Huntingdon County Historical Society

Today is International Women's Day! Meet Clara McMurtrie, one of the Founding Members of the Huntingdon County Historical Society. She was born on February 7, ...1860 and died on September 16, 1952. She attended a private school in Huntingdon and then went to Wilson College. She return home to Huntingdon after one year to take care of her sister. She never married. Throughout her life, she traveled extensively and in 1905 went on a trip around the world. She donated the structures and property that today house the Huntingdon County Library and the Huntingdon County Historical Society. #InternationalWomensDay March is also #WomenHistoryMonth

If you have any photos of the different memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signage and would like to share with us please email them to [email protected] What we need is the following: - A full photo shot of the memorial/plaque/marker and then an up close picture so it can be read. - Please try to give us a location of it, either address, gps coordinates, or some kind of way to find it. - Your name for photo credit. If you have any questions please message, email or call us. We greatly appreciate all the help and submissions in our effort to document all of our memorials, monuments, historical markers/plaques/signs in Huntingdon County! Thanks again Ron Morgan and The Daily News!

The Huntingdon County Historical Society is Closed until further notice due to the new regulations regarding COVID-19. We want all our visitors, volunteers and staff to stay healthy. If you have any questions please contact us at (814)-643-5449 or [email protected] . We wish everyone a Happy and Safe Holiday! We look forward to seeing you sometime in the new year!

Today’s the last day of our Holiday Sale! Come see us from 11 AM to 3 PM!

Today Thursday 12/10/20 is the start of our Holiday Sale! We will be open Thursday & Friday 5pm-8pm and Saturday 11am-3pm. Come check out the great items we have for sale! Books, Calendar, DVDs, Pictures, Ornaments and more! Located at 106 4th Street Huntingdon PA Not able to make it in? Check out our online store http://huntingdonhistory.org/shop/ . See something in one of our photos that’s not listed on our website, just email us at [email protected] or call us at (814)-643-5449 and we’ll help you out!

The Huntingdon County Historical Society is starting a campaign to preserve and make needed repairs to the Manor Hill Church. Please like their new page and help if you can. https://www.facebook.com/manorhillchurch

Join us this Thursday, Friday and Saturday for our Holiday Sale! We have great items available- books, prints, 2021 calendar and memberships that all make wonderful gifts! Thursday & Friday 5pm-8pm Saturday 11am-3pm We hope to see you there!

Due to technical difficulties on Wednesday 9/9/20 we will be doing our presentation via zoom on Cemetery Iconography again! This presentation will be presented... by Margaret Skrivseth, HCHS Executive Director. Zoom Meeting ID: 753 9709 1332 Passcode: cymU2m Hope to see you then! Lunch & Learns are brought to you by the 4 and More Cultural District made up by the Huntingdon County Arts Council, Huntingdon County Library, Huntingdon Health and Wellness and the Huntingdon County Historical Society. Huntingdon County History & Heritage Roundtable

Standing Stone Garden Club Member Susan Wilson decorated the Little House for Christmas Thursday afternoon at the Huntingdon County Historical Society in Huntingdon. The Garden Club is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a federated garden club and invites everyone to visit the garden area decorations throughout the month of December.

Next up we have Huntingdon County Historical Society! Huntingdon County Free Museum Day is on Saturday September 19, 2020 from 9am - 3pm. You must Pre-Registe...r Online by September 17 at http://huntingdoncountyhistory.com/free_museum_day.html For our upcoming Huntingdon County Free Museum Day, we will be sharing a little about each of the participating museums, historical societies and historic sites.

It’s Museum Store Sunday! Looking for that special gift for the history lover you know? Well check out some of the great items available on our museums, histori...cal societies and historic sites websites! Don’t forget Memberships make great gifts too! Huntingdon County Historical Society http://huntingdonhistory.org/shop/ Friends of the East Broad Top https://store.febt.org/ Rockhill Trolley Museum http://rockhilltrolley.org/topic/store/ East Broad Top https://eastbroadtop.square.site/s/shop Raystown Lake Region Raystown Reflections Gift Shoppe Please make sure to visit our website and all the Facebook pages of the organizations as some don’t have websites or online shopping but have great items available. http://huntingdoncountyhistory.com/

Did you know we are a registered charity with the Amazon Smile program? Simply log on to Amazon Smile www.smile.amazon.com and select the Huntingdon County Historical Society as your designated charity and we will receive a portion of your total purchase!

New zoom code and password!!! The passcode is Cizx5K The meeting code is 741 8297 0215... Join us now!

Huntingdon County Free Museum Day!!! Saturday September 19, 2020 from 9am-3pm is Huntingdon County Free Museum Day! To participate you must pre-register onlin...e by September 17, 2020. Click on the link for the registration form: http://www.huntingdoncountyhistory.com/free_museum_day.html *Registration ends at 9PM on 9/17/2020. Here is your chance to check out the following museums, historical societies and historic sites for FREE! We have 13 participating. Swigart Museum Isett Heritage Museum Huntingdon County Historical Society Bricktown Model Railroaders Association/Bricktown Museum Mount Union Area Historical Society Three Springs/Saltillo area Historical Society Hartslog Heritage Museum Rockhill Trolley Museum (*Full Capacity - Registration Closed for RTM*) East Broad Top Railroad (*Full Capacity - Registration Closed for EBT*) Broad Top Coal Miners Museum Petersburg Heritage Museum Greenwood Furnace State Park Mapelton Union Area Historical Society We hope to see you there! Raystown Lake Region Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau visitPA Uncovering PA PA Discoveries

**Update 2 The passcode is Cizx5K The meeting code is 741 8297 0215 **We are having technical difficulties and are working to resolve them. Stay tuned. We are sorry for the inconvenience.**... Please join us for our September Lunch & Learn for a presentation via zoom of Cemetery Iconography! This presentation will be presented by Margaret Skrivseth, HCHS Executive Director. Lunch & Learns are brought to you by the 4 and More Cultural District made up by the Huntingdon County Arts Council, Huntingdon County Library, Huntingdon Health and Wellness and the Huntingdon County Historical Society. Huntingdon County History & Heritage Roundtable

On this day In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it. Check out this article by our Executive Director Margaret Skrivseth on the Justice Bell and Women’s Suffrage. Did you know that Huntingdon was home to Ann Dorris Chisolm and Mary Thompson Orlady who were both active in the Women's Suffrage Movement

Our friends at the Rockhill Trolley Museum and East Broad Top Railroad have been busy getting ready for a fun filled and safe celebration this week!

Tonight we held our Annual Meeting for the Huntingdon County Historical Society. We held election of members to the board, got an update of the society and heard updates from other historical organizations from around the county from those that were represented. Our President Fred R. Lang presented to the society this beautiful portrait he painted of Miss Clara McMurtrie, one of the founders of the Huntingdon County Historical Society. Miss Clara passed away in 1952 and lef...t her childhood home to the HCHS to set up a research library, archives and museum. Board of Trustees: Officers- Fred Lang, President Larry Hamilton, Vice President Maria Pettinger, Secretary Dale Norris, Treasurer Trustees- Roy Stevens J. Murray Africa Raynell Gay Virginia Jinny Cooper Glenn Metz Polly Smith Lonnie S. Smith Jr. James Reeves Margaret R Skrivseth, Executive Director

Just a reminder of our Annual Members Meeting this evening at 6:30pm. Hear an update on what the historical society has been up too and has planned. We hope to see you there!

Please make sure to check out the 4 and More Cultural District ‘s Lunch and Learn for August 2020. Also check out the organizations that make up the 4 and More Cultural District in Huntingdon and be sure to follow them! Huntingdon Health and Wellness Huntingdon County Arts Council Huntingdon County Library... Huntingdon County Historical Society Huntingdon County History & Heritage Roundtable

MUSEUMS and HISTORICAL SOCIETIES that are OPEN! Due to the Coronavirus hours and procedures have changed. Most of these places (if not all) will require you to... wear a mask and not to touch things. They are doing what is required and what is best to keep everyone safe and healthy. Huntingdon County Historical Society - Wednesday’s by appointment 10am - 4pm or other days by appointment. Swigart Museum - Every day of the week 10am - 5pm on Saturday’s museum 9am - 5pm and Kars & Koffee by Raystown Kruisers 8am - 11am. Isett Heritage Museum - Monday thru Saturday 8am - 5pm Sunday 12pm - 5pm Hartslog Heritage Museum - by appointment. Three Springs/Saltillo area Historical Society - Tuesday’s 1pm - 4pm or by appointment. Rockhill Trolley Museum - Third Saturdays and Sunday’s of the month 11am - 4:14pm Historic Blair Park - Daily Greenwood Furnace State Park - Daily Broad Top Coal Miners Museum - Saturday’s 10am - 4pm and Sunday’s 1pm - 4pm. These are the places we know for sure are open, others may be as well. Please check out their Facebook pages or check out our website for their contact information. www.huntingdoncountyhistory.com Raystown Lake Region Huntingdon County Chamber of Commerce visitPA Huntingdon County Visitors Bureau