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Agriculture
F.H. Berk Agricultural Implements
Morgan Township Elevator
(Okeana)
Oxford Agriculture
Morgan Township Agriculture
Wayne Township Agriculture
Banks
First National (Hamilton)
First National (Okeana)
Oglesby and Barnitz
(Middletown)
Second National (Hamilton)
Boots & Shoes
Boettinger Shoes (Hamilton)
Miami Boot and Shoe (Hamilton)
John Winkler Shoes (Seven
Mile)
Breweries/Saloons
Cincinnati Brewing Company
(Hamilton)
Martin Mason Brewery (Hamilton)
Miami Distilling Company
(Hamilton)
Sohngen Malt House (Hamilton)
Peter Weber Saloon (Middletown)
Williams Saloon (Hamilton)
Hardware/Blacksmiths
Augspurger Hardware (Trenton)
George Davies Blacksmith
(Shandon)
Grimmer and Long Stoves (Hamilton)
Matthias Stoves (Hamilton)
Moebus Stoves (Hamilton)
Schaefer Brothers Blacksmith
(Trenton)
Hotels
Beck Hotel (Trenton)
Hamilton House
Hamiltonian
Manchester Inn (Middletown)
St. Charles Hotel (Hamilton)
Straub House (Hamilton)
Manufacturing
Aeronca Aircraft (Middletown)
Autographic Register (Hamilton)
American Can Company (Hamilton)
American Frog and Switch (Hamilton)
American Rolling Mill/ARMCO
American Tobacco (Middletown)
Butler County Lumber (Hamilton)
H.P. Deuscher Foundry (Hamilton)
Eagle Woodenware (Hamilton)
Economy Pumps (Hamilton)
Estate Stove/Kahn Brothers (Hamilton)
Ford Motor (Hamilton)
General Machinery (Hamilton)
Hamilton Foundry and Machine
Hamilton Tile
Hooven, Owens, Rentschler
Long and Allstatter Co. (Hamilton)
MacNeale and Urban Safe (Hamilton)
Fred J. Meyers Co. (Hamilton)
Miami Cycle and Manufacturing
Mosler Safe (Hamilton)
Niles Tool Works (Hamilton)
Ritchie and Dyer
Shuler and Benninghofen Woolen
Mills
Trenton Cooperage
Trenton Foundry
Trenton Saw Mill
Papermaking
Beckett Paper (Hamilton)
Champion Paper (Hamilton)
Gardner and Harvey (Middletown)
Oglesby (Middletown)
Retail/General Stores
Walter Brown Cigars (Hamilton)
Chamberlain Confectionary
(Trenton)
Creighton and Hooven Furniture
DeBord Brothers (Maud)
Ehresman Store (Trenton)
Elder-Beerman Department Store
Peter Hester Cigars (Hamilton)
Pabst Bottlers (Hamilton)
Odin Schmidt Grocery (Trenton)
Rogers and Reutti Furniture
Schradin and Walther Store (Shandon)
Services
H.S. Coulter Filling Station
(Oxford)
Nein Brothers, Undertakers
(Hamilton)
Otto Coke (New Miami)
Oxford Steam Laundry
C.B. Palmer Mill (Middletown)
Pugh Mill (Oxford)
Shandon Milling
Wirtz Transfer (Hamilton) |
Business and Industry in
Butler County
 Butler
County has enjoyed a wide array of industry and business. The cities
of Hamilton and Middletown attracted industries which manufactured hundreds
of products including paper, steel, machine tools, safes, and bicycles. |
A number of these companies were founded
in the county and later established branch offices and facilities throughtout
the United States. Many have been world-wide leaders in their particular
industry: Mosler (safes), Champion (coated paper), ARMCO (steel), and Hooven,
Owens, Rentschler (machine tools). |
| Other companies were founded elsewhere, such as in Cincinnati,
and moved to Hamilton or Middletown to build larger facilities. |
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| The outlying townships were agricultural centers and
have been the site of new development in recent years. The City of
Fairfield, founded in 1957, is still a young community having been carved
out of Fairfield Township. There has also been remarkable growth
in other areas of the county including Liberty and Union (West Chester)
townships. |
© 2000, Butler County Historical Society
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