Wagener Museum

05/27/2026

Wonderful visit from Eric Conrad, who stopped by Wagener, SC to see the Bicentennial Wagon on his trip thru the original 13 colonies on his bicycle. Eric first went thru the states 50 years ago to celebrate the Bicentennial.

05/26/2026

Just received update. He will be here a little before noon today. See previous post for more info.

05/25/2026

This is the gentleman who plans on visiting Wagener, SC tomorrow! https://bike13.us/ Tentative time around noon.

05/22/2026

Eric plans on stopping by Wagener next Tuesday. He rode along with the Bicentennial Wagon train in 1976. Wagener is the home of SC Bicentennial Wagon.

When he was 20 years old, Eric Conrad rode his bike through all 13 of the original states to celebrate the American Bicentennial. Now, 50 years later, Conrad, 70, will take a similar tour of the eastern seaboard to celebrate the 250th Birthday of the United States

05/16/2026

Mark your calendars 📅 for the next stop of our traveling exhibit! Foundations of a Revolution on Tour will be at the Aiken County Historical Museum on Saturday, May 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Stop by to see the 1775 Articles of Association for the District East of the Wateree, 📜 the South Carolina Constitution of 1776, 📜 and the 1777 Treaty of DeWitt’s Corner. 📜

SCDAH staff will be giving a short presentation 🗣 about the documents at 1 p.m. in the museum ballroom.

Admission is free! 🎟

📜 Foundations of a Revolution On Tour
📍 Aiken County Historical Museum
433 Newberry St SW, Aiken, SC 29801
📅 May 23, 2026
🕙 10 a.m. - 3 p. m.

05/13/2026

Remember when we were in the jail..

05/09/2026

05/08/2026

In 1976, the wagon we have in Wagener, SC participated in the Bicentennial Wagon Pilgrimage. Let me know if you have memories of the wagon when it first came to Wagener and the wagon train itself. I would like to sit down with you and record your memories. Just send me a message and we will set up a date and time. Also can email [email protected]

A very faded Super-8 home movie film - but preserved anyway. My 3rd film of the Bicentennial Wagon Train that traveled across America in 1976. Here it stoppe...

05/06/2026

Some of you may know already, but I take care of the Recollections Oral History project at the Aiken County Historical Museum. I would like to do a project here in Wagener and the surrounding area for our history.
If we did this, what do you think should be our first topics? Some suggestions are our schools, businesses, Wagons to Wagener and even "ghost" stores. Are you interested?

05/05/2026

They say any publicity is good publicity, but
not too sure how I feel about the name "Wanger"😄

When one is traveling through small towns and they are not sure where they are all one has to do is look up. Found in Wagener, SC. © Copyright SC Towns

04/29/2026

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