franklin co. historical society 2013 year in review
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Highlights of activities of the Franklin Co. Historical Society during its 75th year.TRANSCRIPT
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FCHS 2012
Our 75th year in pictures
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Depot Closed for Jan-Feb
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75th anniversary reopening party
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Anniversary Cake
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A Visit to the One-Room School
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A Guided Tour
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Introducing the Portal website
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Exploring the FCHS photo archives
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Looking at Washburn architecture
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Looking at stereocards
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Model train watching
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Arrival of the new caboose
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Onto Tecumseh Street
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Easy does it
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Backing into the parking lot
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Craning to see the caboose
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75th anniversary history symposium
www.franklincokshistory.org
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Deborah Barker –on Perry Fuller
Vickie Sandell Stangl -- on Etta Semple
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John Nichols on the Confederated Peorias
Louis Reed on Ottawa in 1937—Our Founding Year
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Dr. Virgil Dean of the KSHS (and Peoria)
Dr. Steven Foulke of Ottawa University
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Attentive listeners
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Arrival of Muecke negatives
1944 Flood Damage at DepotJoseph B. Muecke
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Muecke images
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Landmark Events and Street Markers
Gov. Avery at Centennial Parade
Installing Ottawa’s distinctive concrete street markers
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Rural Electrification, Franklin Co.
The end of the kerosene lamp—rural electrification in the late 40s.
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Exhibit “Americans by Choice”
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Attractive and interesting panels
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Exhibit on Dailey Brothers Circus
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Portal website outreach
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New “Dad” Martin exhibit
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Lunch & Learn programs
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What’s “inherent vice?”
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Glorious Fourth
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Louis Reed and Cleon Rickel Read Their Parts of the Declaration of Independence
Louis, Cleon, Kevin Blackwell, Steve Foulke, John Coen, Mark Cation, Blaine Finch, Ken Woods and Louise Dietz pledge allegiance.
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Even at 8 a.m., it’s hot in wool.
FCHS Board Member John Nichols cools off under a tree.
Dan Doolittle playsAmerica the Beautiful
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Holidays Involve Food
A hearty breakfast was enjoyed at City Park near the 1859 Dietrich Cabin.
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Historic Day Camp
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A Woman’s Work is Never Done
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Kids researched characters and portrayed them at the Depot.
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Native Neighbors from Franklin County’s Past
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Rosters of the Indian Brigade
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Civil War artifacts
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Pro-Union Refugees from Indian Territory housed near here
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Wyandot artifacts on display
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Munsee photos & artifacts
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Contrast of old and new regalia
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Fancy Dancers
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John Ballard explaining the drum
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Drummers
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The Washees - A family of dancers
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Phase Two of caboose project
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The caboose with new paint
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One – room school programs
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Award from OCTA
Oregon – CaliforniaTrails Association
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Annual Conclave
Of the Esoteric and Terrible
Order of Pie EatersCivil War
PhotographerAlexanderGardner as portrayed byDr. Doug Mc-Govern ofHutchinson.
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Geoff Hanson as Chief Pie Eater
From an earlier production of “The Pie Eaters Present: Spirits in the Old Depot Museum”
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Ottawa Library Story Time under the Train Tree
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Christmas at the Depot Museum
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Vintage Christmas cards
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The Train Tree
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Partridge in a Pear Tree
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The Peacock or Children’s Tree
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Soda Fountain Tree
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One-room school tree
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Victorian Parlor Tree
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Staff
Archivist Susan Geiss Digital Projects Librarian Barbara Dew
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Ashley Brannan
Has scanned over 5,000Muecke negatives and prints – entering over 3,000 onto PastPerfect
Has enlivened our Facebook page to new levels of readership
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10 years ago, 2002
Storage building at W. Wilson and N. Locust collapses in ice storm. Board member Jack Beauchamp stabilized the building enough to get the artifacts out. They were stored all over the county.
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50 years ago this coming July 4th