Auglaize Village

10/07/2026

10/06/2026

Volunteer Maintenance Day open to the public from 8am to 2pm today.

10/05/2026

We have some 1/2 gallons and 1 gallons of apple c***r available at AuGlaize Village on Tuesday October 6, 2026 from 8 am - 2 pm. Suggested donation is $7 per gallon.

Address is 12296 Krouse Rd, Defiance OH 43512

10/04/2026

Congratulations to the coloring contest winners
Gabryel Tijerina and Steph!!!

10/01/2026

DCHS Board meeting in the Red Barn today at 7pm

09/27/2026

🍎🎨 KIDS COLORING CONTEST! 🎨🍎

Calling all young artists! 🌟 Join the fun at the Johnny Appleseed Festival with our Kids Coloring Contest!

🖍️ Pick up a coloring page, show us your creativity, and enter for a chance to win a prize! 🏆🍎

📅 Johnny Appleseed Festival
🎨 Kids Coloring Contest!

And don’t worry if you can’t stick around for the drawing—you do NOT have to be present to win! 🎉

09/23/2026

Johnny Appleseed Festival - Tractor Show/Pulls, Fiber Arts Show & Flea Market October 2-4, 2026
located at 12296 Krouse Rd. Defiance OH 43512
Website: auglaizevillage.org Email: [email protected]

Friday October 2nd School Day but also open to the public 9 am - 2 pm; pressing apples making apple c***r, pressing sorghum and cooking to make sorghum molasses, cooking apple butter, fiber arts demonstrations, & corn shelling & grinding

Saturday October 3rd:
Defiance Police Department will be there from 9 am -? Demonstrating their large drone for outside use and their small drone for inside building use

We will have two blacksmiths James Helmke and Jerry Frederick providing demonstrations. (Jerry will be using more modern methods with his demonstration) throughout the weekend

Ham Radio demonstrations will include ham radio operations along with other methods of communications all three days at the Village

"The Village Idiots" from Ottawa OH, will be providing music by the Barber Shop on Saturday from 1 pm - 3 pm

Sara Hammon of Heritage Generational Farms Mark Center OH 567-239-1778; [email protected] will be providing Dairy Demonstrations throughout the day on Saturday. She will be bringing a dairy cow with her. She may make it on Friday too.

All three days we will be demonstrating:

Pressing apples making apple c***r

Pressing sorghum and cooking it down to make sorghum molasses

Cooking apple butter

Met Johnny Appleseed - Bill Grimes

Fiber Arts Demonstration

Hit-miss engine displays with a corn shelling & grinding demonstration. They will also be making homemade ice cream that will be available at the Red Barn Ice Cream Shop

Antique Tractor Pulls & Show

Flea Market Vendors

Sawing logs into boards (Saturday & Sunday provided we have enough volunteers)

On display in the Lockkeeper's house will be an operational model of a canal lock recently acquired from Herb Lauer.

Train Rides $2 each

of course all of the buildings will be open for touring