Collections

Our collections are as special and surprising as most everything else in Brown County.

necklace and bracelet

A necklace and bracelet, old buttons sewn onto an old necktie.

The hearth in the old cabin at the Pioneer Village.

To cook a meal – you might have needed some of these tools. The hearth in the old cabin at the Pioneer Village.

Corp. Walter Shulz

Corp. Walter Shulz, son of Ada and Adolph Shulz. Survived WWI, died of Diphtheria soon after. 1895-1918

Jacquard coverlet

The sailboat in the corner of the Jacquard coverlet is in the “weaver’s block” (his identification). This was woven in Indiana by J. Gilmore in 1841 during the peak of Jacquard coverlet popularity.

Lawver Cabin. Deadfall Branch

Lawver Cabin. Deadfall Branch

Fred Hetherington created this guest book

Fred Hetherington created this guest book for his dinner guests to illustrate and sign at his cabin on Jackson Branch Rd. c.1910. Wm. Vawter, L.O. Griffith, & Gustave Bauman were among the guests.

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