PHELPS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

[Phelps County Museum]

This is the Dillon Log House. It houses the Phelps County Museum at 302 Third Street in Rolla.

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The Phelps County Historical Society, Inc., is a Missouri benevolent (not-for-profit) corporation, with federal 501(c)3 tax-exempt status. Contributions and donations are tax-deductible in accordance with IRS regulations.

Dues are $15 per calendar year. General membership meetings, with appropriate programs and refreshments, are held twice each year, in the spring and fall.

2012 -- SPRING MEETING -- 2012

The Spring Meeting of the Phelps County Historical Society will be held on Sunday afternoon, 22 April 2012, at 2:00p CDT in the multipurpose room of the Phelps County Courthouse in Rolla. The program will be presented by John F. Bradbury, Jr., and Leann Arndt of the State Historical Society of Missouri's Research Center on the campus of Missouri S & T. They will show and discuss views of historic Route 66 from the Phelps County Historical Society's Baumgardner Collection of historic images. We hope you will be able to join us for an afternoon of history and fellowship.

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The PCHS supports the publication of the Newsletter of the Phelps County Historical Society, an occasional journal. Follow this link to a list of articles that have appeared in the journal.

The PCHS owns three historic properties. The Phelps County Museum (Dillon Log House, across the street from the Old Courthouse), the Old Jail (206 Park Street), and the Old Courthouse (305 Third Street) are open for special events and by appointment. The curator is Dennis Peterman.

Phelps County's other "heritage" organization also has a homepage on The Web. The Phelps County Genealogical Society has an office in the Old Courthouse. There is also a lot of Phelps County history at the State Historical Society of Missouri's Research Center-Rolla. From 1926 to the late 1970s, Phelps County was traversed by historic Route 66.

Updated on 06 March 2012

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