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Salem Area Historical Society "Keeping the Past Alive for Tomorrow" Salem Township is in Northeastern Washtenaw County in Southeastern Michigan approximately 31 miles from Detroit |
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Welcome to our web site The Salem Area Historical Society is a group of citizens working to Preserve, Archive and inform others on the history of |
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This Site is updated regularly. Please come back and see our updates. |
UPCOMING SAHS EVENTS
SAHS Annual Dinner / Auction
Saturday, Feb. 11 -- 6 PM
at Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center Tickets must be purchased in advance. They are $30 per person and it includes the dinner buffet, pop, tea, coffee, and the Silent and Live Auctions. Use the link below to purchase tickets or contact Terry at Salem_Area_HS@yahoo.com Ticket Purchase Form
SAHS Meeting Wednesday, March 28 -- 6:00 PM at Salem Township Hall
Attend and vote at the annual Election and Potluck Dinner of the SAHS on Wednesday, March 28th at 6 PM at the Salem Township Hall. This meeting is SAHS's annual Potluck Dinner followed by the annual election and concluding with a presentation. All members are encouraged to attend. Memberships will be accepted at the event. Please bring a dish to pass, your own plates and flatware and your drink. Coffee and tea will be available. After the election, the presentation will be by SAHS member Gilbert Terry on “Maple Syrup in Salem". SAHS Meeting Wednesday, April 25 -- 7:30 PM at Jarvis Stone School
A short SAHS Business agenda will be followed by a presentation titled “Travel SE MI - Historical Routes” by Ron Rademacher.
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Other News
Thank You to all who made our 2011 Dinner and Auction a great event and Fund Raising success!!! (See our Annual Dinner/Auction Page for a List of Donors) Thank You to the 200 plus attendees, our Barn Dance Sponsors and the band The Picks 'N'Sticks who made our 2010 “BARN DANCE” a great event and Fund Raising success!!! Use this link to search the internet and to raise funds for Salem Area Historical Society with each search. GoodSearch.com -- Search Engine
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NEWS
The Salem Area Historical Society has begun the process to obtain a Washtenaw County Local Historic District (LHD) designation for the Jarvis Stone School, the Dickerson Barn and the associated property. The creation of a LHD Study Committee has been approved by the Salem Township Board of Trustees, the Washtenaw County Historic District Commission and the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners. The LHD Study Committee is comprised of Jean Bemish, Terry Cwik, Sue DiMilia, Helen Gierman, Jane Griffith, Marie Turppa, Marcia Van Fossen and Nancy Snyder, WCHDC Chair, as liaison to the WCHDC along with Melissa Milton-Pung and Cynthia B. Christensen, staff to the WCHDC. This Study Committee is now in the process of gathering information to be used in writing the Study Committee Report. If you have any documentation and/or photographs of the Jarvis Stone School or the Dickerson Barn that you are willing to share with the Study Committee, please contact Terry Cwik at Salem_Area_HS@yahoo.com.SAHS Meeting
Wednesday, Jan. 25 -- 7:30 PM
at Salem Township Hall
On Wednesday, Jan.25th, SAHS held its Annual Budget Membership Meeting with a viewing of the DVD "From Moccasins to Main Street: A Journey Down the Old Chicago Road". It began as a Native American foot trail. It later became a military road connecting Fort Detroit to Fort Dearborn in Chicago. It was traveled by explorers, missionaries and fur trappers. Eventually small communities appeared along it with just the right distance between them to refresh the horses of the stagecoach and replenish the water supply of the steam engine. This is the story of the evolution of transportation in Michigan. This is a journey down the Old Chicago Road. Community Foundation of Plymouth Grant Monday, Dec. 19 -- 3:00 PM at Jarvis Stone School On Monday, December 19th, the Community Foundation of Plymouth (CFP), represented by Kathy Aznavorian and William Lawson, presented a $1,000 grant check to the Salem Area Historical Society (SAHS) for the Jarvis Stone School Michigan State Historic Marker Project. SAHS started the process to obtain the state historic marker. The Salem Area Historical Society feels that an historic designation is fitting because the school is a fine example of the one-room schoolhouses that were the initial foundation of public education in Washtenaw County. In addition, the Jarvis Stone School is even more unique in that it is constructed of fieldstone.  SAHS Christmas Party Sunday, Dec. 4 -- 1:00 PM at Paul Uherek's Home The Salem Area Historical Society 2011 Events concluded on December 4th with its Annual Membership Christmas Party. This event attended by twenty-four members was graciously hosted by Paul Uherek and was the perfect social event to close out a very successful 2011 year for SAHS. The honoree for 2011 was Marcia Van Fossen. It was a great afternoon of friendship shared in a great setting.  SAHS Meeting
On Wednesday, Oct. 26th, SAHS held a General Membership Meeting with a presentation by Susan Nenadic entitled "Seeing the Elephant: Female Soldiers and Spies in the Civil War". Nenadic taught history and English in Saline Area Schools. Since her retirement in 2004, she has taught women's history for non-credit programs at WCC, the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University. Her presentation confirmed that women participated in the Civil War in many ways including being soldiers and spies.
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Jarvis-Stone School Front Room Renovation The Salem Area Historical Society has decided to undertake a project to renovate the front room of the Jarvis-Stone School. It is a three phase project and SAHS was awarded a grant of $2,174 for this project by the Community Foundation of Plymouth, which is administered through the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. Phase I (Roof & Windows) is complete and Phase II (Floor, Walls & Ceiling) has begun. The walls have been built, the electrical installed and the drywall hung, taped and mudded. |
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