St. Albans Historical Society February 2012 Meeting
The St. Albans Historical Society will have their Winter Meeting on February 12 , Sunday, At 2:00 pm at their building and museum at 404, Fourth Ave., adjacent to the C&O Depot. Greg Carol of the WV Department of Culture and History will give a talk on how to research your Civil War ancestors and how to reclaim WV military medals from that era. Everyone is invited, followed by refreshments.
June Picnic at the cabin (below)
Morgan's Kitchen Fall Festival 2011 (below)
Richard Milam & Ellen Mills-Pauley making Apple Butter October 2010
19th Annual Christmas Homes Tour - was held on December 3, 2011, 6-9 pm. We had over 70 people to take this years tour and we included for the first time Morgan's Kitchen.
Historic Bridge to be removed: The Dick Henderson bridge (ca. 1934) has been deemed historic by the WV DOH. A memorandum of agreement has been reached wheras the City of St. Albans and the St. Albans Histlorical Soceity will receive $20,000 to address preservation projects within the town. A $5,000 scholarship will also be awarded to a high school student for doing a special project on local history. We now have in our possession one of the 1934 bridge plates which will later be attached to a monument.
New Displays - The Historical Society has acquired two vintage items ...both form the 1920's. The Pilot wheel from the USS WV Battleship that was sunk at Pearl Harbor and a 1922 hand painted map of a section of St. Albans. The pilot wheel was from the now closed Hilawn Pool and acquired by them in 1958, and the map is on loan from the City of St. Albans.
Rosie the Riveter Project: We are happy to be a partner in a new program to honor those women who worked to support the war effort during WWII. Hopefully a museum will be located permanently in St. Albans for numerous displays and media outputs of interviews, etc. We had a fine display about the Rosies at Founder's day. See ThanksPlainAnd Simple.com.
St. Albans Historical Society - 2012 Meeting Dates
February 12, 2012 - Regular Meeting
February 23 , 2012 - History Day at Capitol (Thursday), 9-2 pm
April 15, 2012 - Regular Meeting (3rd Sunday)
May 12, 2012 - Founder’s Day, Main St., 10-4 pm
June 10, 2012 - Sunday Picnic, 2 p.m. at Morgan’s Kitchen
June – August - Morgan’s Kitchen Open House, Sunday, 2-4 pm
September 9, 2012 - Regular Meeting
October 13, 2012 - Morgan’s Kitchen Fall Festival, 10-4 pm
October 20-21, 27-28, 2012 - Fall Train Open House at Bldg. (8-9 am)
November 11, 2012 - Regular Meeting
December 1, 2012 - Christmas Homes Tour, Saturday, 6 - 9 p.m.
