November 2010

The Western room, home of an extensive firearms collection, traces ranching life, the rodeo, and the story of an infamous outlaw, Harry Tracy. Special museum features are a local history research library, gift store and an historic photograph collection.

Timberlane Farm is a working farm museum intending to preserve the 1860 to 1940 life style and farming techniques.

In 1860, Judge W.B. Osborn visited the Big Thompson Valley where he acquired a 160 acre homestead which he soon began operating as a farm. (In addition to farming, he served the new county of Larimer in various capacities, including stints as an appointed County Commissioner, Treasurer, Assessor, and Judge.)

The restored homes and farm buildings provide a perfect setting for demonstrations hosted by the museum. Farming, barnyard, blacksmithing and gardening activities are scheduled for public observation and participation.

The main building is historically known as the Jacoe Store and features a variety of artifacts and historic photographs that reflect the settlement and industry of Louisville, including coal mining and equipment. The Jacoe Store was placed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its architecture and association with commercial development in Louisville. The smaller building, known as the Tomeo House, is interpreted as a coal miner’s house, including a kitchen, bedroom and sitting room.

Two of the four exhibit galleries, the Longmont gallery and the Longs Peak Room, contain long-term exhibits on the history and culture of Longmont and the St. Vrain River Valley. Two additional galleries, the Colorado Gallery and the St. Vrain Gallery, host changing exhibits throughout the year. Changing exhibits at the Museum include history, art, and science exhibits.

Located on 39 acres, the museum consists of two living history farms (one from the 1860’s and one from the 1890’s), a small lake, a collections center, and a main exhibition and administration building. Interpreters work the farm sites, run the blacksmith shop and teach in the school house, offering a "living history" perspective to visitors. The collections center, across Gallup Street from the museum, houses an impressive collection of over 40,000 historically significant artifacts that are used as educational tools, for research and in the changing exhibits in the museum galleries.

Heritage Hall once housed the Fire Department and the Police Station in addition to meeting rooms. Heritage Hall now houses the Clyde Life Enrichment Center for disabled adults, which is operated by SANDCO of Fremont.

Richard Edward Wolfe, a science teacher at Clyde High School, started The Clyde Museum in 1931. First located in the basement of the Clyde Public Library, the museum was re-established in 1987 at its present location.

Thaddeus Baker Hurd, who organized the Clyde Heritage League in 1975, was instrumental in restoring Heritage Hall where the museum contents were temporarily stored prior to the purchase of the museum building. Formerly Grace Episcopal Church, the building was paid for by equal contributions from the City of Clyde, the Clyde Heritage League and Whirlpool Foundation.

The Clark County Heritage Center’s purpose is to collect, preserve, and interpret objects that emphasize the uniqueness of Springfield and Clark County. The facility shall have the capacity to professionally maintain and conserve existing and future collections, and to conduct exhibitions and educational programs.

It shall be an accessible, inviting, and stimulating centerpiece of the community, helping people discover and appreciate who they are, where they came from, and their roles in developing the future of Springfield and Clark County.

The objective is to tell the story of the Clark County area and how it reflects the history of the Ohio frontier.

The Chagrin Falls Historical Society had its beginnings through the efforts of two librarians - Adria Humphrey, the Field Supervisor of the Chagrin Falls Branch of the Cuyahoga Library System, and Louise Ralston, the Chagrin Falls Branch Librarian. In 1949, members of the Library's 60 Plus Club, interested in Chagrin Falls' history, formed the Chagrin Falls Historical Society. They collected local memorabilia which was brought to and displayed at the Library, then located in the Village Hall. In 1950 membership increased to 21, and twelve people paid dues of $1 per year.