McLean County History & Genealogy Museum |
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540 Main Street, P.O. Box 34, Calhoun, Kentucky 42327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In late 1999, after a career in the military and a business in the Washington, DC Jim Hansford returned to McLean County, met with a small group of interested people and began the development of a history and genealogy museum. In 2000 it was officially founded as theMcLean County History & Genealogy Museum. On July 7, 2002, Mr. Prentice Smith donated the property that was his home from 1933 to 2002 to the museum. The Smith house is located on the beautiful tree-lined Main Street in Calhoun, the county seat of McLean County. It is rich in history, having been built before the Civil War. In 1946, Mrs. Jennie Leachman born in 1860, wrote, "the old two-story house where Prentice Smith now lives was moved (1871) to its present location from the lot where the courthouse now stands. It was moved along Main Street by oxen. I saw it moved, and it was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Gates, one of our early lawyers, the father of Dr. Hugh Gates, whose mother was Irene Calhoon Gates, daughter of John Calhoon. The McLean County History & Genealogy Museum is a non-profit organization. If you have questions or want to donate genealogy, history or artifacts please email the address on this web site orcontact any of the following: Helen Anderson, president 270-273-5916 Jim Hansford, Vice President 270-683-3015 Euleen Rickard, Vice President & Curator 270-683-4936 Norma Blankenship, Secretary 270-273-3340 Dorothy Pinkston, Treasurer 270-273-3971 Mildred Iglehart, Vice President 270-785-4588 Edwina Stiles, Vice President 270-273-3602 |
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Questions or comments? Email mcleancountymuseum@yahoo.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated December 17, 2006 by Euleen Rickard |