Thanks to Covid-19, the celebration of Christmas at the Jay County Historical Museum will be very minimal.  We will not be having any special open house hours or programs, including our annual Family Day.  Community groups were not asked to decorate trees. Instead, our museum volunteers have decorated the three trees. 

The public is welcome to ...

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We wish to thank each of our members and friends for their support throughout the last year. We especially thank those who have donated financially to help with various projects and the daily operation of the museum. Thank you, also, to those who have continued to donate artifacts related to our local heritage or supported us in any other way. It is our hope that we ...

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Because Covid-19 caused the cancellation of the Annual Dinner Meeting which was to happen this month, the JCHS Board of Directors suspended the by-laws and declared the five directors whose terms expire at the end of 2020 as re-elected.

Those members are Kay Locker, Sylvia Morrical, Jane Spencer, Blake Watson, and Rob Weaver.
They will serve a three-year ...

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Volunteers took advantage of a sunny day to move almost 20 file cabinets, containing probates and other records, from the Gilpin Annex to the Water Street Annex. Some of the files were on a cement floor in the Gilpin Annex. However, others were too heavy and were damaging the wooden
floor that was holding them.

The garage at the Water Street Annex has been ...

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The player piano that some may remember hearing during silent movies at the Princess Theater is now at the museum! The Autopiano player piano was purchased by the Roger Rodmaker's uncle in 1947. The piano and four boxes of rolls made the trip back to Portland. The player mechanism does not work. If you know of someone who can repair it, please let us know.

Show your pride for Jay County throughout the summer and at our Heritage Festival in September.  Get your "Only Jay in the USA" shirt now!

Jay County was named after John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.  To publicize that we are the only Jay County in the USA, the JCHS is selling t-shirts.  The shirts are ...

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