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APRIL 3, 2011: St. Matthew Lutheran Church broke ground for the addition of a 3,000 square-foot fellowship hall.
APRIL 4, 1814: Darrtown was officially christened, when Conrad Darr recorded the platting of the village, in the Butler County courthouse.
APRIL 11, 1914: First entry recorded in the K.U.W.L. club journal.
APRIL 11, 1935: The Semper Fidelis Club met at the Darrtown Lutheran Church and then traveled to the Darrtown Methodist Church for Lenten service.
APRIL 12, 1891: Nell Davis was born in the original toll house that was located at the intersection of St. Rt. 177 and St. Rt. 73.
APRIL 17, 1869: Charles Otto became the owner of the Hitching Post.
APRIL 17, 1930: A Darrtown area woman died in a Darrtown Pike house fire, north of Davis Corner.
APRIL 30, 2014: A collection of the L. A. Miller diaries arrived back in Ohio, after a 17-year sojourn in Colorado.
Validating the exact dates of historical events is often challenging; so, please keep in mind that this list of dates is a good-faith effort, based on data currently available.
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My name is George "Yatz" Leugers.
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This is not an April Fool's joke. Conrad Darr really did establish the village of Darr's Town on April 4, 1814. To see details about the platting of the village, click the "Plat History" link.
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April 1, 2023
When this robbery story was first reported, in the Hamilton (Ohio) Journal, the article carried over to a second page. Unfortunately, this website did not have the second page ... until ... late February, 2023, when Dan Schneider of Hamilton, Ohio contributed the missing part.
...that last month's newsletter, featured the two-story, brick building (located on Lot 90) at the intersection of Shollenbarger Road and Walnut Street. Records at the Butler County Recorder's office, enable us to identify previous owners of that property.
This is one in a series of questions designed to keep alive the memory of Darrtown people. Even if you never knew the individual who is the object of the question, you may learn some Darrtown history by playing.
We are indebted to Dan Schneider for his thoughtfullness and generosity. FYI...Dan provides high quality 2D graphics and 3D modeling for proposed design projects - at his business, known as Hollow Earth Creative.
EXTRA INFO: To see a video of the Hamilton railroad depot being relocated, visit the Hollow Earth Creative Facebook page.
... more info about a 1971 robbery of the Hitching Post
A new section has been added to the Bowman family page to highlight an explantion of Bowman family genealogy, as reported in a series of email messages from Kay Weiss.
If you have memories or information to share about doctors making house calls, please contact the webmaster.
Click the following link to access both parts of the story about the 1971 robbery of the Hitching Post.
Click the following link to see some recollections of people who recall when doctors made house calls to homes in the Darrtown area.
A 1926 newspaper clipping reported that George Bowman was injured while working with a corn binder. See: George Bowman injured.
Physicians actually drove to the patient's home to provide medical services.
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For some hints to my identity, hover your cursor over the following icons.
There really was a time when doctors made "house calls."
Click the following link to see a news story about a car crashing into a house at the southern end of Darrtown's Main Street.
Darrtown house hit by car - February 2023
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Clark, Joan E. (Jones) (1933-2023): See: People/Individuals/A-C
FYI: The WikiTree webpage has info about the Darrtown cemetery and includes interactive links to info about persons buried in the Darrtown Pioneer cemetery.
Pioneer Cemetery info found at Internet site
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...that last month's newsletter included a story about the Darrtown Lutheran Church receiving court approval to sell property in Oxford. Now, thanks to Valerie Elliot, we have info about the location of that property - which served as a Lutheran church parsonage.
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