BUTLER COUNTY, OHIO
BOOKLET / PRINTS
Early days in Butler County, OH, and its various communities
- Miami University at Oxford, Middletown, Hamilton, College Corner and West
Chester - are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data
in this NEW 32 Page Booklet reprinted from the 1892 Centennial edition of Henry Howe's
Historical Collections of Ohio, The Ohio Guide (a WPA
project), and other hard-to-find sources. The spiral-bound booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper, with
the print enlarged for easier reading.
IN ADDITION TO THE BOOKLET the buyer
will receive THREE Computer-Enhanced 8 1/2
x 11 Prints of engravings from the original Howe book,
suitable for framing. These include the Butler County Courthouse, shown below,
an early view of Middletown and Miami University at Oxford.
Among the many and diverse topics covered in the
booklet are:
running the gauntlet and execution of deserters at Fort Hamilton, Rossville,
John Cleves Symmes, author of "Theory of Concentric Spheres", other prominent
residents such as James McBride and Murat Halstead, the Miami Canal, Paddy's
Run, Civil War hero Col. Minor Millikin and his Soldier's Creed, etc.
GENEALOGY BUFFS will find
a list of 1888 county officers and businesses. A 1933 look at the history
of newspapers in the county, brief pieces on William Dean Howells, writer,
Western College and Miami University, area points of interest from the 1940
WPA book, and maps showing the 88 Ohio counties and 1805 Ohio are also included.
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