Trips/Spring


FIFTH TUESDAY RESEARCH TRIP


 When a month
has a Fifth Tuesday
LGS schedules a Research Outing

This Fifth Tuesday Outing
is on May 31, 2016



John Hay Center - 307 E Market St, Salem, Indiana (Washington County). 
Open 9 A.M -5 P.M.
About a 1-hr drive, meet at LDS church at 8:45, depart at 9:00 A.M.
(avoiding rush hour!).

1. Washington County Historical Society's Genealogy and Historical Library - $3 Contains Indiana and local records, but also maintains data and records from other states. Types of data included are: family histories, church records, cemetery records, obituaries, census records, marriage records, newspapers, state and county histories and antique photographs. 2. Stevens Memorial Museum - $2 Built in 1970 to preserve community history and heritage, is a two-and-one-half story brick building which features an old-time law and dentist offices, Civil War mementos, agriculture tools, beautiful furniture, and clothing. 3. Pioneer Village - $2 The village is a replica of an 1830's community featuring a jail, blacksmith, school, church, smoke house, barn, bell tower, loom house, Post Office and General Store.
4. John Hay House - $2 Built in 1824 and was the birthplace of John Hay, private secretary to President Abraham Lincoln. He was also an Ambassador to England and Secretary of State under Presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.


The next Fifth Tuesday Outing
is on August 30, 2016