Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum

10/21/2026

Make plans to attend the Haunted History Tour this Sunday!

10/12/2026

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Haunted History Tour brought to you by the Appanoose County HIstorical Society! Coming up SUNDAY, October 25 at 3pm! Some wonderful stops this year - Actress and theater owner Cecil Spooner, Edwyna Payton Fenton, M.M. Walden, Fonda Harris, one of the first Pancake Day queens, and currently controversial home builder and the man who platted the Centerville Square, Jonathon Stratton! An more that I'll mention in another post.. Please share!

10/10/2026

TODAY'S THE DAY! We welcome all Alumni to the Homecoming Open House at the Appanoose County Historical and Coal Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum. Admission is free!

10/09/2026

Welcome to Centerville Alumni who are back in town for Homecoming!! Plan to visit the Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum on Saturday and reminisce with your friends! Free admission!

09/15/2026

Time to get your table reserved for TRIVIA NIGHT!

08/11/2026

Now that you've heard about the new Legacy Portals program, lets talk a bit more about them so you have a better understanding.

A Legacy Portal is a QR code on a memorial plaque that you can place on a gravestone or near an urn or photo. That QR code will connect you to a webpage dedicated to that person. It can include photos, obituaries, documents, even video and audio!

We've had a few questions about the cost of our new Legacy Portals program, so we thought we'd explain it a little better.

Legacy Portals are a paid memorial service offered by the Appanoose County Historical Society. Families choose from several packages depending on how much information they would like to include.

Basic Memorial Package — $150
Standard Memorial Package — $200
Legacy Memorial Package — $250
Multiple Memorials Package — $500

Each package includes a custom engraved QR code plaque and permanent hosting of the memorial webpage on our museum website.

The plaque can be attached to a gravestone, or we can provide a small acrylic stand if you'd rather display it near an urn or photograph.

We have a brochure with all of the details, and we'd be happy to answer questions or show you an example of what a Legacy Portal looks like.

This is a new program for us, and we're excited to see where it goes! If you'd like more information about Legacy Portals, contact Lisa Eddy at the Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum at 641-856-8040 or email [email protected].

08/04/2026

LEGACY PORTALS - Would you like to see an actual example of one? Here is the QR code for Governor Francis Marion Drake. Scan it and you'll find photos, the obituary, lots of newspaper articles and even a video! Try it out. And please share so others can see how amazing having a Legacy Portal memorial plaque can be!

08/03/2026

Do you remember back on Saturday we promised something new from the Appanoose County Historical Society?

The wait is over! We're excited to introduce Legacy Portals!

Every life has a story that deserves to be remembered.
Legacy Portals are custom engraved memorial plaques featuring a QR code that connects visitors to a dedicated webpage preserving photographs, stories, obituaries, videos, family history, and other treasured memories of a loved one. They can be attached to a gravestone or placed near an urn or a photo.

With a simple scan of a smartphone, you can discover the life behind the name.

This new program is offered by the Appanoose County Historical Society as a way to help families preserve their loved ones' legacies while supporting our mission of preserving local history.

Legacy Portals are created, managed, and preserved locally by the Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum, with each memorial securely hosted on our website at www.appanoosehistory.com.

If you'd like to learn more, send us a message, give us a call, or stop by the museum. We'd love to show you how Legacy Portals can help preserve your family's story for generations to come.

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post with your friends and family.

The official page for the Appanoose County Historical & Coal Mining Museum! This page is also our official 'Guest Book' of our website at www.appanoosehistory.com.

08/01/2026

Something exciting is launching on Monday...

For months, here at the Appanoose County Historical Society have been working on a project unlike anything we've ever offered.

It honors the past.
It preserves stories.
It connects generations.

And we can't wait to share it with you.

📅 Monday.

07/31/2026

We had some young visitors today who became Pancake Day queens for a day! Sisters Emily and Lila looked pretty good in those crowns! They enjoyed the scavenger hunt, too!