HISTORY
The best we have to work with are the Darrtown-related articles, journals, and/or stories handed down from one generation to the next. This website provides an unofficial, well-intentioned, collection of such information.
You may notice that some items conflict with others; such is the lot of those who attempt to capture history. We gather as many pieces of the puzzle as we can, position them to the best of our ability and gradually, over time, a more accurate and understandable picture of our past evolves.
If you have information that enriches this timeline and/or makes it more accurate, please contact the Darrtown.com Webmaster.
Click the following links to access the History Pages that display the records that we have.
HISTORY - PAGE 1
> 1814: Darrtown is Born!
> 1817: Hitching Post Opens for Business
> Link to Lane's Mill page
HISTORY - PAGE 2
> Historical Timeline - National, World, and Darrtown Related Events
HISTORY - PAGE 3
> Darrtown Timeline
Although not directly connected to Darrtown history, the following resource may be of interest to persons searching for information about Darrtown and vicinity. Steven Cone's book, cited below, is described as providing information about the city of Hamilton, Ohio from 1792 to 1896. This is a digitized Google selection and a search feature is provided within the book.
Darrtown is referenced at least four times:
1. Herbert Eugene Twitchell practiced medicine in Darrtown during the 1880's
2. John W. Erwin "located" the Hamilton and Darrtown Pike, among others in the Butler County area.
3. John Pierson, of Darrtown, lost his life in the Mexican War, while serving under Captain Ferdinand VanDerveer.
4. James R. Fulkerson began farming in the Darrtown area at the age of seventeen. For 12 years, he served as the superintendent of the Hamilton, Darrtown, and Fairhaven turnpike.
See: Stephen D. Cone's "Biographical and Historical Sketches - A Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents - from 1792 to 1898" at: http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist01cone#page/n9/mode/2up
Darrtown is referenced at least four times:
1. Herbert Eugene Twitchell practiced medicine in Darrtown during the 1880's
2. John W. Erwin "located" the Hamilton and Darrtown Pike, among others in the Butler County area.
3. John Pierson, of Darrtown, lost his life in the Mexican War, while serving under Captain Ferdinand VanDerveer.
4. James R. Fulkerson began farming in the Darrtown area at the age of seventeen. For 12 years, he served as the superintendent of the Hamilton, Darrtown, and Fairhaven turnpike.
See: Stephen D. Cone's "Biographical and Historical Sketches - A Narrative of Hamilton and Its Residents - from 1792 to 1898" at: http://www.archive.org/stream/biographicalhist01cone#page/n9/mode/2up