History Detectives of Belmont County

09/04/2025

Please share and participate in the Historical Tour of Barnesville!!!

05/21/2025

Today I walked into Envy Salon & Spa and the new owner, Gayle Overly, was like 'You'll love this❣️' They are creating a wall dedicated to commemorating female historical figures in Belmont County!!! I can't wait to see the finished product! Stay tuned! In collaboration with Belmont County Heritage Museum Cathryn Twining Stanley

05/21/2025

Today Ohio Tourism Day was celebrated at the Statehouse in Columbus. Tourism Director and UGRR board member, Jackee Pugh, is proudly showing our museum on the map for the state Underground Railroad Trail.
Thank you Jackee for all you do to support the Underground Railroad Museum ❣️💯

04/04/2025

On April 22nd at 6:00 PM, Bruce Yarnall will share a presentation called “Through the Lens of History: Local Postcard History.” For almost 100 years the postcard was the equivalent of today’s social media “instant messaging” and today’s social media photo posts. Come to the museum to learn about local history through Yarnall’s incredible postcard collection and his stories.

03/25/2025

Join us tomorrow for the last program in the 2025 Winter Lecture Series. Attorney and digital content creator, Brandi Hurley, uses social media to talk about coal country’s hidden histories. Her popular TikTok channel has over 17,00 subscribers. She’ll share with us disasters, dastardly deeds, and other delectable stories about West Virginia’s coal mining history, Wednesday, March 26 at 6 pm.

The Winter Lecture Series, presented in partnership with The Great Stone Viaduct Historical Education Society, is free and open to the public. All are welcome to attend.

03/25/2025

Our monthly meetings will be moving to virtually only!
We need new members! Please contact President Kristina Estle at [email protected]

03/25/2025

An American Legend in Blue

The Watt Center for History & the Arts in Barnesville, Ohio is pleased to announce an evening with Terry Tickhill Terrell on Thursday, May 1, titled “An American Legend in Blue.”

In 1835 German immigrant Johann Ludwig Stifel started an indigo textile dyeing business in Wheeling, West Virginia. This presentation will explain how he and his successors built his business, eventually producing 3.5 million yards of indigo cloth each month.

Terry Terrell studied at The Ohio State University. In 1969 she became a member of the first team of women to visit the South Pole. She received a B.S.in Botany from Ohio State in 1971, and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Georgia in 1976. In retirement, Terry is pursuing various lines of quilt history research and has given numerous presentations on textile history, published several articles, and created the Floral Motifs on Early Chintz website (flowersonchintz.com).

Doors will open at 6 p.m., with the program to begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 1. The Watt Center is located at 515 Watt Avenue, Barnesville, Ohio. A small donation will be gratefully accepted at the door. For more information call Mary Sidwell, 740-391-4399.

02/26/2025

https://www.historydetectivesbc.org/post/black-history-is-american-history
This month's History Bloggers focuses on BHM and Black History here in Belmont County following Black men and women who assisted the Underground Railroad movement.

Black History & the Underground Railroad in Belmont County, OhioBlack History is American History: Black History & the Underground Railroad in Belmont CountyWritten By Kristina Estle, President of the History Detectives of Belmont County/ Director of the Underground Railroad MuseumWith this month (B...

02/04/2025

Enjoy this 1958 video about Barnesville! Thank you, Jake Hershberger and Bruce Alan Yarnall, for sharing! It's very interesting to look back and see our town 67 years ago!