Books  .  CDs

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR GIFT SHOP LATELY?

You are in for a surprise.  Many new items including:

• Folkmanis finger and hand puppets
• Many new books including 9 books on Richmond and Wayne County. Several others are available about Indiana.
• We carry 4 CDs relating to our local area.
• Warm Glow Candles
• DK books for children and teens
• Fun toys including many stocking stuffers
• Pottery from Scott Shafer
• Home-Made Goats Milk Soap by Lorri Potter
• Egyptian Accents made in Egypt
• Cloth purses and bags made in Turkey
• Caspari Greeting Cards
   

Many people are finding those hard to find or unique gifts right here at the Museum.

Wayne County and Richmond books that are for sale in the Wayne County Historical Museum gift shop as of 1/1/08

WAYNE COUNTY INDIANA

THE BATTLES FOR THE COURTHOUSE

Carolyn Lafever, author

The residents of Wayne County, Indiana, have battled about the county seat location since its formation in 1810.  There have been three county seats and six courthouses.  The disagreement-started between settlers from Salisbury and Centerville-was bitterly debated in the Indiana Territory legislature.  Although Salisbury was the first county seat, it was moved to Centerville soon after Indiana’s ratification as a state, and Salisbury faded into a lost town.  For fifty-two years, Centerville maintained power, building two courthouses and a jail, until Richmond asserted its dominance in the state legislature.  The struggle for the reins of power in Wayne County was Indiana’s longest-running feud, igniting untold amounts of community pride. 

Join Wayne County historian Carolyn Lafever as she shares this story of conflict and courthouses, from tumultuous beginning to peaceful end.

A Pictorial History of Wayne County, Indiana by Carolyn Lafever

$15.00 (hardbound)

The Gaar Family – “Pioneers of Industry, Richmond, Indiana”
by Joanna Hill Mikesell and Annette S. Warfel

$49.99 (hardbound)

Robinson & Co., The History of Swayne Robinson & Co. 1842-1997

$15.00 (paperback)

Richmond, Indiana It’s Physical Development and Aesthetic Heritage to 1920
by Mary Raddant Tomlan and Michael A. Tomlan

$39.95 (hardcover) ISBN 0-87195-159-2

A Brief History of Early Richmond
by Luther M. Feeger

$1.00 (paperback)

NEW!! 
An Introduction to the Egyptian Gallery at the Wayne County Historical Museum Richmond, Indiana
by Bonnie M. Sampsell, Ph. D. 2006

$1.00

Wayne County and Richmond CDs that are for sale in the Wayne County Historical Museum gift shop as of 1/1/08

  The Richmond Historic Auto Tour;  Places to go, Sites to See –Auto CD and route map
  for 2-hour guided driving tour of historic sites in Richmond and Wayne County

$5.00

  Gennett Records, Greatest Hits: Volume 1  -Gennett Records-

$10.00

Gennett Records, Greatest Hits: Volume III  -Gennett Records-  Gennett Richmond, In. US

$10.00

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