History Blogs
As part of my blog posts about Juneteenth, I’ve mentioned the African American soldiers listed on the monument at ...
This is another part of Hamilton County’s history with steamboats. Many people probably remember the various ...
When you look at the history of inventors in Hamilton County, occasionally a long-forgotten figure will emerge. In 1905, R. Walter Wilson created a system to get steady electrical power from windmills.
In the 1800s, Hamilton County had several attempts at creating militia groups to defend the area.
We think of driverless cars as some of today’s cutting-edge technology, but people have been experimenting with the concept for a long time. One such experiment on a Hamilton County farm in the 1930s attracted national attention.
Stephen “Steve” Roberts was born in Roberts Settlement to Stephen and Mary Roberts. His grandfather Willis had been one of the first emigrants to the Settlement in the 1830s.
When Hamilton County was first settled, most farmers were concerned with feeding their own families. After a few years though, they began to produce a surplus and began looking for markets.
As we observe National Native American Heritage Month in November, it’s useful to know where Hamilton County fits into that heritage with the history of the Treaty of St. Mary's of 1818.
Another historic local story that went viral involves a man named Eugene Woodmansee from Urbana, Illinois.
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