BY PAMELA KEECH This may be the only store in town that sells both books on genealogy and jars of jam. Not to mention peanut brittle, wooden nickels, and four sizes of calico sunbonnets. The gift shop at the Monroe County History Center (202 E. 6th St.) is a bit of a miracle, having been run solely by volunteers since it opened in 1980. The Center’s mission calls for a museum store, so two history lovers, Kathy McFall and Kitch Somers, stepped up and took on the challenge. When Somers left to open a quilt shop, Mary Lee Deckard took her place. Deckard and McFall learned the museum shop business by visiting museums all over the country, getting ideas for [...]

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