Wayne
County Historical Society
75th Anniversary
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| 1890 Wayne County Courthouse |
Establishment of Wayne County Historical Society
The Wayne County Historical Society had its
origin 75 years ago on August 7, 1942 at a meeting of 15 persons in Corydon
called by W. H. Burton and Roy Grimes. Both men were working in the Wayne County
Engineer’s office at that time. They had
observed that the people who had experienced the early pioneer days of Wayne
County were dwindling and soon this source of knowledge would be gone. They both felt the necessity to establish an
historical society to preserve written and published materials and artifacts of
those early years in Wayne County.
The Articles of Incorporation were signed
by: Roy Grimes, Gene Poston, Harry Hibbs, A.T. Dotts, Grant Kelley, N.C. Rew,
Rosa Lee Snyder, Calvin Lammers, Charles Elmore and Lola Cherry. The following day, Corydon’s Old Settlers
Celebration, the organization had its first display and signed up 74 charter
members.
