If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.


– Rudyard Kipling

Johnny Appleseed Festival Antique Tractor Show, Fun Pull, and Flea Market October 7 & 8, 2023

Auglaize Village and Farm Museum 12296 Krouse Rd., Defiance, OH, United States

This is our biggest event of the year! As fall arrives this is the last chance to revive all of your senses, to create a mental picture that will carry you through the winter. Reviving your senses will be the making of apple cider, cooking sorghum molasses, popping the kettle corn, and sawing timber into […]

Settlers’ Encampment

Auglaize Village and Farm Museum 12296 Krouse Rd., Defiance, OH, United States

Step back in time to 1750 - 1815 and see how settlers survived.  The weekend is filled with demonstrations and instructions on the necessities of life, ranging from plant dying and food preparation to the fur trade and weapons of that era. See our juried demonstrators living, cooking and behaving as you would have between […]