The Shaker Frontier in the West: Traveling in the Spirit

<body bgcolor="#CDCDCD"> <p align="center"><img src="_derived/WSSG%20Home%20Page-Shaker%20Road-Frames.htm_txt_Big_Bethany_Hall_minus_background.gif" alt="Big_Bethany_Hall_minus_background.jpg (42916 bytes)" border="0" width="385" height="253"></p> <p align="center"><img src="images/WSSG_Logo.gif" alt="WSSG_Logo.gif (4535 bytes)" WIDTH="216" HEIGHT="41"></p> <p><strong><big><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face">The home page of the Western Shaker Study Group Web Site:  <em>The Shaker Frontier in the West:  Traveling in the Spirit</em>  uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them.   Our site is best viewed using Internet Explorer 4.0.  Click the icon below and download Internet Explorer. </font></big></big></strong></p> <p><strong><big><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face">You can E-Mail us.  Click on the WSSG logo at the bottom of this page. </font></big></big></strong></p> <p align="center"><a href="/web/20050306004757/http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/ad/ieufront.asp"><img src="images/Get_Microsoft_Internet_Explorer.gif" alt="Get Microsoft Internet Explorer.gif (973 bytes)" WIDTH="88" HEIGHT="31"></a></p> <p align="center"><img src="images/B__W_Scroll_Divider-Long.gif" alt="B__W_Scroll_Divider-Long.gif (2070 bytes)" WIDTH="385" HEIGHT="20"></p> <p ALIGN="Center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><b><big>OUR PURPOSE:</big></b></big></big> </font></p> <p><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>Our group is dedicated to the study of the Shaker experience in the west which</strong> <strong>includes the settlements of: </strong></big></big></font><ul> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>Union Village, Ohio</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>Watervliet, Ohio</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>White Water, Ohio</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>North Union, Ohio</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>Pleasant Hill, Kentucky</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>South Union, Kentucky</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>West Union, Indiana</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big><strong>Berrien Springs, Michigan</strong></big></big></font></p> </li> <li><p align="center"><strong><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><big><big>  White Oak, Georgia</big></big></font></p> </li> </ul> <p><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><br> <big><big>Our primary goal is to help people become more aware of <a href="map_of_shaker_sites_in_the_midwe.htm">the Shaker presence</a> and achievement in the west. We are a group of Shaker enthusiasts, collectors and scholars who have an abiding interest in all things Shaker and in Shakerism.</big></big> <a href="#Top">[Top]</a></font></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><big><big><big>WHERE WE MEET:</big></big></big></strong></p> <p><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><strong><big><big>Unless otherwise noted, our bi-monthly meetings are held on the first Fridays of the meeting months at 7:30 P.M. on the site of old Shaker Union Village, Ohio, now Otterbein Homes, a retirement center owned by the United Methodist Church.</big></big> <font COLOR="Maroon"><big><big> </big></big></font></strong></font></p> <p> </p> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="223"> <tr> <td width="50%" height="164"><blockquote> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><strong><big><big>The Western Shaker Study Group<br> % Otterbein Homes<br> 585 North State Route 741<br> Lebanon, Ohio 45036</big></big></strong></font></p> </blockquote> </td> <td width="50%" valign="middle" height="164"><big><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><strong>Meeting months in 1999 will be February, April, June, August, October and December.</strong></font></big></big></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" height="59"><blockquote> <blockquote> <p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><strong><big><big>Membership is $10.00 per person or $12.00 per couple due the first Friday of January.</big></big> </strong></font></p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </td> </tr> </table> <p ALIGN="left"><big><big><strong><font face="Baskerville Old Face">If you can not travel to attend our meetings, we invite you to share in our love of Shakerism. Our web site includes announcements pertaining to Shaker activities nationwide as well as in the mid-west. Our bi-newsletter will be online. We hope our site will be a resource for everyone and a place to exchange information and insights. </p> <p ALIGN="center"></font></strong></big></big><img src="images/At_Work_Icon-no_background.gif" alt="At_Work_Icon-no_background.gif (352 bytes)" align="center" WIDTH="40" HEIGHT="40">  <strong><big><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Under constant construction!</font></big></big></strong></p> <p align="center"><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS</strong>:</font></big></p> <p align="left"><a href="who_are_the_shakers.htm"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Who are the Shakers?</font></a></p> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><a href="What's%20New!.htm">What's New!</a><br> <br> <a href="Western%20Shaker%20Study%20Group%20Newsletter.html">WSSG Newsletter</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><a href="Other%20Shaker%20Study%20Groups.html">Other Shaker Study Groups</a><br> <br> <a href="WSSG%20Search%20Page.htm">Search Our Site</a></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><a href="western_shaker_manuscript_lists.htm">Shaker Manuscript Collection</a></font></p> <p align="left"><a href="glossary_of_religious_and_shaker.htm"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Glossary</font></a></p> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><a href="feedback__subscription_form.htm">Feedback & Subscription Form</a><a href="WSSG%20Search%20Page.htm"><br> </a><br> Travel <em>Shaker Road  </em>in the Mid-west:</font></p> <ul> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><a href="Welcome%20to%20Union%20Village.html">UNION VILLAGE  (LEBANON, OHIO). </a>  THE BISHOPRIC  OF  THE  WEST.  </font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="Watervliet-Martha%20Boice-Chpt%209.html"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">WATERVLIET  (DAYTON, OHIO)</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="White%20Water%20Village,%20Ohio.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">WHITE  WATER  (NEW HAVEN,  OHIO)</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">NORTH UNION (CLEVELAND, OHIO)</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">PLEASANT HILL (HARRODSBURG, KY.)</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="South%20Union,%20Ky.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">SOUTH UNION, KENTUCKY </font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">WEST UNION (OAKLAND, INDIANA)</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">BERRIEN SPRINGS, MICHIGAN</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="white_oak_georgia.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">WHITE OAK, GEORGIA</font></small></a></p> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">The information in our website is organized like a Shaker Village. As our content grows, more buildings will be added to our village.</font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Enter the Shaker Trustees' Office first to receive an orientation to Shaker Village. </font></p> <ul type="square"> <li><p align="left"><a href="Shaker%20Trustees'%20Office.html"><small>SHAKER TRUSTEES'  OFFICE</small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="Shaker%20Meetinghouse%20and%20Ministry.html"><small>SHAKER MEETINGHOUSE AND MINISTRY</small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small>MINISTRY SHOP</small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="welcome_to_the_shaker_dwellingho.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">SHAKER DWELLINGHOUSE</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="shaker_industrial_shops_for_brot.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">SISTERS' SHOP</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="brothers_shops.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">BROTHERS' SHOP</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">THE GIRLS' HOUSE</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">THE BOYS' HOUSE  </font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">ORCHARDS, HERB GARDEN & HERB HOUSE</font></small></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="shaker_farm_buildings.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">FARM & INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="union_village_train_station.htm"><small>UNION VILLAGE TRAIN STATION</small></a>    </p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="Shaker%20Cemetery.htm"><small><font face="Baskerville Old Face">SHAKER CEMETERY</font></small></a></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><a href="Shaker%20Schoolhouse.html"><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><small>SHAKER SCHOOLHOUSE</small></font></a></p> <font face="Baskerville Old Face"></li> </ul> <p align="center"></font><img src="images/links_2.gif" alt="links_2.gif (658 bytes)" WIDTH="62" HEIGHT="35"></p> <p>To research subjects about the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing , enter the <a href="Shaker%20Schoolhouse.html">SHAKER  SCHOOL HOUSE</a> . Over 400 links to :<big> </big><font face="Baskerville Old Face"><ul type="sqaure"> <li><p align="left">Shaker Historical Sites</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Related Religious Movements & Sites</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Research Libraries Shaker Manuscript Collections & Museum Collections</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Journals</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Professional Organizations </font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Shaker Music </font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">The Shakers and the Arts </font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Interesting Links to a wide variety of articles</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Commercial Items </font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Shaker Antiques </font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Books Reviews on line</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">The American Religious Experience</font></p> </li> <li><p align="left"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Bibliography of Books, Periodicals & Media (Over 300 entries) <br> </p> <p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">  <img src="images/Animated_inkwell-.gif" alt="Animated inkwell-.gif (6167 bytes)" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="101"> </font></p> </li> </ul> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:shakerwssg@mindspring.com"><img src="images/WSSG_Logo.gif" alt="WSSG Logo.gif (3735 bytes)" WIDTH="216" HEIGHT="41"></a></p> <p align="center"><big><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Western Shaker Study Group</font></big><br> © Karen Campbell, 1999.  All Rights Reserved.</p> </font><p align="center"><font face="Baskerville Old Face">Date this page was last edited:<br> 06/21/99 10:14:54 PM</font></p> </body>