It’s been a busy summer for us, especially with The Hess Express, now pulled by our new tractor we’ve named SC’s Engine in honor of Sarah Cundiff who donated the funds for it! The train has been at Central Market most Friday nights, the Blues & BBQ event at Central Park the end of June, and the 4th of July parade up till now. Upcoming events str Labor Day’s Rock & Railfest, Public Safety & Community Day and for the first time, we’ll be running the train at the Fall Harvest Craft Festival the last weekend in September.
The dedication of our bronze plaques up at our Depot Museum on June 10th turned out wonderfully thanks to the hard work of so many people. Ken Karlstedt coordinated acquiring the plaques, which were funded by Griffith Operation Spotlight and The Legacy Foundation, and arranging for their placement on a brick pedestal. The plaques signify that both buildings are on the National Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures.
We are still working to digitize information on our artifacts, including photos, down at our Franklin Center museum, and we now have more than 8,000 searchable entries into our computer cataloging program. Our Franklin Museum is open on the first and third Saturdays from 10 till 2, (enter Door G) and if you have photos, articles or other documents you would like to share with us, bring them down. We can scan them, get the information about them, and you can take them back home with you.
To contact the Griffith Historical Society, email depotkaren@aol.com.
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