Upcoming Events | Logan County History

Halloween KidFest

October 26, 2024
1:00 - 3:00 pm
History Center

The Logan County History Center will once again host our annual Halloween KidFest on October 26th from 1:00 - 3:00 pm.

Participants will enter through the Logan County Transportation Museum doors and trick or treat through the museum bays. They will then make their way up to the Logan County Museum and trick or treat through the spooky, decorated hallways and rooms before exiting the Museum and walking around the Orr Mansion. Before leaving, children will receive a pumpkin and a craft kit to take home with them to decorate their pumpkin.

There is no admission fee, but we do suggest bringing canned goods or non-perishable food items that will be donated to a local food pantry.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Volunteers will be in costume throughout the History Center. We welcome you to share your Halloween costume photos in front of the Orr Mansion to our email historycenter@loganhistory.org We will then post them on the History Center Facebook page.

The History Center will be closed for tours October 21 - 28 for Halloween KidFest set-up and take-down.

The Logan County History Center celebrated Indian Lake history with a “Salute to Indian Lake” open house on Sunday, April 7th in honor of the 100th anniversary of the opening of Sandy Beach Amusement Park on Decoration Day (Memorial Day), 1924. Exhibits throughout the Museum highlight the amusement park and other aspects of the Indian Lake area’s history from its time as the hunting and fishing grounds of American Indians, to its days as a reservoir for the canal system, to the present. In addition, we have refreshed the exhibits in the Indian Lake Room with many of the wonderful photographs we have of Indian Lake in our archives. We partnered with the Indian Lake Area Historical Society with many of the exhibits.

The open house also featured a new exhibit entitled “Natural Phenomena in Logan County” in anticipation of the Total Solar Eclipse that occurred on April 8th. It was the first total solar eclipse to pass over this part of Ohio since 1806!

All donations received at the open house were donated to the Logan County United Way for the Tornado Relief Fund.

Salute to Indian Lake &
Natural Phenomena in Logan County

Exhibit
Open through the end of 2024

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The History Center is pleased to announce our newest exhibit. We have several pieces of Ohio wildlife woodcarvings made by master woodcarver Bob Holderman on exhibit in our lobby. Mr. Holderman, a retired Bellefontaine Police Department Sergeant, extensively researched wildlife that have lived in Logan County. He selected some of these animals from our state’s past and present, and reproduced them with his meticulous woodcarving skills and artistry. Many are carved from a single block of wood, including the base of the carving.

The History Center has several other pieces of Mr. Holderman’s woodcarvings in our collection. He and his wife, Sharon, have generously loaned their Ohio Wildlife collection to the Logan County History Center.

Bob Holderman
Exhibit

Wood Carvings on Loan

The Fraternal Order exhibit in the Logan County Museum features many of the fraternal organizations that have been in Logan County. The exhibit includes, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Loyal Order of Moose, Lions Club International, Fraternal Order of Eagles, The Order of Knights of Pythias, The Order of Pythian Sisters, Knights of Columbus, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, International Association of Rebekah Assemblies, Shriners International, Freemasonry – Free and Accepted Masons, and The Order of Eastern Star.