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This looking back features the Runkle Family Singers of St. Paris. The photos are from a 1923 promotional brochure outlining “A Tentative Program” that could be presented by the Runkle family which would be suitable for Chautauquas, Churches, and organizations of various kinds. The brochure includes photos of Mr. & Mrs. Glen Runkle, their daughters Harriet & Helen and their sons Roderick, Norman, & Dick. Later Dick Runkle formed a dance band which included his son and his sister Harriet and her sons. The Dick Runkle Orchestra performed locally in the 1960s.
 On Sunday, February 6 at 2 p.m. in the museum at 809 E. Lawn Ave., Marty Reich and Dan Walter will present a related program focusing on local jazz history. Click here to learn more..
The Champaign County Historical Museum is a not-for-profit organization that depends upon donations and dues to preserve, protect, archive and display the artifacts that tell the Champaign County story. The free public museum located at 809 E. Lawn Ave., Urbana, is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  This is a photo (#A1765-4) of the Pan Handle Railroad depot at Woodstock, Ohio. Shown is the depot building with a passenger train and passengers. The date of the photo is unknown. The Pan Handle Railroad (Pennsylvania Railroad) was initially chartered as the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad in 1850 and completed in 1854. It made stops in Champaign County at Woodstock, Fountain Park, Brush Lake, Cable, Urbana, and St. Paris. Thanks to the efforts of Erastus Martin, a Woodstock resident, the railroad was constructed through Woodstock instead of Mechanicsburg as originally planned. Westbound steam locomotives needed water at Woodstock after the uphill pull from Columbus. A well was dug expressly for that purpose.
Source: Railroad Heritage 1805 – 2005 The Champaign County Preservation Alliance The Champaign County Historical Museum is a not-for-profit organization that depends upon donations and dues to preserve, protect, archive and display the artifacts that tell the Champaign County story. The free public museum located at 809 E. Lawn Ave., Urbana, is open to the public Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Pony Wagon Town, St. Paris, has a rich history, much of which is preserved by the Champaign County Historical Society. Are your parents or grandparents in these photos? Help us identify them in the comments below! Or visit us and see the photos in person at the Museum, 809 East Lawn Avenue, Urbana.  Graham High School Class of 1974  The St Paris HS Basketball team were the county champions in 1928.  The St Paris HS Basketball team were the county champions in 1928.  St. Paris High School Class of 1934
 This photo dates to 1947.
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