Excerpt from The Centennial Anniversary of the City of Hamilton, Ohio: September 17-19, 1891 This volume is issued in response to a very general desire of the residents of Hamilton who witnessed, and many of whom participated in the exercises of the Centennial Celebration. Considerable delay has been experienced owing to failure on the part of some persons to prepare the papers they had engaged to write, and also on account of changes made necessary in the method of preparing the artistic work. In addition to the anniversary exercises in connection with the Centennial Settlement of Hamilton, the volume contains a full and complete description of all the leading Manufactories, School Houses, Churches and Public Buildings, and also much interesting and valuable information concerning i the early history of the Northwestern Territory and of the habits of the pioneers of the Great Miami Valley. The Committee in charge of the publication acknowledges itself indebted to the several gentlemen who delivered addresses on the occasion for copies thereof, kindly furnished the Committee, also to the persons who prepared papers on the topics assigned them; and as well to the many other persons who have in various ways generously rendered important aid in the preparation of this volume. It is thought that the many illustrations will, in a measure, aid to make the volume attractive to our people. While literary excellence is not claimed for it, the hope is entertained that its perusal will serve to pleasantly while away an occasional hour; and that it may be of some value to the future historian, for the facts collected and presented, and which, but for this publication might be lost to memory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.