The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . out theheadwaters of the Great Miami river. About the i6th of that month thearmy reached the site of the present city of Hamilton. There it was determined to erect a fort to be used as a base of operationsnearer the scene of the expected conflict. The fort was laid out and buildingbegan upon it on the 17th, and it was finished on or about the last day ofSeptember, or the first day of October. It was named Fort Hamilton, after Alexander Hamilton, then Secretaryof the Treasury of the United States. Such was the beginning, and such were t
The centennial anniversary of the city of Hamilton, Ohio . out theheadwaters of the Great Miami river. About the i6th of that month thearmy reached the site of the present city of Hamilton. There it was determined to erect a fort to be used as a base of operationsnearer the scene of the expected conflict. The fort was laid out and buildingbegan upon it on the 17th, and it was finished on or about the last day ofSeptember, or the first day of October. It was named Fort Hamilton, after Alexander Hamilton, then Secretaryof the Treasury of the United States. Such was the beginning, and such were the events that lead to thefounding of the city of Hamilton, on the banks of the Great Miami. From that beginning it has grown until now it is a city of over 20,000people, as enlightened prosperous and intellectual as can be found on theglobe. It contains as many of the elements of progress and enlightenedcivilization, with all that tends to embellish and refine human existence asany city in the United States. It has splendid public buildings, first-class. HON. JOHN WOODS. THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF HAMILTON, O. 2^ educational facilities and public improvements ; varied and extensive manu-factures second to none anywhere ; splendid churches of various denomina-tions, the members of each of which concede to all others what they ask forthemselves, namely ; freedom to worship God according to the dictates ottheir own conscience. This people are not unmindful of the struggle oftheir forefathers to establish the free government under which we live andthe freedom we enjoy. To honor their memory, to educate our children todo likewise and to renew the patriotism and love of country which is thesacred duty of all good citizens, it was determined to celebrate the centennialanniversary of the founding of the city of Hamilton, in a manner worthy ofits founders, of the pioneers who reclaimed this country from the wildernessand the savage, and worthy of the great Republic of the West, an i
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