RESEARCH
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AIRPORT - planned near Darrtown
AIR RAID TOWER - as part of the Ground Observer Corps
ALSTON, VIRGIL: Biography
ALSTON, WALTER:
> Christmas parties for kids at the Hitching Post
> Highway through Darrtown renamed to honor Walter Alston
> Monument Dedication - village square
> Parades - honor "Smokey" Alston
> Snapshots of Walter visiting the Champion Paper and Fiber company
> Walter Alston Day at Miami University - Scroll to 2012, late April and 2012, May 5
ANECDOTES, FOLKLORE AND TRIVIA related to Darrtown
ATHLETIC TEAMS, WITH A DARRTOWN CONNECTION:
> Image of the 1920 Darrtown amateur baseball team that played a three-game series with professional pitchers
> Darrtown High School - Butler County baseball champs
> Hanover 1941 summer baseball
> Oxford Stewart High School 1944 baseball and basketball teams
> Sports stories from Darrtown's past
ARCHAEOLOGY OF BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO - By MacLean - 1893
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BAPTIST CHURCH (closed, circa 2016)
BARBER - of Darrtown, identified
BASEBALL, DARRTOWN:
> 1920 series - vs. Hamilton Hoovens, featuring professional pitchers; see events/misc/sports
> 1921 series - vs. Hamilton Clippers; see newspaper promotion
> Local team announces plan to build a grandstand at baseball field
> record of games played by Darrtown baseball teams; see Miller diaries/baseball games
> record of sponsorship of amatuer baseball in Darrtown area; see: Baseball, amateur, sponsorship
BECKETT, DON - inducted into the Butler County Softball Hall of Honor
BETTER LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION - 1919 farm show
BICENTENNIAL, DARRTOWN:
> Activities / miscellaneous images
> Proclamations from state of Ohio
> Steering committee - members and minutes of meetings
> Summary - narrative and pictorial
> Support:
>> Commercial
>> Grants
>> Supporters
BIG APPLE - of Darrtown
BILL'S BOARD - a tribute to Earl "Red" Huber, written by Bill Moeller of the Hamilton Journal News
BOOSTER ASSOCIATION - Darrtown-Collinsville youth baseball and softball
BOY SCOUT AWARD - Prescott and Gillespie
BOY SCOUT TROOP - DARRTOWN - Remembered by William "Junior" Wills
BRIDGES ... in the Darrtown area:
> LANES MILL ROAD BRIDGE CLOSED - over Four Mile Creek - 1974
> RT. 177 BRIDGE FALLS - into Four Mile Creek - December 1921
> RT. 177 BRIDGE CLOSED - over Four Mile Creek - October 1931
> RT. 177 BRIDGE CLOSED - over Four Mile Creek - March 1977
BRINCEFIELD, ORIN - life as a prospector referenced in postal letter and Dale Bufler recollection
BRINCEFIELD QUARTET - images and music groups
BUFLER CONSTRUCTION - image of house constructed by Bufler Construction, in Darrtown
BUFLER HOME HIT BY CAR
BUS LINE - once served Darrtown
BUTLER COUNTY RECORDERS OFFICE - path to finding real estate ownership records
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CAMPGROUNDS:
> Frank Bufler's campground - also known as Bufler's Grove
> "Skeets" Wright campground - Info appears as part of the Bufler Family 1940 Reunion
CEMETERY AT DARRTOWN - includes info on pioneer section, newer section, and provides link to interactive map
CENTURY FARMS - See Historic Farms
CEREMONY FOR VETERANS - in village square during the Bicentennial
CHAMPION PAPER & FIBER employees from Darrtown and vicinity
CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD - Why? Darrtown has the answer
CHURCHES OF DARRTOWN - see Lutheran, Methodist, and Baptist (note, Baptist church closed circa-2016)
COLLINSVILLE GRANGE - including an Archive page
COLLINSVILLE INN - History of taverns in Collinsville and vicinity
COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE - when housed in the Collinsville Inn
CONE'S BIOGRAPHICAL & HISTORICAL SKETCHES - see Research and locate reference to Cone's publication
CONSTABLE OWEN KELLY - see Biography and Obituary
COOLEY HOUSE - see Cooley and also see Wagonfield
COOLEY WIDOW PASSES AT 108 - see Nancy Cooley
CROSSWORD PUZZLE FORMAT - for Darrtown History
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DARR, CONRAD - Darrtown's founding father advertises lots for sale in Darr's Town
DARR GAS & OIL COMPANY - see the LaDarr Gas & Oil Company
DARR, JOHN - dies from being struck by auto and John Darr remembered, by Kirk Mee and Virginia Teckman
DARRTOWN CEMETERY - includes "interactive" map of burial sites
DARRTOWN MEMORIES EXHIBIT - 2019 Darrtown Fall Festival
DARRTOWN NEWS ARTICLES - see Recollections and select "Community"
DARRTOWN PIKE - after page opens, scroll to "1842-1846"
DAVIS CORNER - intersection of Ohio state routes 73 and 177, approximately mile north of Darrtown
DEPOTS - Railroad, in the vicinity of Darrtown
DIARIES OF L.A. MILLER - see Background and Excerpts
DILLINGER, JOHN - see Gatherings 2 (scroll to Ron Wiley section)
DIPHTHERIA DEATH - 1913
DIPLOMAS, DARRTOWN HIGH SCHOOL - see Fillager family page (scroll to diploma section)
DOCTORATE DEGREE - in triplicate - See Three Miami Men (Alston, Brown, and Ewbank)
DRAFT REGISTRATION, WW1 and WW2
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EARLIEST PROPERTY OWNERS IN DARRTOWN
ELECTRIC LIGHTS COMING TO DARRTOWN IN 1926
"ELECTRIC ROAD" sought for Darrtown
ELECTRICITY, RURAL, IN BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO - 1938
ESSAY CONTEST - BICENTENNIAL - RULES, RUBRIC, & WINNERS
EWBANK, WILBUR "WEEB" (scroll to 1988 meeting)
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FACULTY MEMBERS OF THE DARRTOWN AND COLLINSVILLE SCHOOLS
FALL FESTIVAL, AS THEME OF ANNUAL DARRTOWN REUNION
FAMILY TREE - Darrtown community (also, see the Genealogy link below)
FARM BUREAU - Milford Township
FERGUSON SERVICE STATION & GROCERY FIRE
FIRE DEPARTMENT - Milford Township
FIRST RESIDENTS OF DARRTOWN AND VICINITY - A replication of a 1924 newspaper article
FLAG POLE - IN VILLAGE SQUARE, DEDICATION - see Military page and flag pole and Ceremony for Veterans
FLOOD OF 1913 - Also known as the the Great Miami Valley flood of 1913
FOLKLORE, ANECDOTES AND TRIVIA related to Darrtown and vicinity
FRANCIS FILLING STATION - see Businesses 1 and Liebrich family page
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GAS, NATURAL - see the LaDarr Oil and Gas Co.
GENEALOGY - RELATED TO DARRTOWN PEOPLE: an overview and a detailed view
GEOCACHE - Darrtown Bicentennial activity
GEORGE WASHINGTON - Locals who were his associates (See: Revolutionary War and use link to Washington's Bicentennial.)
GHOST STORIES - Read about Darrtown's connection to these four haunting stories:
> A tale of sleeping in a haunted room on outskirts of Darrtown is told by a young Somerville drover
> Separately, mother and son see vision of young boy in upstairs bedroom of their Darrtown home
> Grandmother and granddaughter discover portrait on floor in Darrtown house
> Young men from Darrtown establish the basis for the 1851 tale of Hangman's Hollow on Darrtown Pike
GRANGE - Collinsville, Ohio
GROUND OBSERVER CORPS - Darrtown station; also known as Darrtown's air raid tower.
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HAPPY VALLEY - and Happy Valley research and Happy Valley newspaper items
HAUNTED - see Ghost Stories (above)
HIGHWAY through Darrtown - renamed to honor Walter Alston
HISTORICAL SITES - see map of Darrtown and area; ; plus, Krebs' place and covered bridge at Collinsville
HISTORY - BIOGRAPHICAL - CYCLOPEDIA - Darrtown
HISTORY - GAMES - [in Crossword Puzzle format] [in Jeopardy format]
HITCHING POST:
> History of taverns in Darrtown and vicinity
"HOD" ELLER - pitches for Darrtown - 1920 baseball game at Darrtown, with professional pitchers
HORSEPOWER - transitioning from live to mechanical (anecdotes from the L.A. Miller diaries)
HOT AIR BALLOON - Dayton, Ohio newsmen print and drop newsheets, while in flight over Darrtown and vicinity
HOUSING IN DARRTOWN - Building boom expected - 1929
HUBER, EARL:
> Christmas parties for children
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IMAGES - early 20th century life - streets of Hamilton, Ohio
IMPLEMENT BUSINESS - in former high school building; see Businesses 10/Butler County Services & Supply
INDIAN FORTIFICATION - Milford Township, section 31
INTERACTIVE MAP - of Darrtown cemetery
IRON HORSE TANKERS - volunteer, non-profit group that restored the village square M60 tank in Oct. 2022
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JEEP LANDS IN DARRTOWN SWIMMING POOL
JEOPARDY FORMAT - for Darrtown history
"JOHNNIES" - Collinsville School playground device
JERICHO, OHIO - see Lutheran church and Miller 1910 diary (scroll to March 7, 1910) and Meyers Tavern
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KELLY, OWEN - see Biography and Obituary
KIRKPATRICK TAVERN:
> Chronology of Darrtown - scroll to the year "1845"
> Harris Family - see "Harris / Kirkpatrick / Mee connection"
KIT CURRY - a famous four-footed trotter from Darrtown; see Kyger stables
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - Darrtown Lodge #578
KREBS (CHARLES) RESIDENCE - cited in Library of Congress as "historic site"
K.U.W.L. CLUB - a precursor to the Progressive Club
KYGER CABIN - believed to be one of the earliest residences in the Darrtown area
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LANDSCAPING - in village square
LOAN CLOSET - 1925 project of Darrtown Mother's Club
LOG STRUCTURE ON LOT 108 - see Dale Bufler memory
LONGEVITY CHART - residents of Darrtown and vicinity
LOT 77 - home of McVicker's Garage and the Milford House
LOT OWNERS - EARLIEST IN DARRTOWN
LOTS IN DARRTOWN - Aerial view PHOTO, with lots numbered
LOTS IN DARRTOWN - Enhanced view MAP (info about lot enumeration and size)
LOTS IN DARRTOWN - Property ownership records
LUTHER'S LEDGER - record of persons who patronized Luther McVicker's garage
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MACLEAN, J.P. - author of 1893 study of Butler County archaeology, with info on mound builders
MAIL DELIVERY - first rural free delivery in Ohio occurred in Milford Township in 1896
MAPPING PROJECT - Darrtown cemetery
MAPS - Darrtown and Milford Township maps and related info
MEEKER, EZRA - Famed Oregon Trail explorer - with a connection to Darrtown
MEMORIES EXHIBIT - Darrtown Fall Festival 2019
MEYERS TAVERN at Jericho, Ohio
MCVICKER, DONALD - see Casualties of War and Recollections of Lester Baumann and Recollections of Dale Bufler
MCVICKER, FRANK - Accidental death
MCVICKER'S GARAGE and MCVICKER'S GARAGE as part of Lot 77
MEDAL OF HONOR - a commemorative medallion presented to military veterans during the Darrtown Bicentennial
MILFORD HOUSE and MILFORD HOUSE AS PART OF LOT 77
MILFORD TOWNSHIP MAP, MCBRIDE - 1836
MILFORD TOWNSHIP MEMORIAL PARK - including Monument Dedication
MILITARY and MILITIA: At this website...
> To see info about Darrtown PEOPLE in the military, visit the MILITARY page.
> To see info about military EVENTS that relate to Darrtown, visit the MILITIA page.
MILITARY VETERANS:
> Alphabetical list of known veterans
> World War II Honor Roll sign
> Dedication of Veterans' Monument
> WWII Draft (aka, the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940)
MILLER DIARIES:
> Background - how the L.A. Miller diaries were acquired
> Excerpts - items from Mr. Miller's diaries that portray Darrtown during the first third of the 20th century.
MILLER, Lewis A. - teacher and superintendent of Darrtown schools, organizer of Butler County Teachers' Protective Association, owner/operator of the Darrtown Telephone Company, notary public, furrier, and trader.
MILLER, PAUL - educator, Milford Township and beyond
MONUMENTS & BENCHES - IN VILLAGE SQUARE
MOUND BUILDERS - J.P. MacLean's 1893 text on Butler County archaeology that is downloadable in PDF format
MURDER - 1865 - Murder, times two... (Father and step-mother slain)
MURDER - 1866 - Victim struck down with a stone (Newton Crigger killed)
MURDER - 1884 - "Where's your mother, George?" (Widowed mother killed; son arrested)
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NAMES - of Darrtown people:
> Darrtown Family Tree (page hosted at Ancestry.org)
> Bicentennial guests (Guest Registry)
> Knights of Pythias (membership list)
> McVicker's Garage (Luther's ledger)
> Military veterans (Honor Roll)
> Talawanda Garden Club (membership list)
NAMES - places in Butler County, Ohio
NATURAL GAS - near Darrtown
NEWSLETTER - features additions and revisions to the Darrtown website; includes current and archived editions
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS/STORIES - Darrtown related
NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN SKY ABOVE DARRTOWN
NICKNAMES - given to Darrtown people
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OXFORD STEWART HIGH SCHOOL GYM - OPENED WITH 1929 BASKETBALL GAME VS. DARRTOWN
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PARADES, HONORING "SMOKEY" ALSTON
PASTORS - Darrtown Lutheran church pastors and Darrtown Methodist church pastors
PATTON, JON JEFFREY - wrote Bachelor of Philosophy dissertation at Miami University; three excerpts of which appear in the "Recollections" section; see Lawrence Baumann, and Luther and Opal McVicker, and Virginia Teckman)
PAVERS - in Darrtown's village square - as part of the 2014 Darrtown Bicentennial village square improvement project
> Paver page - provides background, shows placement process, and includes a link to the paver order form
> Paver process movie - illustrates steps involved in ordering a paver, having it engraved and delivered to Darrtown
> Placement of new pavers - June 12, 2021
PENNANT RACE, NATIONAL LEAGUE, 1956
PHYSICIANS - Darrtown
PLACE NAMES, BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO - a Lane Library resource; by Jim Blout of the Hamilton Journal News
PLATTING OF DARRTOWN - see copy of Conrad Darr's original plat
PLOT MAP - Darrtown cemetery
PLOTS - Darrtown cemetery, interactive map
POOL HALL - existence confirmed
POPST HOTEL - existence confirmed; also mentioned in 1904 camping story and image
POST OFFICE HISTORY - includes info about three new rural free delivery routes established
POSTMASTERS - a list of those who served as Darrtown postmasters
PROCLAMATIONS - related to Darrtown Bicentennial
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS - connections to Darrtown
PROPERTY OWNERS - EARLIEST IN DARRTOWN
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP RECORDS ... for selected Darrtown lots and Milford Township sections
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP SEARCH - Guide to finding Butler County (Ohio) property ownership records online
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RAILROAD DEPOTS - in vicinity of Darrtown
RAILROAD PROPOSED - including a map of the proposed route - see Four Mile Valley Railroad
REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP RECORDS IN BUTLER COUNTY - How to determine...
RECOLLECTIONS - Memories contributed by individuals and compiled from newspaper articles/clippings
REPORT CARDS - Examples of student progress reports (see "Schools / Report Cards" listed below)
RESEARCH - related to Darrtown history
RESPONSE FORM - for submitting family history to the website
REUNIONS - Darrtown - hosted by the Darrtown Reunion Committee
ROADSIDE REST AREA - south of Darrtown on St. Rt. 177
ROLLER RINK (see "Skating Rink" - listed below)
ROMANCE OF EARLY DAYS OF DARRTOWN (a tale of forbidden love)
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION - Butler County, Ohio
RURAL FREE DELIVERY - U.S. Mail (Darrtown, Collinsville, & Somerville - first Ohio communities to have RFD)
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SALOON HISTORY - in Darrtown and Milford Township - SEE "Taverns" below.
SCHOOLS - Darrtown, Milford Township and other area schools
> Colors - Darrtown High School
> History
> Report Cards - Examples, from the early 1900s
> Sites - One-room schools, Milford Township
> Six-Six Plan - 1930 grade-level reorganization
SEMPER FIDELIS https://darrtown.org/organizations/social/semper-fidelis-club.htmlCLUB
SKATING RINK - see Francis Service Station and 1900 parade and history of skating rink building
"SKEETS WRIGHT CAMP SITE - Info appears as part of the Bufler Family 1940 reunion
SMALL WORLD - reports of unexpected connections to Darrtown
SMITH LIBRARY OF REGIONAL HISTORY (Oxford, Ohio) A repository for items related to Darrtown history
SNAPSHOTS - Images of Darrtown people from multiple families (not arranged in any particular order)
SOFTBALL HALL OF HONOR AWARD - Don Beckett
SOLDIER FROM DARRTOWN writes about the Battle of San Juan Hill
SOMERVILLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY - features Samuel Inman home movies at YouTube
SPORTS STORIES - related to Darrtown
STATE ROUTE 177 - as dirt road
STOCK PROTECTION COMPANY - the word "stock" refers to livestock
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST - related to the Bicentennial
SUNDAY SCHOOL, UNION - also, Union Sunday School terminated
SURNAME REPORTS - Names of families listed in the Darrtown Family Tree at Ancestry.com
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TANK (Military) IN VILLAGE SQUARE - with info about the 2022 restoration project & the Iron Horse Tankers
TARVIA - a product used in the early 20th century to improve dirt and gravel roads; see: Tarvia and Darrtown pike
TAVERNS - of Darrtown and Milford Township; see Darrtown taverns and Collinsville taverns
TAX STAMPS - Ohio
TAXI & BUS ROUTE ANNOUNCED - to run through Darrtown
TELEGRAPH - service in Darrtown, 1895
TELEPHONE COMPANY - Darrtown
TERMINOLOGY RELATED TO TOWNSHIP PROPERTY LINES
TIMELINE - correlates Darrtown history with national and world events
TOM THUMB WEDDINGS - 1930s and 1940s
TRACTION CAR EXPLAINED and TRACTION LINE PROPOSED and "ELECTRIC ROAD" sought for Darrtown
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS near Darrtown - (1967)
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UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES - in Ohio, with names that start with the letter "D"
UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL - also, Union Sunday School terminated
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VARSITY LETTERS - Darrtown High School
VETERANS, MILITARY - from Darrtown and vicinity; alphabetical list of known veterans and casualties of war
VETERANS CEREMONY - during the Bicentennial
VIETNAM WAR VETERANS VIRTUAL WALL
VILLAGE SQUARE TANK (military)
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WALTER ALSTON HIGHWAY - as part of State Rt. 177
WATCH TOWER - in Darrtown village square, as part of the Observation Corps project
WATER TRAGEDIES AT FOUR MILE CREEK
WCTU - see Women's Christian Temperance Union, below.
WEDDINGS - Tom Thumb -1930s and Tom Thumb 1940s
WILEY, RON - See Ron's obituary and a tribute to Ron titled "My Ride with Ron."
"WILLOW PATCH" LETTUCE - Remembered by Dale Bufler
WILLOWS - Willow growing as an occupation in Darrtown's early days
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION
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ZIMMERMAN, ROBERT - Battle of San Juan Hill
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