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Photos Above: 2nd Annual Antique Homemades and Primitives Show Sept 20. 2014. A wonderful event. 80 degrees sunny skies and lots of visitors. Shawn Godwin bottom left corner and The "Crew" bottom right corner!!
April 10, 2014 Dan Clark, PTHS Pres. gathering tornado stories in prep
for the 50th Tornado Commemorative in April 2015 |
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Past Events
March 14th 2019 ~ “Clocks: Their History, Styles and Repair” presented by Tim Simonson.
JUNE 8th, 2017 ~ Native American & pioneer experience! CAPTAIN WOLF IN EARLY MEDINA COUNTY
Re-enactor & lecturer John Burke, Medina County Treasurer, accurately portray Captain Wolf, a Delaware (Lenapi) Indian who lived in Medina County at the time of the War of 1812 – telling about the Native American & pioneer experience of North Central Ohio 200 years ago.
photos below.
JUNE 8th, 2017 ~ Native American & pioneer experience! CAPTAIN WOLF IN EARLY MEDINA COUNTY
Re-enactor & lecturer John Burke, Medina County Treasurer, accurately portray Captain Wolf, a Delaware (Lenapi) Indian who lived in Medina County at the time of the War of 1812 – telling about the Native American & pioneer experience of North Central Ohio 200 years ago.
- March 9, 2017 Jim Smith, Lorain County Historical Society Educator and Lecturer "A CENTURY AGO: 1917." presents what the U.S. was like in 2017.
- Nov 19, 2016 -- Mr. Adam Matthews presentation and talk about LORAIN COUNTY'S RAILROADS of the past and present. Very informative and great Power Point!
- October 13, 2016; Watersheds of Lorain County. What is a watershed? How does your living habits affect watersheds and Lake Erie? Col Matt Nahorn spoke on Ohio Watersheds. Excellent lecture and slide review of watersheds, focussed on Beaver watershed
- September 17, 2016; 4th annual Primitives and Antique Festival. Thank you all for coming and making this successful. proceeds for renovation of the schoolhouse. Food was terrific, Band was great. Thank you to our Vendors and all those who helped out.
- May 12, 2016 Georgann & Mike Wachter of Avon Lake – SHIPWRECKS OF LAKE ERIE: Fire, Storm & Collision" Presentation with Slides and artifacts display
- October 8th, 2015 - LAKE ERIE SHIPWRECKS, LIGHTHOUSES & LIGHTHOUSE LORE was presented by Georgann and Michael Wachter. Artifacts of ship dives on display. Excellent and very interesting presentation
- Sept. 19, 2015 - 3rd Annual PTHS Antique Primitives and Handmades Festival was fairly well attended, despite the weather. Food and Music was great. Wonderful Vendor items and the Schoolhouse tour was well attended.
- August 13, 2015 - Program- HISTORY OF THE LORAIN COUNTY INFIRMARY, 1868-1967 (PowerPoint program)
- byJared Smith of the Carlisle Township Historical Society, and author of the book "Just a Place to Stay Out of the Rain: a History of the Lorain County Infirmary." Very informative, historical and interesting about the Lorain Infirmary.
- June 11,2015 – Program – Bill Cutcher (President, Brownhelm Historical Association), “Bill Long, the Lorain Airport, and Early Aviation” . Fantastic presentation and info on aviation.
- May 14, 2015– Program with historian Jim Smith (LCHS), “1865, Civil War 150th Anniversary. Excellent!
- April 11, 2015– 50th Commemorative Anniversary Event, “50 Years Since the Tornado” Began at 2pm with about 215 attendees unveiling and dedicating a memorial plaque to those who lost their lives and to the Community of Pittsfield in remembrance of the 1965 devastating tornado. Guest speaker and author Roger Pickenpaugh "Night of the Wicked Winds" gave a great presentation, group discussion and various people who lived through the tornado spoke and described their stories. See photos below. DVD of this event is available for purchase. Includes aftermath photos and Interviews from survivors. Also recorded is the actual Commemorative Event and Plaque dedication. Contact us for details.
- March 1, 2015 – Ralph Hayes, Local Historian presented, “The Churches of Pittsfield”. Annual membership meeting.
- October 9, 2014- Jim Smith of the Lorain County Historical Society, talk on the Civil War (150 years ago)
- Sept 20th, 2014- 2nd annual PTHS Antiques and Primitives Homemades show was a success with 35 vendors. Approx
photos below.
- July 10, 2014 Annual PTHS Picnic at The Pittsfield Township Town Hall: weather was beautiful, food was great and good conversation. See you again next year!
- May 8th 2014: We hosted a presentation On Amherst Old Spring & Braun Brewery (Photo below)
- April 10th 2014: We hosted a Palm Sunday Tornado Survivor Panel Discussion. (Photo below)
- March 13th 2014: We held our Annual Membership meeting. Two new board members were nominated, Bill Molder and Jennifer Abram of Pittsfield Twp. and the resignation of Bryce Brown was accepted. Thank You Bryce for your contributions.
- September 9th 2010: We hosted a presentation on the Galapagos Islands by Keith Tarvin.
- June 10th 2010: We hosted a presentation by Col. Matt Nahorn of the New Indian Ridge Museum. Col. Matt's presentation highlighted his efforts to preserve the legacy of Col. Raymond C. Vietzen a Kentucky Colonel responsible for creating the original Indian Ridge Museum.
- May 13th 2010: We hosted a presentation on Chrystal Beach by Marlene Feldkamp and her sister Sandra. We had a great time reliving the memories of this great family owned amuzement park.
- April 8th 2010: We hosted a presentation on the Palm Sunday Tornado of 1965 to a packed crowd with special guest Neil Zurker of One Tank Trip fame providing commentary. Neil who was on site in Pittsfield from the time first responders arrived had lots to say about his experience of being in Pittsfield just hours before the Tornado hit picnicing and then again later than night after the tornado hit.
- March 11th 2010: We hosted a presentation by Gary Gerome from the Lorain County Metro Parks on Civil War Songs. All in attendance had a lot of fun (Photo below) singing songs and learning a bit of the history behind them.
- February 11th 2010: We held our 2nd Annual Membership Meeting / Potluck Dinner. It was an opportunity for members learn more about the organization and each other. All who attended enjoyed themselves and many new friends were made.
- January 14th 2010: We held a presentation by Don Darmos of the Durand Group based in the United Kingdom. The group is comprised of ex military, bomb technicians, and engineers who re-open World War 1 German, British, French, Canadian, and Australian fighting tunnels which are located in France. These fighting tunnels were dug during WWI between 1915-1918 and then sealed in 1922 by the French Government. The program went into
details about the Durand Group's trips to the many fighting tunnels (discoveries made, condition of the tunnels, and safety precautions).