Celebrate Jay County’s Farming History
Posted by Tom Young in Heritage Festivals - Past
IMPORTANT NOTICE! CHANGE IN PARKING FOR THIS YEAR’S FESTIVAL!
WE ARE UNABLE TO PARK IN THE FIELD EAST OF THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR. PLEASE FOLLOW THE SIGNS TO THE EAST ELEMENTARY PARKING LOT AT WATERAND ORKNEY STREETS AND WALK ONE BLOCK NORTH TO THE FESTIVAL. IF YOU PREFER, YOU MAY RIDE IN A HORSE-DRAWN SHUTTLE WAGON.
The Eighth Annual Heritage Festival, “When Grandpa Farmed-History of Farming in Jay County” will be held October 2 and 3. Volunteers are hard at work this week setting up the stage, the tents, the displays and preparing special treats for the biggest and best festival yet. Come join us for music, games, presentations, demonstrations, classic Jay County Foods and FUN. Please click on the link below to view the schedule.
A print of a painting by American artist Norman Rockwell will be featured at this year’s festival. Following a visit to the Steed farm in southern Jay County, Mr. Rockwell painted a picture which included members of the Steed family and county extension agent, H.K. Rippey. The original art appeared in a 1948 issue of the Saturday Evening Post. the painting now hangs at the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
Thanks to Arts Place and the Indiana Arts Commission for our matching grant to help with the festival.
Open House features Scouts and Native American artifacts
Posted by Tom Young in Society News
A display honoring the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and an outstanding collection of Indian artifacts will be featured for an open house at the museum on Sunday, August 22 from 1 to 4 p.m. You may also visit us during regular hours, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm.
Barry and Elizabeth Hudson and family prepared the display commemorating the anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America. Also on display will be part of the extensive collection of Indian arrowheads and artifacts from the late Frank Cline, which is on loan to the museum for a month. All of the arrowheads are identified and labeled and come from Indiana or Eastern Ohio, many from the Fort Recovery area.
