ethnic immigrants
together to form this great nation. This will
be a program you won’t want to miss!
|
| May
13 |
Saturday
8:30 am - Anti-Slavery Friends Cemetery Work
Day
Click here to
see our past progress.
Call
or e-mail Michael Kobrowski to let us know
that you are planning to join us and if you
have questions on what to bring to help clean
and reset gravemarkers in this Historic Cemetery.
We might also go to one more to do a gravemarker
rescue...
|
| June
20 |
Jim
Beery - Stories and History of Eagletown
Jim
Beery will speak about Eagletown and the history
of this town just west of Westfield. Its rich
Underground Railroad History and Midland Railroad
stories. Jim Berry writes stories for the Vincennces
Newspaper.
Read
an important news story about Eagletown development
at the Indianapolis
Star.
|
| August
15 |
Program
to be announced |
| September
9 |
WESTFIELD
WASHINGTON HISTORIC HOMETOUR
Check
back for more details
|
| October
17 |
Program
to be announced |
| December
12 |
Holiday
Meeting and Show & Tell - Historical Society
Officer Election |
