Napoleon Historic Walking Tours

06/15/2024

12/15/2023

Wow! Looking great! Seems like a great place for an alumni game!

Isn't it beautiful!

11/22/2023

An interesting program coming up next week up river in Defiance!

I will be in Defiance, Ohio to present on The Gateway to America: Ellis Island this coming Monday, November 27 at 7:00pm.

This program is made possible through the Defiance County Genealogical Society and is free and open to the public.

Northwest Signal
Fort to Port Histories
Defiance, Ohio
Defiance College

12/23/2021

Join the HCHS today!

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06/18/2021

Looking forward to two great tours tomorrow rain or shine! Check out the schedule for details!

HERE IT IS! The official schedule for tomorrow's Simon Girty Fest! Rumor has it Simon Girty was been spotted around Girty's Island. . . seems he's leaving the island around dusk and making his way towards Napoleon this evening.

06/18/2021

Walking tours tomorrow at 12:00noon and 3:00pm. rain or shine! Bring an umbrella and $10.00! Time to explore down town! Simon Girty Fest won't be stopped!

WHAT IF IT RAINS? If it rains for Simon Girty Fest we WILL serve our BBQ Chicken dinners through the alley behind Moxie Hair Salon $8.00 each 11am-1:00pm. The Dr. John Bloomfield Home & Carriage House Museum WILL BE OPEN for self-guided, and guided tours for FREE. Members will be dressed in period attire to bring the museums to life! The Napoleon Historic Walking Tours WILL HAPPEN at 12noon and 3:00 just bring an umbrella! $10.00 per person $5.00 for HCHS members. (We’ve done more walking tours in the rain than shine.) WHAT ABOUT THE CONCERT? The concert featuring Mandie & Brian Heil and The Jolly Gabbers WILL HAPPEN rain or shine. In the event of rain, the concert will take place inside the St. Paul United Methodist Church located directly behind the Dr. John Bloomfield Home & Carriage House Museum. $10.00 at the front door of the church and you are in for a great evening of music and entertainment. (There is NO FOOD OR DRINK permitted inside the Church.) We want to thank the United Methodist Church for partnering with the HCHS and ensuring the SHOW MUST GO ON! At this time we are still planning on a front yard concert. Please spread the word! This entire event is an important fundraiser for our museum.

The car show and arts vendors are much more subject to the weather and will use their own discretion when setting up and tearing down.

06/17/2021

Never fear! Simon Girty will NOT be leading our walking tours this Saturday June 19 for Simon Girty Fest. You will be guided by a far more trustworthy historical figure. . . or will you? Find out this Saturday at 12noon and 3 starting on the front lawn of the Dr. John Bloomfield Home and Carriage House Museum. $10 per person

SIMON GIRTY SIGHTING! THIS JUST IN the notorious Simon Girty has been sighted on his way to Napoleon! The man, the myth, the legend it is reported will make an appearance at Simon Girty Fest. He was just spotted near the Fort Defiance area making his way towards Napoleon, Ohio!

This is your chance to ask questions, learn the history, and decide for yourself if he is a traitor and villain or a misunderstood man of his era. Simon Girty will be portrayed by Dave Westrick retired president of the Fallen Timbers Battlefield Preservation Commission, member of the Henry County Historical Society, and a scholar on the Fallen Timbers Battlefield & Ft. Miamis National Historic Site. Get a picture, meet and great with Simon all day along with some of his friends and foes.

06/14/2021

Walking tours coming up this Saturday! Noon and 3:00pm. at the Dr. John Bloomfield Home! $10.00

YOU ARE AWESOME! But there is NO NEED to call and make reservations for the Napoleon Historic Walking Tours OR for our LIVE MUSIC acts Mandie & Brian Heil and The Jolly Gabbers for Simon Girty Fest. You can show up with cash or check and be ready to take a tour or get ready to rock the front lawn!

Walking tours at 12noon and 3pm $10.00
Mandie & Brian starting at 5:00
The Jolly Gabbers at 6:00 $10.00 admission gets you both music acts! Bring a bag chair!

11/15/2020

Support our local community museum by joining their membership this November or December! Could make a great Christmas gift or stocking stuffer for that history buff in your family!

All November through December the HCHS annual membership renewal and drive is happening!

This is a great time to invest in YOUR museum and become a PARTNER in preserving Henry County and Northwest Ohio history!

Your membership helps cover the expensive cost of maintaining TWO museum sites in Henry County. The beautiful Dr. John Bloomfield Home & Carriage House Museum and the historic complex at the Henry County Fairgrounds. These sites are valuable educational institutions that preserve not only physical artifacts but also the stories and legacies of those who came before us.

You can access a membership form on our page or at our website www.henrycountyhistory.org Individual memberships start at just $20.00 with a low low rate for students at just $5.00

Members receive:
1. Newsletter mailed directly to your house
2. Special invites to member only events
3. Discounts on museum facility rental
4. Discounts on museum purchases including our historical Volume Series
5. Discounts on special events and admission rates
6. Offical Membership Card
7. And more!!!

You can pay with cash, check, or Venmo!
Mail your check or monies to P.O. Box 443, Napoleon, OH 43545 and write 'membership' in the memo!

We can't wait to see you!

06/19/2020

Juneteenth also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day is an unofficial American holiday and an official Texas state holiday, celebrated annually on the 19th of June in the United States to commemorate Union army general Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in the city of Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were now free. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them almost two and a half years earlier and the American Civil War had largely ended with the defeat of the Confederate States in April, Texas was the most remote of the slave states, with a low presence of Union troops, so enforcement of the proclamation had been slow and inconsistent.

A common misconception is that this day marks the end of slavery in the United States. Although this day marks the emancipation of all slaves in the Confederacy, the institution of slavery was still legal and existed in the Union border states after June 19, 1865. Slavery in the United States did not officially end until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States on December 6, 1865, which abolished slavery entirely in all of the U.S. states and territories.