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The JPG Heritage Partnership was created as a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history surrounding
the creation, activities, and demise of the Jefferson Proving Ground.
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| The JPG Heritage Partnership |
Activities over the years have been widely diversified, including this tour of the Underground Railroad sites conducted
by Diane Coon within the Jefferson Proving Ground.
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| Diane Coon |
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| Diane Coon |
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| Diane Coon |
In addition to tours to historical sites within the Jefferson Proving Ground, the organization has attempted to contact
former land owners and former employees of JPG to get oral historical accounts about their lives, activities and the ways
that the Jefferson Proving Ground affected their lives.
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| Oral Histories |
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| Oral Histories |
To help promote the organizations activities, and to inform the public about the Jefferson Proving Ground, notecards
were created, and are available for purchase on the "Fundraising" page on this website.
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| Note Cards |
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| Note Cards |
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The JPG Heritage Partnership also sponsors a yearly seminar on topics related to the Jefferson Proving Ground.
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| JPG Heritage Annual Seminar |
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| JPG Heritage Annual Seminar |
11/9/2004 3:00:00 PM - The Madison Courier
Seminar to explore JPG history
By:
Peggy Vlerebome
Courier Staff Writer
The rise of Jefferson Proving Ground
and its role in people’s lives and in the military will be among the topics Saturday when the JPG Heritage Partnership
sponsors its third annual history seminar.
The seminar will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jennings County Library in North Vernon. The ticket price at
the door is $25.
The topics and speakers will be “Mobilization for World War II” by Wally Smith of LaPorte;
“Relationship between JPG and Charlestown Powder Plant” by Dave Hackel of Charlestown; “History of St. Magdalene Catholic Church” by Marilyn Meisberger Browning of Versailles; and “Memories of Jennings County People Before the Government Took Their Homes and
Land” by Jean Sauer McClellan of Columbus.
There will be
a silent auction after the presentations.
The U.S. Army displaced families, farms, businesses, schools and churches
when it bought more than 80 square miles in Jefferson, Jennings and Ripley counties for a munitions testing site. The proving
ground was opened in 1941 and was closed in 1994. The northernmost 50,000 acres now are the Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge
and the remainder is being sold, mostly to a private owner.
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