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Metadata
Title |
December 2006 Daviess County Historical Society newsletter |
Object Name |
Newsletter |
Catalog Number |
2025.0025.0018 |
People |
Dorrell, Dean Overton, Richard Gerald Sellers, Vincent A. |
Date |
2006 |
Scope & Content |
December 2006 newsletter issued by the Daviess County Historical (DCHS) in Washington, Indiana. DCHS was established in 1966 and operates the Daviess County Museum in Washington. Dean Dorrell was president of DCHS in 2006. Vince Sellers was the Museum's director from 2006 to 2016. The Museum's first location was the small Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) room in the basement of the Daviess County Courthouse. The Museum moved in 1969 to a one story, frame house at 305 East Walnut Street in Washington. In 1978 the Museum relocated to the former Jefferson School on Donaldson Road in Washington. In 2005 DCHS acquired the historic Masonic Lodge built in 1868 at 212 E. Main Street in Washington where the Museum is now located.This newsletter was part of a large collection donated in 2025 to the Daviess County Museum from the estate of Richard "Dick" Gerald Overton (1937-2024). |
Collection |
Richard Overton Collection |
Search Terms |
Daviess County Historical Society Daviess County Museum |