Enjoy this nearly complete recording of The Chesaning Showboat (minus ventriloquist Ron Lucas and The Oak Ridge Boys) from the evening of Friday, July 17, 1998.

The Chesaning Area Historical Museum will be adding special weekend hours for this upcoming summer season. In addition to our regular weekdays hours, the museum will be open from 10 AM to 2 PM every Sunday, from Memorial Day through Labor Day.

We’ve just uploaded the the first issue of the Riverside Times to our Youtube channel. The inaugural issue covers various winter activities, and contains pioneer memories from some of our earliest settlers.

The Chesaning Area Historical Society and the River Rapids Public Library have partnered together to give their patrons access to valuable new tools for historical and geneaological research.

The Chesaning Area Historical Society has helped place a new historical marker in Showboat Park celebrating the eight decade-long history of the beloved Showboat music festival.

The historical society has been restoring the sign that once hung above the Showboat Restaurant, and it can now be seen on display outside the museum.

The Chesaning Area Historical Museum is pleased to anounce the recent addition of a high resolution book scanner to our line up of digital archiving equipment.

The Chesaning Area Historical Society now has a presence on Ancestry, the world’s largest geneology website.

Private Philip Volkmer (1831-1908) was a Chesaning pioneer who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.