RESEARCH

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AIRPORT - planned near Darrtown

AIR RAID TOWER - as part of the Ground Observer Corps

ALSTON, VIRGIL: Biography

ALSTON, WALTER:

     > Biography

     > Christmas parties for kids at the Hitching Post

     > 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:

     > Darrtown amateur baseball

     > 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

ARMY, YOUTH ORGANIZATION


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BAPTIST CHURCH (closed, circa 2016)

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

BECKETT FIELD

BETTER LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATION - 1919 farm show

BICENTENNIAL, DARRTOWN:

     > Activities / miscellaneous images

     > Guest list

     > Proclamations from state of Ohio

     > Program of events

     > Souvenirs

     > Steering committee - members and minutes of meetings

     > Summary - narrative and pictorial

     > Support:

          >> Commemorative

          >> Commercial

          >> Grants

          >> Supporters

          >> Village Square projects

BIG APPLE - of Darrtown

BILL'S BOARD - a tribute to Earl "Red" Huber, written by Bill Moeller of the Hamilton Journal News

BLACKSMITHS

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

BUCKLER HOUSE FIRE

BUFLER CONSTRUCTION - image of house constructed by Bufler Construction, in Darrtown

BUFLER'S GROCERY

BUFLER HOME HIT BY CAR

BUFLER'S JEWELRY

BUHI'S GROVE

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

CANNON IN VILLAGE SQUARE

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

CHAW RAW HILL

CHICKEN CROSSED THE ROAD - Why? Darrtown has the answer

CHRONOLOGY OF DARRTOWN

CHURCHES OF DARRTOWN - see Lutheran, Methodist, and Baptist (note, Baptist church closed circa-2016)

CLARK'S BASKETBALL TEAM

COLLINSVILLE GRANGE - including an Archive page

COLLINSVILLE INN - History of taverns in Collinsville and vicinity

COLLINSVILLE POST OFFICE - when housed in the Collinsville Inn  

COLLINSVILLE SCHOOL

COLORS, DARRTOWN HIGH SCHOOL

COMMUNITY NEWS ITEMS

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

CORN-HUSKING CONTESTS

COUNTY COURTHOUSE CONNECTION

CORNET BAND

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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 FAMILY TREE

DARRTOWN MEMORIES EXHIBIT - 2019 Darrtown Fall Festival

DARRTOWN NEWS ARTICLES - see Recollections and select "Community"

DARRTOWN PIKE - after page opens, scroll to "1842-1846"

DARRTOWN SCHOOLS

DARRTOWN TAVERNS

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)

DIT-DOT PAINT COMPANY

DOCTORATE DEGREE - in triplicate  - See Three Miami Men (Alston, Brown, and Ewbank)

DOCTORS

DOG SHOOTS MAN

DON'S CARRYOUT

DRAFT REGISTRATION, WW1 and WW2

DROWNINGS AT FOUR MILE CREEK

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EARLIEST PROPERTY OWNERS IN DARRTOWN

E-DOT PARK, BACKGROUND

ELECTION OF CONSTABLE KELLY

ELECTRIC LIGHTS COMING TO DARRTOWN IN 1926

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 HISTORY RESPONSE FORM

FAMILY TREE - Darrtown community (also, see the Genealogy link below)

FARM BUREAU - Milford Township

FARMS, HISTORIC

FERGUSON SERVICE STATION & GROCERY FIRE

FIRE DEPARTMENT - Milford Township

FIRST RESIDENTS OF DARRTOWN AND VICINITY - A replication of a 1924 newspaper article

FISHERMAN PRESS

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

FOUNDING OF DARRTOWN

FOUR MILE VALLEY RAILROAD

FRANCIS FILLING STATION - see Businesses 1 and Liebrich family page

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GAS, NATURAL - see Darr Oil and Gas Co.

GATHERINGS

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

GLARDON'S GROCERY

GRANGE - Collinsville, Ohio

GROUND OBSERVER CORPS - Darrtown station; also known as Darrtown's air raid tower.

GYPSIES CONVENE NEAR DARRTOWN

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HANGMAN'S HOLLOW

HAPPY VALLEY - and Happy Valley research and Happy Valley newspaper items

HAUNTED - see Ghost Stories (above)

HISTORIC FARMS -

HISTORICAL RESEARCH

HISTORICAL SITES - see map of Darrtown and area; ; plus, Krebs' place and covered bridge at Collinsville

HISTORY - BIOGRAPHICAL - CYCLOPEDIA - Darrtown

HITCHING POST:

     > Early History

     > Businesses 2

     > Christmas parties for kids

     > 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)

HORSE "PULLING" CONTEST

HOT AIR BALLOON - Dayton, Ohio newsmen print and drop newsheets, while in flight over Darrtown and vicinity

HOT STOVE LEAGUE

HOUSING IN DARRTOWN - Building boom expected - 1929

HUBER, EARL:

     > Biography

     > Huber family page

     > Hitching Post

     > 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

"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"

     > The Milford House

     > 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

KYGER RACE TRACK


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LA DARR GAS & OIL COMPANY

LANDSCAPING - in village square

LANE'S MILL

LOAN CLOSET - 1925 project of Darrtown Mother's Club

LOG STRUCTURE ON LOT 108 - see Dale Bufler memory

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

LUTHERAN CHURCH

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 HOMESTEAD

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

MEMORIAL PARK

MEMORIAL - VETERANS

MEMORIAL - WALTER ALSTON

METHODIST CHURCH

MIAMI UNIVERSITY / ALSTON DAY

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:

     > Veterans grouped by wars

     > Casualties of War

     > Alphabetical list of known veterans

     > World War II Honor Roll sign

     > Dedication of Veterans' Monument

     > Dedication of Flagpole

     > Medals of Honor

     > 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

MINISTERS - Lutheran Church

MINISTERS - Methodist Church

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

NOTABLE SITES IN DARRTOWN

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OBSERVATION POST / TOWER

OBSERVATORY

ODD FELLOWS SOCIETY

OGLE'S OUTHOUSE

OXFORD STEWART HIGH SCHOOL GYM - OPENED WITH 1929 BASKETBALL GAME VS. DARRTOWN

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PALS CLUB

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

POPST SALOON FIRE

POST OFFICE HISTORY - includes info about three new rural free delivery routes established

POST OFFICE LOCATION(S)

POSTMASTERS - a list of those who served as Darrtown postmasters

PRISCILLA CLUB

PROCLAMATIONS - related to Darrtown Bicentennial

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS - connections to Darrtown

PROGRESSIVE CLUB

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

PROPERTY SEARCH

PURPLE SKUNKS


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RABBITSBURG

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

REEB'S STORE

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)

ROUNDABOUT BAND

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION - Butler County, Ohio

RURAL FREE DELIVERY - U.S. Mail (Darrtown, Collinsville, & Somerville - first Ohio communities to have RFD)


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SALES TAX STAMPS

SALOON HISTORY - in Darrtown and Milford Township - SEE "Taverns" below.

SCHMIDT, MARIE

SCHOOLS - Darrtown, Milford Township and other area schools

     > Area Schools

     > Colors - Darrtown High School          

     > Elementary Schools

     > Faculty Members

     > High School

     > History

     > Report Cards - Examples, from the early 1900s

     > Sites - One-room schools, Milford Township

     > Six-Six Plan - 1930 grade-level reorganization

     > Talawanda District

SEMPER FIDELIS https://darrtown.org/organizations/social/semper-fidelis-club.htmlCLUB

SHUCK'S GENERAL STORE

SITES, HISTORIC

SITES, NOTABLE - IN DARRTOWN

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

SKETCHES - early farms

SMALL WORLD - reports of unexpected connections to Darrtown

SMITH LIBRARY OF REGIONAL HISTORY (Oxford, Ohio) A repository for items related to Darrtown history

SMOKEY'S BALLAD

SNAPSHOTS - Images of Darrtown people from multiple families (not arranged in any particular order)

SOFTBALL HALL OF HONOR AWARD - Don Beckett

SOLAR-POWERED STILL

SOMERVILLE SCHOOL

SOMERVILLE SCHOOL CENTENNIAL

SOMERVILLE SCHOOL COMMUNITY - features Samuel Inman home movies at YouTube

SOUVENIRS - Bicentennial

SPORTS STORIES - DARRTOWN

SPORTS STORIES - related to Darrtown

STANG'S AUTO & REPAIR

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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TALLAWANDA GARDEN CLUB

TALAWANDA PROGRESSIVE CLUB

TANK (Military) IN VILLAGE SQUARE - with info about the 2022 restoration project & the Iron Horse Tankers

TAVERNS - of Darrtown and Milford Township; see Darrtown taverns and Collinsville taverns

TAX STAMPS - Ohio

TAXI & BUS ROUTE ANNOUNCED - to run through Darrtown

TECKMAN AWARD

TECKMAN TRUCKING

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

TON-LITTER PIG CLUB

TOWN HALL IMAGE

TOWN HALL COLLAPSE

TOWN HALL CONFIRMED LOCATION

TRACTION CAR EXPLAINED and TRACTION LINE PROPOSED

TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS near Darrtown - (1967)

TRIVIA

TWILIGHT MUSICAL CLUB


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UHL'S TRUCKING

UNINCORPORATED VILLAGES - in Ohio, with names that start with the letter "D"

UNION SUNDAY SCHOOL - also, Union Sunday School terminated

UNKNOWNS


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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 MONUMENT - 1956

VETERANS MONUMENT - 2014

VETERANS CEREMONY - during the Bicentennial

VIETNAM WAR VETERANS VIRTUAL WALL

VILLAGE SQUARE CANNON

VILLAGE SQUARE PROJECTS

VILLAGE SQUARE TANK (military)


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WAGONMAKERS

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

WHEELBARROW BET

WILLOWS - Willow growing as an occupation in Darrtown's early days

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

WORLD WAR I DRAFT REGISTRATION

WORLD WAR II HONOR ROLL

WORLD WAR II RATION BOOKS

WYCKOFF GROCERY

WYCKOFF WAREHOUSE FIRE


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