A Journey Through Time (Third Grade Textbook) 80 pages  $10

My Pioneer Childhood in Early Jay County 49 pages $10

Tell Me a Story, Grandpa (Underground Railroad) 12 pages  $5

A Journey Through Time 2008,  80 pages  $10

This history is the current third grade textbook for students in the Jay School Corporation. It tells the early settlement of Jay County, maps showing Jay County’s location, a time line listing the “firsts” in Jay County from 1816-2007. A brief history is given for each of the major communities – Bryant, Dunkirk, New Corydon, Pennville, Portland, Redkey, and Salamonia. Schools featured are Liber College, Farmers’ Academy, Eastern Indiana Normal School, and the current schools in the Jay School Corporation. The county courthouses are featured. This book has a glossary of terms and bibliography.

To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .

My Pioneer Childhood In Early Jay County 49 pages  $10.00
Compiled in 2004 by Janice Stucky in 2004 for the Jay County Historical Society, Inc.

This book was compiled for 3rd grade students through elementary school.
As much as possible, the actual words told to early writers have been used. Each chapter is illustrated. Pioneers had childhood recollections of living in Jay County between 1836 and the 1860s. They include Joseph Cromwell Andrew, Rachel Beekman, Nancy Brooks, Benjamin Franklin Current, Martin VanBuren Coons, Elizabeth Caroline [Hawkins] Clark, James Daniels, Martha Jane [Hesser] Daugherty, Susan Comfort [Andrew] Daugherty, John Edmundson, Jim Edwards, Elizabeth [McKinney] Hall, Catherine [Shrack] Hartman, Joseph Campbell Hawkins, William James Hesser, Clarissa Hoppes, Elijah “Lige” Hoppes, Mary [Shanks] McCoy, Maria [Grissell] Meredith, Dilwyn P. Smith, Rachel Ann [Wilson] Steward, Abraham Studabaker, and William Garner Sutton
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail research@jaycountyhistory.org .

Tell Me A Story, Grandpa  12 pages  $5.00
By Miriam Edmundson – revised edition
This is an original story about the Underground Railroad through the Balbec area in Penn Township. The characters in the story are based on Miriam’s parents, her niece, and her nephew. Betty is a fourth-grade student. She and her younger brother learn of the Underground Railroad Marker at Balbec.
To purchase materials contact the Jay County Historical Society at 903 East Main Street, Portland, IN 47371. You may also call 1-260-726-7168 or e-mail us at research@jaycountyhistory.org.