By james art 
There is a story in these walls.
In a room in Trenton City Hall, which once housed the Trenton police station, Shirley McMila talks about the importance of preserving the city’s history.
“When the story is lost, it is lost forever,” says McMilan, chairman of the Trenton Heritage Society.
“I think if people would enter here, they would be amazed at the story we have collected.”
There are objects both large and small, artifacts that help to tell Trenton’s story.
Among them: a photo of some of more than 30 women who made bullets in the old steel factory in the 1940s to help military efforts; Vintage library for submission of a library; old marching drums; a desk used by the first mayor of the city in 1911, the year in which the city was included; Dozens of pieces of glass containers made of glass of new Scotia, Lamont Glass and Humphreys Glass. “They are over a hundred years old,” McMilan says.
At the beginning of 2011, on the eve of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the city, the late Bill Makicer offered to find a permanent place to store artifacts. Many volunteers worked together this year, renovating the old police plant until it was ready for employment (the three cells were left intact: after all, they are also part of Steeltown history).
“There was a pouring of donations and information about Trenton’s history,” says McMilan. “This is a continuing project that continues to progress with the dedication of the volunteers of the inheritance society.”
Local historian John Ashton said he appreciates the work that the Trenton legacy is doing, as well as other people in other communities of Piko County, who seek to revive the story of future generations.
“Trenton has a wonderful story,” Ashton says. “People like Shirley and others who are dedicated to continue the story in Trenton … in every city, every community, there are a group of people who say” We don’t want this story to die. ”