The Starke County Historical Society hopes to be better able to keep track of its artifacts, thanks to a grant from the Indiana Historical Society. The organization says it’s gotten a Heritage Support Grant for more than $4,300. That money will be used to update its catalog and create a detailed inventory of its donated objects and photographs.
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The Knox School Board will keep the same leadership for another year. Last week, board members reelected Board President Kirk Bennett, Vice-President Wendy McIntire, and Secretary Mary Lynn Ritchie.
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The Starke County Historical Society is celebrating the grand opening of its new history center tomorrow. It’s located in a former doctor’s office at 1520 South Heaton Street in Knox.
While discussing new business during Tuesday night’s Knox Planning Commission meeting, Planning Administrator Kenny Pfost alerted members of a request he received about the Henry F. Schricker House.
Pfost said a representative asked him about installing a sign in the front yard of the Henry F. Schricker House on Main Street. Under the current sign ordinance, they would be limited to a 2×2 sign because it is in a residential area. Continue reading
Another unique commemoration of Indiana’s Bicentennial is on display locally this week. The Indiana Bicentennial Barn Quilt has a barn square from each of the state’s 92 counties. Continue reading
Starke County is planning a more realistic look when it comes to decorating its “bison-tennial” sculpture. Many of the state’s 92 counties are having local artists or students decorate a five-foot-tall fiberglass bison with a design that represents that particular county. Continue reading
The Starke County Historical Society is hosting its annual “Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social” Sunday afternoon, July 3, at the new Starke County History Center at 1520 South Heaton Street. That’s just north of the Lutheran Church on U.S. 35, on the south edge of Knox. Continue reading
The Starke County Historical Society and the Starke County Historian met Friday with representatives from DLZ Architecture and Planning of South Bend to review the renovation plans for the County Courthouse. The group reviewed the projected work of each floor and the exterior of the historic 100+-year old courthouse. Continue reading
The Starke County Historical Society is offering its supporters a shot at owning a piece Hoosier history. They’re raffling off the Indiana 200th Statehood Shotgun and NRA Indiana Hunting Tradition Rifle next month. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to the New Museum Building Fund to help with renovation expenses for the former medical office building on South Heaton Street in Knox. Continue reading
An official marker to commemorate President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train passing through San Pierre in 1865 will soon be complete. Continue reading
The Starke County Museum and county historian Ed Hasnerl recently hosted a roundtable meeting of county historians. Jeanette Rooney is the Assistant Director for local history services at the Indiana Historical society. She says each of Indiana’s 92 counties has an appointed volunteer historian as part of a program co-sponsored by the Indiana Historical Society and Indiana Historical Bureau. Continue reading
Did you know Governor and Mrs. Schricker?
The Starke county Historical Society is asking everyone who may have known the former Governor or members of his family, to share stories with them. Continue reading
Shades of Robert DeNiro. The Starke County Museum has an older intern, somewhat as DeNiro plays in the his popular new movie. Fred Tressler, a retired steel worker has begun a second career in … history. Continue reading
There are a few appointment spaces available for photographs to be taken in the beautiful, historic home of former Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker on South Main Street in Knox.The Starke County Historical Society is offering a special Christmas family photographic opportunity. Sessions can be scheduled at the home of former Gov. Henry F. Schricker on Main Street in Knox. It’s presently the county museum. Continue reading
The Knox City Council plans to hear comments from the public about the 2016 budget at its meeting tonight.
They’re also expected to hear from a member of the Starke County Historical Society to discuss plans for the 100th Year Celebration of the Henry F. Schricker Home on Main Street planned for November. Continue reading
Start the holiday weekend with a bang tonight at the Starke County Airport. The Knox fireworks show will begin at dusk. Continue reading
The unique event of a train stopping in San Pierre in 1865, which carried the coffin of assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, will be remembered in that community with a program this afternoon at 2 p.m.
The Starke County Historical Society will also place a rock monument with an appropriate bronze plaque on the grounds near where the Monon Line railway, which carried the President’s body through northwestern Indiana, once operated. Continue reading
The western Starke County community of San Pierre will be the focus of area attention the afternoon of Saturday, May 2nd. Starke County’s Historical Society has planned a program to commemorate the travel of President Abraham Lincoln’s funeral train through the area on May 1, 1865. Continue reading
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Fritz transferred ownership of the former Knox Family Practice building and parking lot at 1520 South Heaton Street in Knox to the Starke County Historical Society yesterday in a signing ceremony at the 1st Source Bank in Plymouth.
The property is to be developed as additional display and storage space for the Starke County Museum now located at 401 South Main Street in Knox. The Main Street building, the home of former Indiana Governor Henry F. Schricker, will continue to be a major area attraction. Continue reading
