Hello everyone.
For our March 23rd meeting John Burke will present his popular program on Woodland Indians. John is a well known Living History speaker who really brings the subject to life. This one is well suited for the kids, young and old.

Doors open 5:30 for social time and business meeting. Program to start at 6:30 Refreshments Provided    All Are Welcome
There will be a short business meeting before the presentation. Hopefully, we’ll have more information about our attempts to preserve the Keyser Farm House.

Old Northampton Town Hall
851 West Bath Road
Cuyahoga Falls OH

Northampton Historical Society Meeting
Monday Feb 23 2015
Old Northampton Town Hall
851 West Bath Road
Cuyahoga Falls OH
Doors open 5:30 for social time and business meeting. Program to start at 6:30
Refreshments Provided All Are Welcome
There will be a short business meeting before the presentation. Hopefully, we’ll have more information about our attempts to preserve the Keyser Farm House.

The Sultana Disaster will be explored in a video
presentation of a program given by author Gene Eric
Salecker. The disaster occurred on the Mississippi River at
the close of the American Civil War. Mr. Salecker will present the known facts and probable details in this well researched program. There is monument in the Cuyahoga Falls Oakwood Cemetery to those from the area who were lost in the event.

Gene Eric Salecker is the author of the book Disaster on
the Mississippi: the Sultana Explosion. He has appeared on
the History Channel and PBS.

Northampton Historical Society Meeting
Monday Jan 26 2015 6:30 p.m.

Old Northampton Town Hall
851 West Bath Road
Cuyahoga Falls OH

The Nov. meeting has been moved up due to Thanksgiving weekend. The meeting will be on November 17, 2014, at the Old Townhall,Business meeting at 6:30pm, program at 7:00-7:30pm.

The program will be exciting!. The “Cedar Valley Clogger” from Wooster, Ohio will preform a lively & educational dance program. The program was arranged by Ken Starcher, member. Chryse Brown wil provide refreshments.

PLEASE! attend the monthly meetings and hear updates regarding the Keyser Farmhouse Historic Rehab; Project. Saving our local history for future generations to enjoy is the responsibility of this organization and its members.

Get involved and be proud to give a unique gift to the next generation.

Sincerely;
David Broen,
Vice President, NHS.

For our October meeting we’re returning to our previous Monday evening schedule.

On Oct. 27, 2014 at 6:30 P.M.  Michael Kovacevich will present his newest program:  Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln’s First Vice President & Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under President Abraham Lincoln and President Andrew Johnson

Mr.  Kovacevich is a local, well known authority on the American Civil War. This will be a new presentation.

We will meet at 5:30 P.M. for social time and a brief business meeting, Program to begin at 6:30 P.M. It will run about an hour.

Mr.  Kovacevich will also have available for purchase:

Paperback book: HANNIBAL HAMLIN (62 pages)
Paper: GIDEON WELLES (50 pages)
Published Article: ANDREW JOHNSON (7 Pages)

Bring a friend, neighbor, grandchildren all are welcome.

Our dues are  $5 q person and $10 for family.

Refreshments, homemade cookies by Chryse Brown and there will be other snacks. Also there will be super cool door prizes available.

Hi, hope you all had a great summer. Now it’s time to get going again. This will be our last Tuesday night meeting for awhile. Starting in October we’ll resume our previous Monday night schedule.

On Sept 23rd Sharon Meyers will present the History of the National Anthem. This is a new presentation and a subject that isn’t talked about very much, so it should be fun. If you would like to give us your rendition of it, the stage is yours.

Bring a friend, neighbor, grandchildren all are welcome.

Our dues are  $5 q person and $10 for family.

Refreshments, homemade cookies by Chryse Brown and there will be other snacks. Also there will be super cool door prizes available.

Hello Everyone and Happy Springtime!

Our May meeting is the 20th the 3rd Tues to avoid Memorial Day, At the Town Hall 6pm to 8pm and our program will a deluxe one! Meet Abraham Lincoln in person all 6 feet 4 inches of him in his 19th century best. The professional re-enactor Gerald Payn of Wooster will bring him back from the past. A special treat for us he is a $500 value and doing us a honorarium. Let us not let him down please try hard to attend! Bring a friend, neighbor, grandchildren all are welcome.

Our dues are due, $5 q person and $10 for family.

Refreshments, homemade cookies by Chryse Brown and there will be other snacks. Also there will be super cool door prizes available.

A Civilian Sharpshooter for the Confederacy Jack watched the opposing armies come to his beautiful “land „tween the rivers” and helped the military on both sides with aid and information, trying
maintain his neutrality. Then, without warning, the war converted Jack into an instrument of cold and calculating vengeance!

On April 22, 2014, between 6:00 pm. and 8:00 p.m., Rick and Pam Tenan will reveal the story. The Northampton Historical Soci-ety meets at the “Old Town Hall” next the fire station at the corner of West Bath and Northampton Roads. Find out what happened at the Bubbling Springs plantation and why Jack Hinson spent much of the war as a hunted civilian bearing a military bounty. Learn why the names of Jack and Elisabeth Hinson are once again spoken by people with an interest in the American Civil War!

Light refreshments will be served. This will be a family friendly event, so bring the kids.