“Knee high by the 4th of July” as the old farming adage goes comes to mind when I look at this picture of an exceptional Crop! These gentlemen are the winners of the corn growing contest held in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of Studer Brother’s Mill in 1930. I am really impressed on how …
WordPress Apprentice / Writer We are looking for individual who is eager to learn WordPress and other google tools like Google Forms and Trello who can help maintain the Historical Society Website blog posts. This person will work under the supervision of Drew Norman to build compelling content for the historical society website. Drew will …
Apple Creek Historical Society seeking WordPress assistance Read More »
Hey Apple Creek Community! We are having a benefit Auction at the Historical Society Museum on 185 Church Street. We have a variety of items that we need to relocate to a new home and all proceeds are helping us open our doors for business. Location: 185 Church Street. Apple Creek, Ohio 44606Time: 10 am …
Benefit Auction May 25, 10-2pm at Apple Creek Historical Society Read More »
Hello Apple Creek Followers. We need your help to make this Apple Creek Historical Society legendary. To help us get the doors open we need volunteers with a wide range of talents. Please take a moment to fill out the short Survey. If you have any questions or need to get in contact with someone …
Our picture this month takes us back to the “village” of East Union where David Eshleman’s General Store was located along the Lincoln Highway (seen here before it was paved with brick). We have an unidentified family on the store’s front steps (after it had been remolded and enlarged) along with a young lad riding …
One of the biggest surprises for me personally in my attempts to learn about East Union Twp was the discovery that Apple Creek was home to a Miss Ohio in the Miss America contest! Miss Diane Howell was a 1947 graduate of Apple Creek High School and was just finishing up her teaching degree at …
February is the month known for romance and a time to show and to tell that special person how you feel about them. With all of the commercial reminders that we have today, it’s easy to find a way to express our admiration. But what about our ancestors? In February of 1850, 18 year old …
Our picture this month is one of the classic photo postcards of down town Apple Creek taken in the early 1900’s. Here we see a clear view of the east side of the railroad tracks on the south side of SR 250. What must it have been like to have a bakery that close to …
The Apple Creek Historical Society will provide the facilities, with libraries and programs, to promote a community learning center focused on the history of the East Union Township area.
