1831: HAMILTON SQUARE RECEIVES HOUSE NUMBERS

Even though this article deals with events in Hamilton government those 80 years ago, it is interesting to note that the township decided to give street numbers to the homes in Hamilton Square. Commercial delivery establishments were having difficulty locating recipients with addresses merely reading "Hamilton Square."

1871: Horace Greeley Visits Hamilton Square

"Go west, young man!" Well in this instance Mr. Horace Greeley came east and visited our own Hamilton Square to bolster the temperance movement which was trying to make Hamilton Square a dry town. Local history is filled with stories of the fight to keep liquor out of the rural town. The photo of Mr. Greeley was inserted along side of the article. There were no photos in the newspaper in 1871.