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The Feb. 4, 2022 newsletter included a story about the famed 1920 baseball series between Darrtown and the Hooven traveling team of Hamilton.

Darrtown had another big-time series, in 1921, against the Hamilton Clippers.

Read about it at the following links.

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THERE WAS A TIME, when, other than emergenies, telephone service was unavailable from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. - if your phone service was provided by the Darrtown Telephone Company. See the details at the following link.

Since that time, our Darrtown Detective discovered an 1898 news item about a West Butler County school teachers' meeting in Darrtown. The program for the meeting included the names of speakers and entertainers. Robert Meeks was listed as "music, cornet." Robert would have been eight years old, in 1898. Click the link at the right to see the news item.

...a background piece about Robert Meeks.

Regular readers may recall that the 02/04/2022 newsletter reported the addition of Robert Meeks to the roster of former Darrtown residents.

...Darrtown Telephone Co. news!

...more about Darrtown baseball.

about Casey Stang's auto repair business in Darrtown. Click the following link to see: Stang's Auto and Repair

...a Smith family page.

Marvin Russell recently donated several Milford Township maps that he found online and those additions led to a reorganization of the Maps pages. See the result at: Maps

...the Maps pages in the History section.

John Wilson Smith and family took residence at the former Ditman farm, about 1.5 miles north of Darrtown. See: John W. Smith family page

family page, thanks to an unexpected email message that introduced a Darrtown family heretofore not recognized.

Click the following link to see: James A. Fowler family page

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