Oakham

During the summer of 1899, several Oakham residents met with the idea of forming an organization that would preserve the past for future generations. Charles M. Packard was elected president of the newly formed organization that sought to collect and preserve . . . relics of historic worth . . . (that) would attract, instruct, or amuse when placed on exhibition. A century later, another group of Oakham residents have come together in the same spirit of preservation to compile an unprecedent...