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July 1, 2022
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There is no direct link between Darrtown and this news item from the Feb. 26, 1926 Hamilton Evening Journal.
This "just for fun" article proves that some of the people who preceded us were rather clever.
FYI: The modern-day hoverboard did not appear in stores until 2013 (87 years after this 1926 news item).
Regular readers may recall a story from our May 6th newsletter about a 15-year old boy being run over by a horse-drawn earth roller. That young man, Wilbur Smith, survived the accident and became a member of the Darrtown High School baseball team - as evidenced by his presence in the team photo below.
See a larger view of this team at 1928 Butler County baseball champs.
...a news item about drilling for gas at Darrtown.
In 1925, hopes were rising that gas might be found at Darrtown (just as they had risen in 1901, when the Darr Oil Company began drilling. Alas, nothing developed from that turn of the century effort).
A 1925 news article reported that a different energy company was interested in searching anew.
What DRILLING DEPTH did the drilling company anticipate?
Nope...more than this.
Even more than 2,500 feet.
You guessed it! Three thousand, five hundred feet down ... in 1925.
Example photo of a drilling rig
Sorry, 4,500 feet is not correct.
...a previous newsletter story.
The link at the right connects to the
Click the following link to see a chronology of L. A. Miller references to gas drilling at Darrtown. See: Miller References
FROM 1925...
FROM 1933...
The link at the right tells of the Darrtown Lutheran minister transferring to Covington, Kentucky.
The link at the right tells of a motion picture program being shown at the Darrtown Methodist church.
EXTRA INFO... after you read the two "church" items above, it may be helpful to know the information that is provided at the following "tidbits."
Lyonsville, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Fayette County, is located about 30 miles west of Darrtown. The county seat is Connersville and it is situated about six miles west of Lyonsville. Lyonsville is home to St. Paul Lutheran Church. Presumably, the Lutheran churches of Darrtown and Lyonsville shared the services of Rev. Delo. This type of arrangement was repeated in the 1950s, when (1) the Darrtown Lutheran church paired with the Oxford Lutheran church and (2) the Darrtown Methodist church paired with the Seven Mile Methodist church.
The first motion picture, without sound, was introduced in the United States, in 1910. The first "talking" motion picture was introduced in 1927. So, it was a bit of a big deal, in 1933, when the Methodist Church showed motion pictures in Darrtown. Notice that the church made this 1933 event open to the public. FYI... in 1933, "King Kong" was the top money-making movie of the year. Leading actors of the 1930s included James Stewart, Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Katherine Hepburn, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis.
Those who review the "Miller References" link (above) may notice that Mr. Miller refers to the "Talawanda River" - otherwise known as the Four Mile Creek, which originates in Preble County, Ohio and flows southward - past Oxford and Darrtown - and eventually empties into the Great Miami River at Hamilton, Ohio.
Our crack investigative team (of one) located an 1875 MAP of Oxford Township that shows the Four Mile Creek and makes NO reference to a "Talawanda River."
ALSO, the 1875 map reveals the route of the road from Oxford to the east. The road was NOT as straight then, as it is now, ... and it included two bridges east of town.
...a 1930 news item about John Bradbury winning a trophy at the Ohio State University "Little International" livestock show.
The Bradbury farm was located about 1/4 of a mile east of Darrtown on the north side of Scott Road.
Click the following links for more info...
Where was "Uehlin's Hill" located?
This question relates to an 1899 news item about the Richmond, Oxford, Cincinnati, and Reily electric roadway.
According to an old newspaper item, Uehlin's Hill was located somewhere northeast of Oxford - in Oxford Township.
...a recently-found reference to the existence and location of Chaw Raw Hill.
This land formation, located west of Darrtown and south of the 90-degree turn in Shollenbarger Road (due south of the St. Rt. 73 intersection with Shollenbarger Road) - has been documented in the history section of the Darrtown website.
Click to see the recently-found reference to Chaw Raw Hill.
...the blacksmith page in the business section of the website.
A reference to a, heretofore unknown, blacksmith was recently found in the Milford Township section of the 1860 U.S. federal census.
Consequently, the blacksmith page was reformatted and John Leatch's name was added to the list of Darrtown blacksmiths.
...a news item about the reorganization of the Milford Township schools in 1930.
The news clipping describes which grades were assigned to the Collinsville and Darrtown school buildings and lists the faculty members.
The 1930 news item appears in the School / History section of the Darrtown website.
