FORT LORAMIE — The Fort Loramie Historical Association undertook one of its largest maintenance projects in several years with a complete exterior painting of the Wilderness Trail Museum.
Jim Rosengarten, curator, Fort Loramie Historical Association and Wilderness Trail Museum, has released the following report:
As with any project it leads to other items that need attention, these included some minor structural repairs, replacement of several shutters and new spouting’s and downspouts. We also replaced the step on the north side doorway and added new handrails. The replacement step was reclaimed from the old hotel or Seger’s Restaurant as many people still refer to the building. This was a large project to be sure but one that greatly improves the look of our building, especially to visitors as they enter town from the north.
Another big improvement was a complete reworking of our website. We had it done by Design by Schultz of Troy, Ohio. It is fully compatible and viewable by computer, tablet or smart phone. Visit our new site at fortloramiehistory.com and let us know what you think. Also we had a new member volunteer to resume our popular blog. It has been offline for many months since the passing of Catherine Wolken. She was a great asset to the Historical Association and has been greatly missed. We are quite pleased that the blog she started will once again be available thanks to Michelle Rodriguez who is undertaking this project.
In September we were pleased to be informed that our Greenville Treaty Marker project received a statewide award from the Ohio Local History Alliance as the best local history project of the year. We were quite pleased to be a part of the Greenville Treaty Marker project along with the Shelby County Historical Assn. and numerous volunteers. On Oct. 3, Ken Sowards attended the award ceremony in Worthington, Ohio, and accepted the award for all involved.
Throughout the year we were quite busy giving our summer Sunday tours along with several scheduled tours to local school groups and scout troops. A popular new attraction is the recreated schoolroom with many artifacts from the old school. We also received several other nice donations of artifacts to add to our collection.
We completed our year with another highly successful four nights of Christmas Dinners. This is our major fundraiser and premier event every year at the Museum. Without the support of many volunteers this would not be possible. A huge thank you to all that help support us. Your support helps preserve our local history. The members of the Fort Loramie Historical Association do what we can to preserve the local history but it is all of our history and it is the communities’ museum. Come and visit us, it’s your museum.
