Guest Speaker Explains How the Rentschler Family Shaped Hamilton
Join the Butler County Historical Society as guest speaker Charles E. Rentschler of Hartsville , Indiana , presents the history of the companies formed by industrialist George Adam Rentschler, his sons and grand children. His talk, “How the Rentschler Family Shaped Hamilton,” will be at 1 p.m. on January 18 in the Emma Ritchie Auditorium
BCHS Names New Officers and Board Members for 2020
The Butler County Historical Society will begin 2020 with a new slate of officers when the Board of Trustees meets on Thursday, January 16. Brian Smith will return for a third year as the board’s president. He is a Ross School District English teacher and is entering his sixth year as a board member. Sara
Member-Only Christmas Celebration
Butler County Historical Society members are invited to attend a traditional holiday Christmas celebration to be held on Friday evening, December 6, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event will be held throughout the society’s complex at 327 N. Second Street, Hamilton and include a variety of typical holiday refreshments, cookies, and beverages. Non-members
John Kiesewetter to be Featured Speaker During the BCHS Annual Meeting
TV and media reporter John Kiesewetter will be the featured speaker during the 85th Annual Meeting of the Butler County Historical Society. The meeting will be held in the Fitton Center for Creative Arts Carruthers Signature Ballroom, 101 S. Monument Avenue, Hamilton on Thursday, November 7. A cash bar will be available beginning at 5:30
BCHS Exhibit Presents Victorian Funeral Traditions
The Butler County Historical Society will open a new exhibit presenting many of the traditions of Victorian era funerals next week. The exhibit is free to the public and will open in the society’s Benninghofen House, 327 North 3rd Street, Hamilton, on Tuesday, October 1 and run for six weeks until November 9. An authentic
BCHS Holds Old Fashioned Ice Cream Socials, Presents Butler County, 1919 and Games Played in the 1800s
The Butler County Historical Society will host a special member-only event on Friday evening, September 13, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Emma Ritchie Auditorium of the society’s complex at 327 N. Second Street, Hamilton. The evening begins with an old-fashioned ice cream social at 6 p.m. followed by a presentation about daily
Butler County Historical Society Presents “All in a Day’s Work – In the Home”
The Butler County Historical Society will present on Saturday, August 10, the third of its summer multi-generational programs designed for children and their parents or grandparents. It will be held in the front yard of the society’s Benninghofen House museum at 327 North Second Street, Hamilton, and begin at 9:30 a.m. and end around 2
Butler County Historical Society Guest Speaker To Talk About the History of Hamilton’s Ford Plant
Join the Butler County Historical Society as guest speaker B. J. Miller presents the history of the Henry Ford and Son Fordson tractor and wheel manufacturing plant that operated in Hamilton from 1920 through 1951. Miller’s presentation will be at 7 p.m. on August 2nd in the Emma Ritchie Auditorium at the Butler County Historical
Butler County Historical Society Returns to the Roaring 20’s with its Little Chicago Shindig
John Dillinger and Al Capone. Prohibition-era speakeasies and bootlegging operations. Gangsters and casinos. The Butler County Historical Society is harkening back to the golden age of rum-runners, gambling, flappers and jazz for a fund-raising gala at the historic Benninghofen House in Hamilton’s German Village on August 17, 2019. The Hamilton of the 1920’s was
Summer Family Program
The Butler County Historical Society will present on Saturday, July 13, the second of its summer multi-generational programs designed for children and their parents and grandparents. It will be held in the front and back yard of the society’s Benninghofen House museum at 327 North Second Street, Hamilton, and begin at 9:30 a.m. and end
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