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PO BOX 53726
Colerain Twp., OH 45253
Next Meeting - Wed March 18 Speaker: Bob & Diana Rielage A Visit to Coleraine Ireland
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Meetings
Third Wednesday of Month
6:30 - 8:30pm
The Coleraine Historical Society meets the third Wednesday of each month
6:30pm Meet and Greet with light refreshments
7:00 – 8:00pm Speaker/Program
Public welcome to attend Program
8:00 – 8:30pm CHS Membership Meeting
Membership Meetings will be held at:
Northwest Community Church
8735 Cheviot Road in front of Colerain High School
Upcoming Meetings and Speakers
MARCH MEETING
There WILL be
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES
for Refreshments
March 18, 2020
A Visit to Coleraine, Ireland
In June 2019, former Colerain Township Trustee Diana Rielage and her husband Bob, travelled to Ireland to celebrate their 50th Anniversary. As part of their trip, the Rielages visited Coleraine Ireland and exchanged gifts and Proclamations.
Coleraine is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is 55 miles northwest of Belfast and 30 miles east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections.
APRIL 15, 2020 Speaker: Marcia Ross
History of Arlington Memorial Gardens
Since 1934, Arlington Memorial Gardens has served and earned the trust of families in the Tri-State region. It is a non-profit funeral home, cemetery, crematorium and memorial park
MAY 20, 2020 Speaker: Jon Symore
The Oxbow
In the central Ohio Valley, the most important remaining wetland is a 2500-acre spread of level river bottom farmland on the shore of the Ohio River, known as the Oxbow.
The Oxbow is a broad floodplain where the Great Miami River empties into the Ohio. This area where three states - Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky - come together, is near Lawrenceburg, Indiana, seventeen miles downstream from Cincinnati. It is named for a small horseshoe, or oxbow-shaped lake, formed when flood waters cut a new course for the Great Miami River, isolating a meander in the old stream bed. There is not a building on it.
Almost every year it is flooded with shallow waters that deposit nutrients from upstream. This annual enrichment, plus a water table close the surface, makes the Oxbow area a highly productive land for farming. - Excerpt from Oxbow website
https://www.facebook.com/oxbowinc/ https://www.oxbowinc.org/
JUNE 17, 2020 Speaker: Kimberly Whitton
Great Parks of Hamilton County
There are 17 Parks managed by Great Parks of Hamilton County. It was created in 1930 as the Hamilton County Park District. Great Parks is a separate political subdivision of the State of Ohio, governed by a Board of Park Commissioners.
JULY 15, 2020 Speaker: Patsy Johnson Gaines
Mrs. Anna Tuthill Symmes
Martha Washington. Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell. Caroline Scott Harrison. Those are just a few of the 24 women Patsy Johnson Gaines plays as an historical re-enactor.
Since the early 1980s, she has performed as many as 160 times a year in front of audiences ranging from schoolchildren to DAR members to retirement home residents.
For the CHS Program, Ms. Gaines will act as Mrs. Anna Tuthill Symmes, wife of John Cleves Symmes
John Cleves Symmes (July 21, 1742 – February 26, 1814) was a delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, and later a pioneer in the Northwest Territory.
Symmes was married to Anna Tuthill of New York (1741–1776) on October 30, 1760.
They had three children:
- Maria Symmes (born April 23, 1765)
- Mary Symmes (born August 30, 1767)
- Anna Tuthill Symmes (July 25, 1775 – February 25, 1864), who married William Henry Harrison, who eventually became the President of the United States.
AUGUST 19, 2020
What: Annual Indoor Picnic
When: Wednesday, August 19 6:00 – 8:30 pm
NOTE: Since this is Dinner, we have an earlier start time
Where: Northwest Community Church
Who: Members, their Families and invited guests
By Friday, August 14th, please RSVP to email: colerainehistorical@outlook.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
History of Land Use
in Colerain Township
Speaker: MATT SHAD
October 21, 2020 Speaker: ANNE GRAY
HISTORY OF RUMPKE
And Recycling at the Colerain Location
Rumpke’s history dates back to the1930s when founder William F. Rumpke ran a junkyard and coal delivery business in Cincinnati. His customers often bartered sheep, chickens and old cars and trucks as payment for his services. One day, he was paid with six young pigs. William fixed up some old trucks from the junkyard and enlisted relatives to search for garbage to feed the pigs. William J. Rumpke (who is currently President Emeritus and chairman of the board for Rumpke Waste & Recycling) was only five years old when he began helping his father collect trash from homes and businesses.
https://www.rumpke.com/about-us/our-story
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Speaker pending
COLERAIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Colerain Chamber of Commerce seeks to advance the economic, industrial, professional, commercial, cultural and civic welfare of the Northwest Cincinnati area; to encourage the growth of existing industries and businesses while giving all proper assistance to any new firms or individuals seeking to locate in the area; to provide business and industrial education to the people of Colerain Township and the surrounding areas; and to support all those activities determined to be beneficial to the local business community and surrounding areas.
http://www.colerainchamber.org/
DECEMBER 2, 2020 ***First Wednesday of December
Annual Society Holiday Party
Members ONLY
2021
JANUARY 20, 2021
NO Membership Meeting
(as it usually snows!)
Installation ceremony for new Officers and Trustees will be at
Annual Focus & Planning Workshop
Saturday JANUARY 16, 2021 10:00am
Annual focus &
Planning workshop
All members encouraged to attend.
This is your chance to voice your opinions on the focus and direction of CHS efforts.
Review last year’s goals and accomplishments.
Plan for 2021 – goals, projects, outreach, fundraising, etc.
St Paul United Church of Christ
5312 Old Blue Rock Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45247
FEBRUARY 19, 2020 Program Pending
Past Meetings
2020
January Annual CHS Focus & Planning Workshop
February Colerain Comprehensive Plan
Speaker: Mike Ionna
Colerain Township Director of Zoning & Planning
2019
January Annual CHS Focus & Planning Workshop
February Hidden Cincinnati
Speaker & Author: Jeff Suess
March The Barns of Colerain Township
Speaker: Chris Henson
April The Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Eden Park
Speaker: Gary Henson
May Martha Washington
Reenactor: Millie Henley
June Civil Air Patrol
Speaker: Marlene Vastine
July Manasseh Cutler & the Ordinance of 1787
Speaker: David Savage
August Annual CHS Indoor Picnic
September History of Procter & Gamble
Speaker: Shane Meeker
Meet & Greet - Candidates for Colerain Township
Trustee & Fiscal Officer
October Update on the Toll House
Speakers: Chris Henson & Larry Shad
November OPEN HOUSE
55th Anniversary of CHS
December Annual Holiday Gathering
Barnesburg Tavern & Grill
2018
January Annual CHS Focus & Planning Workshop
February A History Of Colerain Township
Speaker & Author: Joe Flickinger
March William Lytle – a famous Cincinnatian
Speaker: Jim North
April The 1812 Society
Speaker: Barb Marbut
May The Cincinnati Courthouse Riot
Speaker & Author: Stephen J. Rolfes
June The 1937 Flood
Speaker: Chris Smith
July Wooden Shoe Hollow
Cincinnati Museum Center
August Annual CHS Indoor Picnic
September Traveling Morgans Trail
CHS Members Larry Shad & Earl Corson
October About Green Township
Speaker: Paul Ruffing, Green Township Historical Society President
November Hamilton County Genealogical Society
Speaker: Kathy Reed
December Annual Holiday Gathering
Barnesburg Tavern & Grill
2017
January Annual CHS Focus & Planning Workshop
January History of Military Uniforms worn in US Wars
Speaker: Chris & Mary Dumford
February Researching Your Home's History
Speaker & Author: Ann Senefeld
March Haunted Cincinnati
Speaker & Author: Jeff Morris
April Fernald – Then and Now
Speaker: Penny Borgman
May Dulcimer Society
June The American Flag
Speaker: Don McGraw & Jim Schaeffer of Ohio SAR
July St. Bernard Parish – 150 years
Speakers: Ken & Barb Yoder
August Annual CHS Indoor Picnic with Graeters Ice Cream!
September VanZandt Family
Speaker: Gretchen Wilson
October Famous and Infamous Green Township Characters
Speaker: Paul Ruffing, Green Township Historical Society President
Meet & Greet - Candidates for Colerain Township
Trustee
November George Remus
Speaker & Author: Mark Plagman
December Annual Holiday Gathering
Barnesburg Tavern & Grill
2016
January Annual CHS Focus & Planning Workshop
February History of Pinecroft
Speaker: Mike Martini
March A Visit to North College Hill Historical Society
April Moeller Nursery – 100 years
Speaker: Terry Moeller
May Mt. Healthy Historical Society
Speaker: Penny Huber
June Are you on Facebook?
Speaker: Matt Tietsort
July ?
Reenactor: Patsy Johnson Gaines
August Annual CHS Indoor Picnic
September Ohio Legends
Speaker & Author: Jeff Wilson
October SunWatch Village & Archeaological Park
Speaker & Anthropologist: Andrew Sawyer, Site Manager
November Cincinnati Riverfront in Pictures 1848
Speaker: Jim Mainger, Cincinnati Public Library
December Annual Holiday Gathering
Northgate Mall – Colerain Police Substation
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