Preserving our History
Our Building - Fall 2009
Our Building - The Beginning. "Sealed bids will be received up to 12pm on the 3rd day of May, 1898, for the furnishing of all material and labor for a two-story brick dwelling for Jesse H. Dowell. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of P. J. Loney, architect." so states the local newspaper.
The building, at 321 North High Street, stayed in the Dowell family until 1919. Owners changed several times until 1976 when it was purchased by the Blackford County Historical Society. It is now the home of the BCHS, The Museum and The Cecil Beeson Genealogy Library.
The Cecil Beeson Genealogy Library is located on the first floor and contains many items of interest to historians and genealogists. See below for a short list of items in the library.
Museum items are on the first and second floors and should be explored. Below is a small sample of our displays. Click any thumbnail image to see a larger version. Right-click and choose Save Picture As to download a copy.
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Short list of items in the Library
- Church Files These files may contain church directories, photos, bulletins, etc.
- Directories This is a list of city directories and telephone books in our library
- Family Genealogies. This material has been donated to the Library and an updated list is now available as a pdf file. Click on Family Genealogies to view. These Family Files are shelved alphabetically in our library. We also have miscellaneous individual material filed alphabetically in file folders. These files might contain newspaper clippings, pictures, brochures, letters, etc
- High School Year Books, H.C/Blackford County 1917-2009 except 1987. A few year books for Roll and Montpelier,
- Newspaper Collection, dating from 1905 to 1961 - 37 Books from News Times; 36 Books from Times Gazette; 8 Books from News; 22 Books from Evening News - Not complete for all years.
- Picture collection sorted by category and filed
- Book - History of Jay and Blackford Counties, 1887
- Book - Biographical Memoirs of Blackford County, 1900, B. G. Shinn
- Book - Blackford and Grant Counties, Indiana, 1914, B.G. Shinn
- Book - History of Blackford County, 1986
- Book - Indiana Civil War Veterans, Blackford County, 1861-1865 2nd edition
- Blackford County Courthouse History
- Isaac Newton Blackford, Biography
- USS Blackford --(APB-45)
- Activities for children about Blackford County History. Five downloadable pages in pdf form.
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Board Members: Joyce Colbert, Ron Dodds, Yvonne Farling, Joan Stanley, Dick Tarr
Current officers: President - Sinuard Castelo, V-President - Hugh Scott, Secretary - Judy Sodders, Treasurer - Jane Winder
Blackford County Historical Society
321 North High Street
PO Box 264
Hartford City, IN 47348
Sinuard Castelo (765)348-3103, email sinuardcastelo3@gmail.com or
Jane Winder (765) 348-4028, email gjwinder@pcdoctors1.com
Last Update 08/21/10
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