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Historical Society

Charlestown  has a rich history of interesting people, events and epic  transformations in its history.  A few years ago, several residents  decided that we needed to begin to sort and organize this history into  some semblance of order.  Hence began the Charlestown Historical  Society, dedicated to the preservation of Charlestown Township history.   Like all historical societies, we have begun with sorting and  organizing the volumes of paperwork stored in boxes in our town hall.
 

One of the goals of the CHS is to bring history alive to the  residents of the township.  We have begun to host social events and  speakers. Wayne Enders, the current preeminent historian of the county,  entertained a large audience in January of 2011, with anecdotes of our  township's beginnings and early history.  This past October we were  fortunate to listen to three sisters from the Griffith family, whose  family farm was on the north side of Newton Falls Rd., close to Paris  Township.  Phoebe Griffith Beetler Swain, Marcene Griffith Sorboro and  Joanne Griffith Schwab Butz regaled us with memories of what it was like  to live in quiet Charlestown before the Arsenal and West Branch.    Their memories were clear and poignant, speaking of hearing only the  birds, hiking down to the Mahoning river for a swim, hugging the heat  registers in the school during cold winter days because they had no  central heat at home and then of the devastation of their simple lives  when the federal government came through and told them to leave their  farm in thirty days. 
 

In addition, we would love to interview any older persons and  record their memories for posterity.  If you would like to speak at one  of our meeting we would appreciate that also.  Future plans include  creating a museum in the upstairs of the Town hall, dinners sponsoring  families, maybe an Antique Roadshow type of event and several other fun  ideas to get the people of the township together and celebrate our  history.
 

If you have any items that are donation worthy, please consider  giving them to us.  We would like old pictures that are labeled and  artifacts from the bygone eras.  Military uniforms are also desired.   Monetary donations are very important to get our museum up and running.   We would certainly appreciate that!
 

We are proud of our township, its history and our fledgling  historical society.  Please feel free to come to a meeting or contact us  for information and donations.  Our meetings are held the second  Wednesday of each month at 7PM in the town hall.  FMI: Pat Eskridge, Charlestown Historical Society President at: 

330-842-2965

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