Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society

11/21/2025

Today was an awesome day of giving to help build the Marengo Big Springs Parklet! Thank you donors for helping to 'Turn a Dream Into Reality" with this new park located at the Old Town Church. Mark your calendars for a visit to the Old Town Church on the dates below. Stop by and hear why we are building the parklet and how you can help!
Follow the Link: Patronicity.com/marengo

11/18/2025

These tinplates were donated to us recently. Both are photos taken before the men headed to fight in the Civil War. On the left is William Vincent Weathers. On the right is James Walts. Both men are buried in the Marengo cemetery.

You can visit us on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

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11/11/2025

Thanks to Charles Newton for the pics.

11/11/2025

We are just a few days away from beginning our 60 day fundraising campaign to build this beautiful parklet in the Town of Marengo. The online Patronicity Campaign will start Nov. 15-Jan. 14, 2026. Donor levels will be listed along with some great gift ideas for the Holiday Season: engraved brick pavers, Christmas Ornaments of the Old Church, and our first "Hometown Hero" Calendar that you can sponsor a month! Mark your calendar for this online event!

11/05/2025

Stop by the Open House Today from 2-5 for a tour.

11/04/2025

From our collection. Milltown basketball team and cheerleaders. 1970 (thanks to those who confirmed!)

We are open on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

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10/28/2025

Opera house in Eckerty, unknown date (probably early 1900s).

From our collection. We are open on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

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10/28/2025

New video up on our youtube channel (please subscribe if you have not), from 1994 and it documents the moving of the Farm Bureau building in "old" English and taking it to it's current location up on the hill.

Back in 1994, the town of English Indiana was on the move, literally! The original town was moved due to flooding. This video documents the moving of the F...

10/26/2025

Big Springs Parklet was designed using a partnership grant with the Indiana University Rural Engagement Department. Their Placemaking Studio Student, Alejandro Medina Lara, designed the Big Springs Parklet for Marengo to attract visitors to the historic landmark Old Town Church. The parklet will be a gift to our town that will help preserve and tell our town's heritage. It will include a story walk with signs that visitors can visit 24/7 and leave knowing about our proud heritage. We have been approved for a $1 to $1 matching grant from the IHDCDA Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority. An Online Fundraiser, Patronicity, will begin the fund drive on Nov. 15 and run 60 days through January 14, 2026. However, any funds contributed now until then will also count toward the match promised by the IHCDA. Attached is the engraved brick form to order and support building the Big Springs Parklet. (Engraved brick pavers being sold to support the building on the next post)

10/26/2025

Our October program is now up on youtube:

Author Randy Mills was at the October 14, 2025, meeting of the Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society, where he spoke about basketball legend, L...

10/21/2025

Our next monthly meeting program.

10/16/2025

Fall issue of The Crawford Countian will be sent out soon. This newsletter is for members of the organization. If you would like to join, check out https://cchgs.org/membership-%2F-newsletters