In addition to their museum, the antique barn and antique malls have many things to look at and purchase. I've never seen so many interesting things and each time I go, it seems there is something always new.
But, as I have already discussed, their antique barn seems to be haunted by a Civil War ghost and possibly others as well. I wrote a book about my research and experiences there. In addition to the stories and the old cemetery across the street, the Volo Auto Museum does a haunted trolly tour in the fall. Last year I took this tour in October. It was quite interesting. I won't give too much away, but the most interesting thing of all was a display case (shown only on the tour) that showed the items found under the floorboard in the old farmhouse. It included an old Civil War knapsack, a gun, some letters, and a case. Here is a picture of it:
At the time I went on the tour, I hadn't received the federal records regarding Henry Wallace Gale, yet. After I received them, I was surprised to see what was listed as returned to the Gale family. It included clothing, a knapsack, and a few other written items I could not read. Here is a copy of that record:
After a lot of research, I believe one of the items listed that was hard to read, was a Walch gun. This Civil War era gun was commonly purchased by Union soldiers at the time and a picture of it found online seems very close to what was in the case.
I would highly recommend that the Grams family continue to look under the floorboards in the old farmhouse for Henry Wallace Gale's clothes and perhaps they could use a noninvasive method to find them without lifting up all the wood (or look near where the knapsack was found).
Here are some more pictures from the Volo Auto Museum:
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