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141st Old Settlers’ Days Sept. 17 & 18
This is this year’s schedule of events! Don’t miss this exciting, educational community tradition!
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Washington County Heritage Commemorative Coin Collection
Washington County Heritage Coin Collection In celebration of Indiana’s bicentennial anniversary and the recent celebration of our County’s bicentennial, the Washington County Historical Society is proud to announce, the upcoming release of a commemorative 12 coin collection, celebrating the history of Washington County, Indiana. Each coin in the set will honor people, places, events or […]
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Junior Historical Society – Summer Break
Due to everyone’s busy summer schedules, the Washington County Junior Historical Society will break for the summer months of June & July, and resume our monthly meetings on August 27th. We hope you will all have an enjoyable and historic summer vacation! Please remember, we still hope to see our members at the Indiana Bicentennial events occurring […]
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Indiana Bicentennial Event – Crown Hill Cemetery
Indiana Bicentennial Event-Crown Hill Cemetery In conjunction with the Indiana Bicentennial, the Indiana Archive and Records Administration (IARA) is planning to honor the 43 pioneer delegates, who met in Corydon 200 years ago, to compose Indiana’s first constitution and establish our statehood. To commemorate the contributions of our state’s founding fathers, the IARA will be holding public […]
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Come Meet John Hay!
The Washington County Junior Historical Society is proud to announce, on Saturday, May 21st, a morning meeting with our namesake, John Milton Hay. Mr. Hay, who was born on our property in 1838, went on to become a great American statesman, diplomat, author and poet, whose political career spanned over 50 years. He will join […]
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Seeking 50’s era County Cheerleaders Uniform
The Stevens Museum @ The John Hay Center is currently seeking a donation from any citizens who participated as high school cheerleaders in the 1950’s era. We are desperately searching for a uniform similar to the ones pictured above for display in our newly expanded High School Sports room. If you are in possession of […]
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Numerous Members had their Historian Magazines Returned to Sender
The following list of members had their most recent copy of The Historian returned to the museum as unable to forward. If you have recently moved and wish to continue your membership with the Washington County Historical Society, please email us at info@johnhaycenter.org, call us at (812) 883-6495 or stop by the Stevens Museum, Tues-Sat 9am-5pm, […]
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Washington Co. Land of the Indians Pt. 2 – The Blue River Legend of the Shawnee Princess Eva
As previously mentioned, in segment 1 of the Indian history, we do not have very much information on the era of time the Shawnee Indian tribal bands occupied the southwest sections of our county. It is believed they migrated north prior to the end of 1810, so there would not have been much of a pioneer population […]
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Seeking County Racing History
During our period of display renovations, we will be expanding the Washington County Racing History Display in the upstairs gallery and would greatly appreciate donations from any time era representing the sport in our county. Examples of desired items are; photographs or memorabilia from any of the county speedways/raceways; the Salem Speedway, Thunder Valley or […]
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Washington County Junior Historical Society
The inaugural meeting of the Washington County Junior Historical Society will take place this Saturday at 10:30am, in the basement of the Stevens Museum @ the John Hay Center. Any county resident aged 9-18 is welcome to enroll in the society. Please bring a parent or guardian with you to the initial meeting, along with […]
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