The Princeton Railroad Museum will be hosting a 15th anniversary celebration on October 2nd from 11am to 5pm. Enjoy a FREE trolley Ride through time! Starts at historic old Mercer Street. This is the only day all five museums in Princeton will be open simultaneously. You and your family can ride a trolley from one museum to another, and learn about history along the way.

Living History

Meet Living Figures from History. Mark Twain is played by Doug Riley. Abraham Lincoln is played by LeMoyne Johnson. Mary Todd Lincoln is played by Barbara Wyrick. Chief Seltoe’e is played by Terry Morgan. Harriet Eliza Lathrop is played by Lou Stokes.

Hear the stories of Mark Twain, Hellen Keller, and Booker T. Washington interacting with the founder of the Virginian Railway.

Meet Harriet Eliza Lathrop, the first superintendent of Pocahontas Coal’s wife, and learn her travails of living in a brand new coal area wilderness.

What’s happening?

• FREE Trolley Rides to all Museums
• Five Museums Open for FREE
  • Railroad Museum – FREE
  • Agricultural Museum – FREE
  • Those Who Served War Museum – FREE
  • Mercer County Historical Society – FREE
  • McNutt House – FREE
• Bounce House – FREE
• Visit Historic Graves – FREE
• Live Music by Common Ground – FREE
• Petting Zoo – FREE
• Horse & Wagon Ride – FREE
• See Fire Trucks – FREE
• Food and Vendors

When and Where?

October 2nd from 11am ’till 5pm. Old Mercer Street Historic District.

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In the Press

Jeff Harvey wrote this in the Princeton Times:

While the traditional West Virginia Day ceremony was not observed this year or last, Smith did say a big observance was planned for Oct. 2, the museum’s 15th anniversary. “We’ll have bands, including ‘Common Ground’, trolleys, historic re-enactors, food and vendors. All of the museums will be open that day,” she said. The Virginian Railway caboose adjacent to the museum will be getting new metal panels to replace rusted areas as well as a repaint of said areas, courtesy of the Princeton Public Works Department, she said.

Jeff Harvey

You can read the full story on the Princeton Times website: https://www.ptonline.net/