Crawford County Historical & Genealogical Society

12/01/2025

Our annual Christmas dinner will be Tuesday, December 9, 3pm at our building in English. Public invited.

11/26/2025

Our November meeting, with music by the Mitchell brothers, is now up:

The Crawford County Historical and Genealogical Society (of Indiana) welcomed local musicians, Marion and Gordon Mitchell, to our meeting to perform various ...

11/25/2025

HELP BUILD A PARK!!!! We are only 10 days into our fundraising campaign to build an historic information parklet in Marengo, Indiana. This park will help tell the stories of our hometown. PLEASE HELP: USE THIS LINK TO GIVE ONLINE: Patronicity.com/marengo .OR send donations to Friends of the Big Springs Old Town Church P.O. Box 170, Marengo, IN. 47140
EVERY DONATION HELPS BUILD THIS PARK!

11/25/2025

Thanks to Becky Hammond Stetter for this pic of the English band, unknown date. Her great-grandpa Tom Austin has his tuba slightly pointing down, second row from the right.

Our building in English is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle (across from VFW and down the road from the Library). Stop by and check out our collection! We also have numerous books and some ornaments for sale for those looking for a holiday gift purchase!

www.cchgs.org

11/21/2025

Today was an awesome day of giving to help build the Marengo Big Springs Parklet! Thank you donors for helping to 'Turn a Dream Into Reality" with this new park located at the Old Town Church. Mark your calendars for a visit to the Old Town Church on the dates below. Stop by and hear why we are building the parklet and how you can help!
Follow the Link: Patronicity.com/marengo

11/18/2025

These tinplates were donated to us recently. Both are photos taken before the men headed to fight in the Civil War. On the left is William Vincent Weathers. On the right is James Walts. Both men are buried in the Marengo cemetery.

You can visit us on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

www.cchgs.org

11/11/2025

Thanks to Charles Newton for the pics.

11/11/2025

We are just a few days away from beginning our 60 day fundraising campaign to build this beautiful parklet in the Town of Marengo. The online Patronicity Campaign will start Nov. 15-Jan. 14, 2026. Donor levels will be listed along with some great gift ideas for the Holiday Season: engraved brick pavers, Christmas Ornaments of the Old Church, and our first "Hometown Hero" Calendar that you can sponsor a month! Mark your calendar for this online event!

11/05/2025

Stop by the Open House Today from 2-5 for a tour.

11/04/2025

From our collection. Milltown basketball team and cheerleaders. 1970 (thanks to those who confirmed!)

We are open on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

www.cchgs.org

10/28/2025

Opera house in Eckerty, unknown date (probably early 1900s).

From our collection. We are open on Tuesday and Thursday from 11am to 2pm, 310 Oak Hill Circle in English.

www.cchgs.org

10/28/2025

New video up on our youtube channel (please subscribe if you have not), from 1994 and it documents the moving of the Farm Bureau building in "old" English and taking it to it's current location up on the hill.

Back in 1994, the town of English Indiana was on the move, literally! The original town was moved due to flooding. This video documents the moving of the F...