The Lenawee County Historical Museum and Archives is free and open to the public, Tuesday-Saturday 10am-2pm. The archives offer thousands of documents relating to business, government, religion, education, railroads, the military, the Grange, the Underground Railroad, prominent citizens, and many other subjects of local interest. The photo archives contains photographs and postcards of places, people, and events in Lenawee County.
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Program: The long-bearded man
tuesday, September 24, 7:00pm
​lenawee historical museum

Author Burge Cameron Smith will be at the museum for a presentation about his book, "The World of Edwin Smith: The Long-Bearded Man."

"Edwin Smith was a nineteenth-century pioneer. He was born in New York, grew up in Ohio, and lived his adult life in Michigan.... At one time, he was described as the man with the longest beard in the world. The length of his beard led P. T. Barnum to seek him out and employ him as part of his Greatest Show on Earth circus. Edwin was a sideshow performer during the 1881 circus tour, which traveled from New York to Texas all by train and rail." 

There is no cost to attend and all are welcome!