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HOCKING COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY and museum




64 NORTH CULVER STREET
LOGAN, OHIO 43138
1-740-385-6026

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GENEALOGY AND MILITARY LOOKUP
NEXT TWO SATURDAYS
OCT 16 AND 23



THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN THE VALLEY

6 BUILDING COMPLEX





railway telegraph



Look back in to history Hocking Valley Railroad Telegraph Office Test your Morse Code knowledge



print shop



View printing presses paper cutters Radios print dies and photos ​



schempp house



Built 1881 by Kitsmiller 1894 Charles Keynes and Lucy Moore married 1st house to have electricity ​Display for Tessa Sweazy Webb and Katie Smith



museum



Sit in early 1900's desks and write on chalkboards in recreated 1912 School House view medical office military uniforms and equipment toys Mastodon teeth Indian artifacts ​



carriage house



shuck corn on corn sheller local coal mining equipment model oil rig local clay and brick industry corn broom making farm tools



lutz steam car



Henry Lutz, a Logan inventor, built a steam-powered automobile in 1899. It is the only one of its kind and HCHGSM was formed around its donation in 1966. It is kept in pristine condition and is on display in its own building along with Lutz' other inventions. Stiers Family original pioneer wagon in same building.



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WANTED!! VOLUNTEES TO HELP OUT AT THE MUSEUM COMPLEX.



We can fit YOU with whatever interests you have. Just a few hours a month would be appreciated.

We can train YOU to be a docent (to give tours) or if you are not into giving tours, we have lots of other needs.


What is YOUR interest?


We are open 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday, April thru October.


We are one of Logan's "Best Kept Secrets" and it will amaze YOU the amount of local history hidden in these buildings.


Come visit us at 64 North Culver Street,


To contact me for more information, NYLA at 740-603-1876.