Current Events

January 31 - Program/Dinner Meeting
This meeting will be visited by General Hugh Mercer in a living history program (weather permitting). RSVP to let Lois know if you are attending. The City of Princeton has declared the month of January as Hugh Mercer Month. 

Mercer County Heritage & Civil War Festival

October 12, 13, & 14, 2012

Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Princeton (Pigeons Roost). The Flat Top Copperheads (Camp 1694) will be working together with the Historical Society  to make arrangements for this Festival.
Friday, October 12, 2012: Vendors will be setting up early to open the gates to the public from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM. There will be vendors, living history plays, music, food, much more to be announced at a later date.
Saturday, October 13, 2012: Gates will be open from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM. It will be a fun day for all, with ganes, food vendors, living history plays, music, Civil War Encampment set up with artillery cannon. So much more to be announced.

Saturday Evening, October 13, 2012: Civil War Ball with Civil War period dress for the ladies and gentlemen required, with period music and refreshments, cost and more details to be announced at a later date.

Sunday, October 14, 2012: Gates will be open from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. There will be a Civil War Church Service and much more to be announced for the final day.

We need your feedback as to what you would like to see us do. Please e-mail your ideas and suggestions to Lois Miller at mercercountyhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com. Note: Please do not e-mail us at our previous Frontier email address per our brochure, as this has been deleted as a contact.

Now is the time to book your Christmas dinners & parties at the History House
We are already booking events. Contact Lois for more information on mercercountyhistoricalsociety@yahoo.com

Cook Book
The Historical Society is planning a cookbook. Members, we need you to submit recipes and old photographs for this cookbook. See Drema White or Lois Miller for further information. This will NOT be an ordinary cookbook.

BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED

FINAL STAGES -  WE NEED YOUR HELP

We are still in need of local history books for our library, which is now open. We will be open 3 days a week in the beginning and as we continue to grow, we may eventually open 5 days a week. We need local county history books, surrounding county history books and family genealogies. If you would like to help us purchase much needed books for the library,  please send a donation TO OUR ADDRESS and we will label the book’s interior in your honor or in memory of a loved one. This library will be the only one in Mercer County labeled as a "Specialty Library", recognized by the State of WV.  If you are interested in volunteering to help staff the library or donate books, please contact Lois Miller at

304-425-9017  

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