Work on our short-term exhibit space is complete!
Come view the interesting items and artifacts from the Society's collections in the expanded display cases.

August 17th
History Day

10 am to 4 pm

Home baked goods - Hot dogs and soda

This year's event features six presenters who will speak on educational and entertaining topics in the Hunter House.
The speakers, times, and topics are:
Dale Reiner, 10 a.m., "The Ferster Murder;"
John Moore, 11 a.m., "Indian Trails of Central Pennsylvania;"
Hope W. Kopf, noon, "Joseph Priestley-A Lunatic?;"
Harry Lewis, 1 p.m. "Priestley, Franklin, and The Duke of Shelbourne:"
Captain Mick, 2 p.m.. "Our Local Canals," and
Katherine M. Faull, 3 p.m., "The Moravian Diaries."
The museum will be open for visitors and the Signature Quilt of the former St. Luke's Lutheran Church of Sunbury will be on display as well as another recently acquired and believed to be from the Klinesgrove Methodist Episcopal Church.
Charmaine Welby will be in the library with copies of her Coal Region book, "Anthracite--Everyday Women Extraordinary Lives," available for purchase.

A variety of historical presentations and demonstrations will be on the grounds of the mansion. Among those participating will be rifle-maker Dale Wolfe, the Augusta Regiment, Cooper's Battery (Civil War artillery reenactors), Brad Beck with his miniature cannons, and representatives of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution. Other historical societies from the area have also been invited to participate.

 

The cannon will be fired at 11am -1 pm and 3 pm

 

 

 

Fred

Sunday Sept 15th  2024

2 p.m.
Returns to Historical Society


On Sunday, September 15th, at 2:00 P.M., Fred Meckley, Herndon, PA, returns to the speaker’s podium at the Northumberland County Historical Society to present a talk about Captain Thomas McKee, noted Indian trader, and his relationship to local history. This presentation became a point of departure from Meckley’s presentation last year about lime kilns. Many of the lime kilns are located on or near McKee’s Road, Dalmatia, PA, which was named for McKee.  McKee’s Half Falls is also named for McKee.   Meckley is a 1957 graduate of Mahanoy Joint High School, and his family once owned and operated Meckley’s Limestone Quarry.

 


Sunday Oct 20th

Bruce Teeple

 

Sunday Nov 17th

Priestley - A  Lunatic ???