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Wabash County Museum
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The Wabash County Museum is proud to propagate local history through preservation, education, and innovation and to inspire wonder in our past and foster cultural understanding today and in the future. We use state-of-the-art exhibits and engaging programming to introduce guests to the rich history of this one-of-a-kind county. Focused on family-friendly programming, the Museum offers an extensive educational area for children including The Bear Den by Beacon, the Dr. Brush Invention Emporium, an iSandbox, and more.Annually, the Museum welcomes thousands of members, guests, tourists, and school children through our doors. The Wabash County Museum is a not-for-profit, operating entirely through memberships, admissions, and private donations.
36 E Market St, Wabash, IN 46992
260-563-9070
36 E Market St, Wabash, IN 46992
260-563-9070
Arthur Schenkel - Honeywell Factory Employee
Arthur Schenkel was born in Lagro, IN on July 19, 1907 to Charles and Bertha (May) Miller. During his childhood here he attended the Swamp School. A one room schoolhouse located near Hopewell, IN, approximately three miles northeast of Lagro. When Arthur was eleven years old the family moved to Wabash and he attended West Ward Elementary located on Thorne Street. Staying here through 6th grade, the family moved to the other side of town and Arthur switched to East Ward. Attending here through the 8th grade he would graduate from Wabash High School in 1926.
In June of 1926, the day before High School graduation, Arthur applied for a job at the Honeywell Factory in town and was accepted. The...
In June of 1926, the day before High School graduation, Arthur applied for a job at the Honeywell Factory in town and was accepted. The...
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Richard Price - U.S. Army Veteran
Просмотров 89 часов назад
Claude Richard "Dick" Price was born on September 2, 1941, in Laketon, Indiana, to Jack and Mary (Finkenbiner) Price. Graduating from Noble Township High School in 1960 he went to work in Warsaw but was soon drafted into the army. Following basic training at Fort Knox, KY, he was sent to Fort Riley, KS, for infantry training (MOS111). He said of his time there, “I knew I was going somewhere bec...
Arthur Graebner - Businessman
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Arthur C. Graebner was born on September 19, 1906 in Cheboygan, WI to Michael and Emma (Umbach) Graebner. A year later the family moved to Bay City, MI when his father, a professor and principal took a position at the Emmanual Lutheran school. A position he held until his death. Around the age of seven Arthur was diagnosed with Bright’s, a type of kidney disease that at the time was considered ...
Roy E Baker - Barber
Просмотров 1619 часов назад
Roy E. Baker was born on April 22, 1886 to Ira and Lydia (Mendenhall) Baker in the small town of Baker’s Corner, approximately 10 miles west of Noblesville, IN. Roy attended school in Baker’s Corner until completing 8th grade. To continue into high school his parents would have to pay tuition and he would need a horse and buggy to travel the many miles to the school. Both of which his they did ...
Floyd Bates - Wabash Street Car Driver
Просмотров 1019 часов назад
Floyd Bates was born on February 26, 1899 in Spiecherville, Indiana. One of five children, three sisters and one brother (Ruben Bates who would become a Wabash fireman), Floyd grew up on a farm and attended school in Spiecherville. Farming life was difficult at this time and the family moved into the town of Wabash, IN and took up residence on Gillum Avenue by the Asbestos Plant, now Ford Meter...
George McNeeley - Honeywell Employee
Просмотров 1621 день назад
George McNeeley was born on October 8, 1906 in Southern Illinois. At a young age his family moved to Wabash looking for a better life than what farming was providing. Living with his family in an uncle's house, George attended the old Century School until the age of 16 when he dropped out. He commented he had to quit “…to allow the teachers to catch up with him.” Upon leaving school, he went to...
Arthur Fedewa - Salesman & Business Owner
Просмотров 16Месяц назад
Arthur J. Fedewa was born in a log home on November 14, 1893 near Portland, Michigan. The second youngest of seven children, his parents were farmers who had immigrated from Germany. His early education came from a one room district school house that was a K-12 frame built building heated by a single pot-belly wood stove. Attending here until grade three, his family then moved several miles int...
Rod Songer - Veteran, Teacher, Principal
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Rod Songer, born on October 22, 1945 to Hardy and Evelyn Songer, moved to Wabash, IN in 1962 and graduated from Wabash High School two years later. Songer worked while attending classes to help pay for his education at Manchester College. Due to being in college and deferring his enrollment, Songer received his draft papers to Vietnam in June 1970. At the age of 25, with a wife and 13-month-old...
C. Glen Coolman - Teacher, Coach, Athletic Director
Просмотров 48Месяц назад
Graduating Bluffton High School at age 17, he attended college classes during summer terms and extension classes when he could. In this manner he worked on his degree while teaching in the classroom after high school at the then Bluffton Elementary. Two years later he moved to Converse, IN where he taught and coached basketball. Returning back to Bluffton to fulfill some left over contractual d...
Alonzo Mullendore - Honeywell Heating and Specialties Employee
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Alonzo Mullendore was born on a farm in Walton, IN on August 31, 1905. At the age of 17 he left the farm and moved into Peru, IN where he spent the next four years working at area businesses such as Square D, American Stationary, and a local auto parts manufacturer. He even spent several months working in Laporte, IN at the Advance-Rumley Thrashing Machine Works. In 1921 Alonzo met his future w...
Zenno Malott - Wabash, IN Sheriff & Police Chief
Просмотров 14Месяц назад
Zenno Malott was born December 12, 1889 in Wabash County on one of its many turn of the century farms. In 1921 he married Amelia Diefenbaugh Malott and together they would have two girls. In late 1925 the couple moved into Wabash and shortly afterward Zenno began working on the Wabash Sheriff’s Department, eventually becoming its Sheriff and serving a then two year term. After six years with th...
Warren S Pressler - WWI Aviator (Full Interview)
Просмотров 94Месяц назад
On June 4, 1975 Warren S. Pressler, WWI Aviator, was interviewed by George Dingledy as part of the Wabash Carnegie Public Library Oral History Program. Warren Pressler served overseas in France during World War I as part of the 96th Aero Squadron specifically tasked with day bombardment of German lines and defenses. Flying the Breguet 14B.2 day bombardment plane, powered by a Renault motor, Pre...
Edgar Watson Howe - History Hunters, July 2021
Просмотров 18Месяц назад
Edgar Watson “Ed” Howe was born on May 3, 1853 in Treaty, Indiana just south of the county seat of Wabash. Going to work at age seven on his father's homestead, he became an apprentice printer at 12 and worked in the printing trade until 1872-73. Soon after he became a journalist and gained ownership of the “Golden Globe in Globe, CO. It was here that he acquired the sharp-witted editorial repu...
Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, and Peggy Sue perform at the Grand Ole Opry
Просмотров 139Месяц назад
On February 24, 1990, three of Nashville's greatest singers, Crystal Gayle, Loretta Lynn, and Peggy Sue, performed together on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. Although all three sisters were iconic Country Singers, it was Wabash's own, Crystal, who would make the crossover to Country Pop and become known around the world. Subscribe to keep up with our local history! For any questions or inquiries ...
1986 IHSAA State Championship Game
Просмотров 29Месяц назад
The Spring of 1986 was all about Baseball, Wabash High School baseball to be exact. On June 27th of that year The Wabash Apaches played the Marion Giants, at Busch Stadium in Indianapolis, for the IHSAA State Baseball Championship. Playing as the only non-ranked team in the State Finals, the Apaches stunned the favorited Giants 2-1 to win their first ever State Baseball Championship. Some highl...
The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 3
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The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 3
The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 2
Просмотров 21Месяц назад
The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 2
The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 1
Просмотров 26Месяц назад
The Thursday Parlay: History of Old Somerset By Tom Snyder Part 1
Warren S Pressler - WWI Aviator (Partial Interview)
Просмотров 423 месяца назад
Warren S Pressler - WWI Aviator (Partial Interview)
Coolman Gymnasium Naming Ceremony 1969 & Interiview with Phil Magner Sr
Просмотров 93 месяца назад
Coolman Gymnasium Naming Ceremony 1969 & Interiview with Phil Magner Sr
Major Meredith Kidd - History Hunters with Pete Jones
Просмотров 403 месяца назад
Major Meredith Kidd - History Hunters with Pete Jones
Chester High School v. Marion HS - 1948 Regional Championship
Просмотров 43 месяца назад
Chester High School v. Marion HS - 1948 Regional Championship
History Hunters - The West End with Pete Jones
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History Hunters - The West End with Pete Jones
Harold Wolfe - Businessman (Beitman & Wolf Department Store)
Просмотров 543 месяца назад
Harold Wolfe - Businessman (Beitman & Wolf Department Store)
50th Anniversary WHS Football State Champions Fall 1970
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50th Anniversary WHS Football State Champions Fall 1970
Lincolnville Church Celebrating 150th Year
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Lincolnville Church Celebrating 150th Year
Wabash County: A Journey Through Time (2005)
Просмотров 273 месяца назад
Wabash County: A Journey Through Time (2005)
Bill Rogge - Wabash HS v. Hunt North HS (IHSAA Boys Sectional: March, 1970)
Просмотров 183 месяца назад
Bill Rogge - Wabash HS v. Hunt North HS (IHSAA Boys Sectional: March, 1970)