SCHS Website Hits Milestone

THE new SCHS website which debuted in 2018 continues to grow along with the number of people it has served. Since its inception, over 65,000 people have visited the website. In 2020 alone over 30,000 people made use of the website, a 56% increase over the previous year. The Society’s commitment to online content has existed for years but became all the more important this past year. With over 400 pages of content, the site is one of the largest in the state for a local history organization. If you haven’t visited recently you may be surprised at what you find. New content is being added monthly.

The Society’s Christmas tours at the Van Orden Mansion brought several hundred people to the museum this year, just not all at the same time. Socially distanced small group tours were offered over the course of two weekends so that members and guests could still enjoy the holiday decorations which included eleven trees decorated to the theme of Christmas Across America. Holiday music and personal bags of homemade treats were also part of the tours. The Society would like to thank all of the decorators, volunteers and business sponsors that made Christmas at the Mansion a success.