Clark County Winchester Heritage Commission

10/02/2026

Fire Chief Nick Riggs gave a great presentation on the history of the Wi******er Fire Department. Thank you Sir!!

09/30/2026

Tomorrow's the day! Fire Chief Nick Riggs will give a special historical presentation about our fire department. Come join us at Holly Rood 28 Beckner Street 6:30. We look foward to seeing you there!!

09/28/2026

What a great 50th celebration of the preservation of Holl Rood! Thank you to all of those who participated and who helped in anyway. Congratulations to Sarah and Nick Sieber and Karen and Wayne Combs in winning this year's historic preservation awards! Well Deserved!!

09/27/2026

Don't forget!! Thursday October 1st Chief Riggs will be discussing the local history of his honored profession!!

09/25/2026

The Clark County Wi******er Heritage Commission had a great day getting ready to celebrate 50 years of the saving and preservation of Holly Rood. Come join us tomorrow at Holly Rood 4 to 7 and help us celebrate!!

09/19/2026

Our annual BBQ is coming up in a week! Tickets can be purchased at the door or at Created By You during the hours of M 12:30-5:30, T-F 11-7, Saturday 11-time for Pig Pickin’!

09/18/2026

Holly Rood 1976 and Holly Rood today. At our annual pig pickin Saturday the 26th 4 to 7 we are celebrating the saving of Holly Rood 50 years ago. Come eat some great BBQ provided by Pooh's Que BBQ and help the Clark County Wi******er Heritage Commission celebrate the preservation of Holly Rood!! Silent auction, historic preservation awards and much much more! Its fundraisers like these that help to maintain Holly Rood. Any and all donations are appreciated!!

09/03/2026

Come join the Clark County Wi******er Heritage Commission and celebrate the saving of Holly Rood. Fifty years ago this month Holly Rood was saved!!

07/02/2026

07/02/2026

Today in American history, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished over the Pacific while attempting an around‑the‑world flight—a bold bid to push aviation’s limits and map a global route for commercial air travel. Marking 89 years since that final radio call, we remember not just the mystery, but the mission: to prove long-distance flight could be navigated, organized, and—one day—routine.

Earhart was already a record-setter: first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, the first person to solo from Honolulu to Oakland, and a tireless advocate for pilots’ safety and opportunity. Few know that her Lockheed Electra carried a “flying laboratory” of refinements for long-haul routes—but her most crucial link, a trailing radio antenna, is believed to have snapped off during takeoff from Lae, crippling navigation with the Coast Guard cutter Itasca waiting near tiny Howland Island. The massive search that followed—then the largest aerial and naval hunt in U.S. history—pioneered open-ocean search-and-rescue tactics later used in war and peace. Earhart’s legacy endures in every horizon pilots dare to cross.