Jackson Historical Society

The 2nd annual Buckeye Furnace State Park Fall Festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 18. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be guided tours of the furnace, historical displays, kid's games (12-2:30 p.m.), a Model A Ford display, live music and pie auction at 2 p.m. The company store museum will be open and food is available. For directions, visit the Buckeye Furnace website. 

Eagle Scout Project Completed
 Clay E. Wood, of Boy Scout Troop 48 in Jackson, has completed his Eagle Scout service project.

The project was to capture stories about Jackson and turn them into DVDs for the archives of the Jackson Historical Society. The project was called "Memories Of Jackson". 

Clay recruited people to interview 11 members of the community and recorded their stories with a video camera. In addition to the interviewers, several members of Troop 48 scouts participated by being the camera operator during the interviews. 

Those persons interviewed included: Alfred "Sonny" Ruston, Wylodine McCormick, Paul Buck, Sigred Sheward, Eugene Heath, Bernadine Stockmeister, Mary Kathern Smalley, Robert Ervin, Winifred "Winnie" Blair, Paul Berridge, and Charles Bowman.

The completed 11 interviews total about 7 hours and are on 3 different DVDs. The Jackson Historical Society will keep the collection in their archives and hopes to make them available to the public in the future.

Round House & Powell Memorial Nearing Completion 
After years of hard work, the Jackson Historical Society has nearly completed the historic Round House and the Powell Memorial Plaza. The plaza is located on Main Street in downtown Jackson, Ohio, next to the courthouse. For more photos of the restoration and dedication, please visit the Photo Gallery page.