Diane Morrissey, Author at Butler County Historical Society

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History of the Jefferson Theatre in Hamilton in early 1900s

Opening night audience at the Jefferson Theatre, March 31, 1903. L.C. OVERPECK By Richard Piland – Butler County Historical Society Dec 13, 2024 Shortly after the Sorg Opera House in Middletown opened on Sept. 12, 1891, theatre-loving people in Hamilton began expressing a desire to have a new and modern legitimate theatre built in

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The Wreck of the CH&D

Saturday, January 25th: 1:00pm "The Wreck of the CH&D: A Pioneering Railroad Undone by Greed & Fraud Join local railroad enthusiast and author Jim Krause as he explains the dramatic rise and equally dramatic fall of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad. The CH&D was a prime factor in the growth of western Ohio's