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n 1891FORTY YEARS AGO'Liie official program of (lie Hamilton centennial cslebraiion in iSOl reveals many of the industries which the city then possessed. Among those which had their advertisements in the official program for that event are the Niles Tool Works/now a part of ihe General Machinery Corpora dun; the Gordon Steam l’utnp company, later consolidated with the Laidlaw-Dunn-Gorckn company of IvoryiVile; the Hamilton Autographic Kegister company which still operates an extensive plant in Lindemvald; the Beckett Paper company, then maimfncluring culorcd papers, hilt now specializing in Buckeye cover paper; the Hamilton Tile Works, no longer in existence; the Bentel and Margedont company, manufacturers of wood working mnehiir-ery, with a shop on North Fourth street, no longer in existence; ihe J. F. Bender Bros, company, general builders and lumber dealers, Day ion and Lowell streei, no longer in existence; A. Winter, dry goods, clothing made to order, jiow operated by ihe sou, Jtseph Winter, on Main street; the Long and Allatatter company; W. M. Diug-felder and Compaq * lumber dealers, Second ami Sycamore streets, no longer in existence; Carr and Brown, millers; the Globe opera house, “playing nothing hut first class at trad ions’Overpeek, Photographer, 239 High street; Dr. C. Mart's drug store, 3S South Third street; Charles Hossfeld, liquor dealer, 201-203 Court street; MaeXeale and Urban, safe manufacturers; Israel William?, attorney at bar; Charles E. Doty, photographer; D. W\ Fitton and company, dry goods; John Schweizer, buggies, phaetons, surreys, wagons.vealcd a series of graves, some still identified us those of soldiers, almost iu the center of what is now Second street.The fort, was stockade work witha circumference of about one ■thousand feet, ihe whole extent of which was trenched about three feet deep for the pickets. Of these pickets, which were logs from the surrounding forests, about two thousand were necessary to completely enclose the foil:.Trees from nine to twelve inches in diameter only were best suited for the purpose, nnd as they hadto be tall and straight, a considerable extent of ground had to hetraversed before sufficient timbercould be found in a quantity tomeet the needs thus created. Ashallow trench was dug outside the fort to carry off the water and to prevent the pickets being swept away during heavy ruins.Four* good bastions were made of trunks of trees to guard the fori, Ono of these stood nt the north-cast angle of the fort, in what is now High street. Ou this was raised il high platform on which tostation artillery to be used in case j oi attack. .On September 30, 1791, the fort ^having boon completed, a salute of *camion ws iircd ami the fovfc • given the name of Fort Hamilton, ; iu honor of Alexander Hamilton, j who at that time was secretary of % the treasury of the Uniled Slates. • The army was then inspected by j Colonel Mentgez, inspector of the j army- The entire force numbered . 2,300 non 'Commissioned of Heers and j men. |With the fort completed it was decided to place its defense in Hie i hands of a detachment of me»i uu- . der the command of Captain Aubn j Armstrong, an efficient soldier who , was familiar with Indian hubils anti ! especially of their manner of war- ; jfaixx Later Captain Armstrong j was succeeded by Major Jonaihun , Cass, also a soldier of distinct ion, who continued in command until : □300, when he tendered his rcsig-: nation from the army mid retired. His resignation, however, was iwt accepted by the secretary of war until a year after it had been entcd.Tims Hamilton, just aplace iii vthe wilderness, was horn.One hundred years later, jl happy and contented people, celebrated the event wiih what, up until Unit time, was the most impressive and magnificent spectacle ever witnessed in the Great Miami valley?The wilderness of 140 years ago is now u great industrial center, surrounded by one of the richest agricultural communities in the world. Thft.se 140 years have been filled with romance, faith in d progress.
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Hamilton Evening Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1931
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