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Joseph Boggs Society for Historical Preservation Historical Society to preserve and promote the history of Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township of Shelby County, Indiana. Click on "About" for more information. 1.

This is our only internet site for everyone to share information. The Joseph Boggs Society for Historical Preservation, Inc. also goes by other informal names of Joseph Boggs Society, Boggs Society, JBS, Boggstown Historical Society, and Boggstown Museum. Look to us for Boggstown history.

2. Our meeting house is in an 1887 Seventh-day Adventist Church building at 2616 N Sand Creek Road Boggstown, IN 46110-9752, on the internet at Facebook.com/Boggstown, and contact us at [email protected].

3. Our free Quarterly Meetings are open to the public, and include a short business meeting, a program usually about history, and ending with refreshments while we talk with others and look at our museum displays. The 2026 Quarterly Meetings are:
a. February 22, 2026 - Sunday 2pm
b. May 20, 2026 - Wednesday 7pm
c. August 19, 2026 - Wednesday 7pm
d. November 18, 2026 - Wednesday 7pm

4. Our free local history museum is open during quarterly meetings and other events, about once a month as posted on Facebook, and upon request. Allow 1 to 2 hours to see displays that include Boggstown High School, the Red Mill, local "Ma Kettle" actress Marjorie Main, the Boggstown Resolutions to secede from the Union, Whetzel's Trace for settlers, pioneer cemeteries we have restored, Civil War Union Major General Ambrose Burnside and our railroad he owned, and Assessors books from 1858 to 1921 to see who owned property. You will be surprised by our history.

5. We have memberships to support our mission and volunteer for offices and functions. 2026 membership dues are $15 for an individual and $25 for a family.

6. Since 1999 we have created and sold local history $10 calendars, to raise funds and promote our history. We also have older $5 calendars to complete your collection.

7. We are an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and welcome donations for our operations, our endowment fund, and for specific projects.

8. 2026 Officers:
a. President - Ken Gardner
b. Vice President - Tom Sherer
c. Secretary - Jill Sanders
d. Treasurer - Mike Shaw
e. Historian - open
f. Director - David Champa
g. Director - Terry Morgan
h. Director - Lori Neafus
i. Director - Debbie Shonk
j. Director - David Witham

10/15/2026

Joseph Boggs Society MUSEUM will be open 1-4 SUNDAY 10-18-2026 - please join us for an hour or two at 2616 N Sand Creek Road in Boggstown

Send a message to learn more

JOSEPH BOGGS SOCIETY MUSEUM 1-4 SUNDAY 10-18-2026This colorful photo is of the Boggstown Cabaret on 11-7-2013. The Josep...
10/10/2026

JOSEPH BOGGS SOCIETY MUSEUM 1-4 SUNDAY 10-18-2026

This colorful photo is of the Boggstown Cabaret on 11-7-2013.

The Joseph Boggs Society's free local museum will be open 1-4pm on Sunday October 18th, to learn about the history of Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township.

Our displays include Boggstown High School and graduating classes, Red Mill, Boggstown Cabaret, local "Ma Kettle" actress Marjorie Main, Boggstown Resolutions to secede from the Union, Whetzel's Trace to open our area to settlers, Assessors books from 1858 to 1921 to see who owned property, and famous Civil War Major General Ambrose Burnside (sideburns were named for him) and our railroad, which he owned and extended in 1866 from Franklin to Boggstown and to Fairland.

You will be surprised how much we have about our local history.

Many of you follow us on Facebook and have not been to our museum, so come see what is not on Facebook.

This is the "October" page from the Joseph Boggs Society's 12th annual fund-raising Boggstown history calendar of 2010. ...
09/21/2026

This is the "October" page from the Joseph Boggs Society's 12th annual fund-raising Boggstown history calendar of 2010.
PLEASE SHARE this with your friends to promote our community.

BOGGSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1935

See other months' pages in our 1999-2010 Calendar Photo Albums at our Facebook.com/Boggstown along with other local Photo Albums.

Let us know if you have photos of local people, places, or things that we can have or scan for our local museum collection and calendars.

We have our $5 1999-2026 calendars for sale, plus $3 each if mailed, so to order use the membership form on our Facebook.com/Boggstown or email [email protected].

Please consider becoming a member and volunteer to support our purpose to collect and preserve materials concerning the history of Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township, and to disseminate such information in any and all proper ways.

PUMPKIN PALOOZA - 9/26/26 3-8pm - Boggstown Presbyterian Church
09/13/2026

PUMPKIN PALOOZA - 9/26/26 3-8pm - Boggstown Presbyterian Church

09/10/2026

REMINDER: The Joseph Boggs Society's free local MUSEUM will be open 1-4pm this Sunday September 13, 2026, to learn about the history of Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township. Take a drive to 2616 N Sand Creek Road in Boggstown.

On Sep. 24 at 6:30 p.m., Anne Hardwick will highlight Stories of Women in History as well as discuss tips for researchin...
09/10/2026

On Sep. 24 at 6:30 p.m., Anne Hardwick will highlight Stories of Women in History as well as discuss tips for researching women.
This Fairland Historical Society event is free and open to the public; donations accepted.
Location: Fairland Town Hall, 105 S Walnut St, Fairland, Indiana.
Thanks to the Blue River Community Foundation and the Fairland Town Council for supporting our events.

1. The Joseph Boggs Society finished on 9-2-2026 repairing all of the headstones for 17 people buried at this Francis Ce...
09/05/2026

1. The Joseph Boggs Society finished on 9-2-2026 repairing all of the headstones for 17 people buried at this Francis Cemetery, in a private woods northwest of Walnut Grove.

2. The largest headstone inside the repaired wrought iron fence at right is for William (1784-1847) and Sarah (1786-1871) Francis, who owned the land, and were the great-grandparents of 1966-1969 Indiana Governor Roger Branigin (1902-1975), who was from Franklin.

3. The burials were from 1845-1876, and 1907, all are related to the Francis family, and all but one of the stones were down when we started in August of 2025.

4. We did not find headstones for three people, so Freeman's Family Funeral Homes in Shelbyville donated having their names and dates carved into 3 unknown stones we did find.

5. This is the LAST of the SEVEN pioneer cemeteries in our Sugar Creek Township, that we have restored starting in 2011, with our volunteers doing the work on the last six.

6. You can see photos from our other cemeteries in the "Cemeteries" album on our Facebook.com/Boggstown.

7. We are the all-volunteer 501(c)(3) historical society and museum for Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township, in an 1887 church building at 2616 N Sand Creek Road in Boggstown, you can follow us at Facebook.com/Boggstown, and contact us at [email protected]. Please consider becoming a member and volunteer for what we do.

JOSEPH BOGGS SOCIETY MUSEUM 1-4 SUNDAY 9-13-2026This photo is the parking lot added this summer to the south side of the...
09/02/2026

JOSEPH BOGGS SOCIETY MUSEUM 1-4 SUNDAY 9-13-2026

This photo is the parking lot added this summer to the south side of the Boggstown Presbyterian Church.

The Joseph Boggs Society's free local museum will be open 1-4pm on Sunday September 13th, to learn about the history of Boggstown and Sugar Creek Township.

Our displays include Boggstown High School, Red Mill, Boggstown Cabaret, local "Ma Kettle" actress Marjorie Main, Boggstown Resolutions to secede from the Union, Whetzel's Trace to open our area to settlers, Assessors books from 1858 to 1921 to see who owned property, and famous Civil War Major General Ambrose Burnside (sideburns were named for him) and our railroad, which he owned and extended in 1866 from Franklin to Boggstown and to Fairland.

You will be surprised how much we have about our local history.

Many of you follow us on Facebook and have not been to our museum, so come see what is not on Facebook.

Address

2616 N Sand Creek Road
Boggstown, IN
46110

Telephone

+13178357215

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