RESEARCH
May 1, 2023
WHO AM I?
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Who am I?
My name is Maria Davis.
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.
Last month's newsletter contained an item about medical doctors making house calls (visiting patients at their homes).
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.
MAY _ 1849: (This month; day unknown) Plans laid for route of the Four Mile Valley Railroad - including a station at Darrtown.
MAY 3, 2006: Darrtown native, Virgil Alston, admitted to the Miami University Athletic Hall of Fame (Cross County / Track and Field).
MAY 5, 2012: "Walter Alston Day" at Miami University's McKie Field - with parade from Darrtown to Oxford, Ohio.
MAY 7, 1919: Military tank show in Darrtown; citizens could view the machine that many people believed ended World War I.
MAY 13, 1892: Knights of Pythias Lodge No. 578 organized in Darrtown (per entry in L.A. Miller's 1932 diary)
If you have events to suggest for inclusion or information that helps improve the accuracy of this list, please use the link in the footer to inform the webmaster.
May
This month, we have a story about a Darrtown doctor being injured on his way to a house call. See: Doc Wilkie suffers a fall.
Want to nominate someone for a "Who Am I?" game? Contact the webmaster.
...information that confirms the location of Darrtown's town hall
Until March 2023, there was reason to believe that the village's town hall was located in Lot 31.
Recent research has led to the conclusion that the town hall, which also served as a school and church, was actually situated in Lot 30.
Click the following links to access...
...a teacher's first name
Back in the day, students were never permitted to call, or refer to, a teacher by her or his first name.
And yet, students still clamored to discover a teacher's first name.
If you know the story of Mrs. Schmidt of the Collinsville school, then you may think that you know Mrs. Schmidt's first name.
This is an example photo of the aerial photo program.
In the 1950s, the Oxford (Ohio) Press published a series of aerial photos featuring area farms.
The following link leads to an enlargement of this example photo and the text of an item about the Mee/Bowman farm on Shollenbarger Road. See: Aerial photo program.
Please contact the webmaster, if you can identify the farm in the example photo.
You may be wrong. See the...
...a September 1956 newspaper story about the DELAYED START of the new Talawanda High School
When the high school opened, did all four grade levels start at the same time?
See the answer to that question and more at: Talawanda High School inaugural start delayed.
To access a news clipping that confirms the year when the construction of the K of P lodge building was completed, click the following link: Construction completed.
...a new section to the Knights of Pythias page
If you know Darrtown history, then you know that the building that stands on the east side of Main Street, opposite the Veterans Memorial Park, once housed the Knights of Pythias Lodge. Do you know the date when that structure was built?
...an item about "Weeb" Ewbank coaching against a Darrtown team
It's true! In 1930, the man who would become an NFL Hall of Fame coach, guided an Oxford team against a Darrtown team.
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Richardson, Larry (1941-2023): See: People/Individuals/R-Z
John Morrow volunteered to pay the Ancestry.com annual fee!
Thanks to John's generous gift of $229, the Darrtown Family Tree at the Ancestry website continues to be available to anyone who wants to see it.
To access to the Darrtown Family Tree at Ancestry.com, send an email to the webmaster.
... info about the the town hall and its collapse.
... info about how the town hall's location was confirmed.
But, it was on the hardwood, not the gridiron!
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