Reily Township Historical Society and Hammond House Museum

08/26/2026

We have a limited amount of spots left on our tour, please contact Roger Koch.

The Reily Township Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, at 6 pm.
The program will consist of an onsite tour of Fortified Hill at the Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park in Hamilton, Ohio. Fortified Hill is a 2,000-year-old ceremonial earthworks site created by indigenous inhabitants of what is now the Ohio River valley. The earthworks stand as a testament to the depth of time that Indigenous Peoples have lived in this area.
Pre-registration is required. Participants will be limited to fifteen (15) on a first-come basis. Attendees will meet and park at the tour site, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton, Ohio 45013. The tour will be directed by park staff and will last approximately 90 minutes. Golf carts will be used for transportation in the park.
Members will be given preference; non-members are welcome but will be put on a wait list to attend. The tour starts at 6 p.m. at the address given above. There is no cost to attend.
To register call or text 513-593-2735, or email [email protected].

08/26/2026

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View Ernest "Ernie" Anthony Sauerland's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/16/2026

07/14/2026

Dear Reily Township Historical Society Members:
The Reily Township Historical Society (RTHS) would like to celebrate our Nation’s 250th Birthday. To do this we are going to create a fifty-year time capsule that will be maintained at the Historical Society’s Hammond House Museum. The capsule will be opened around July 4, 2076.
RTHS Members are invited to deposit something in the capsule. Obviously, the capsule will not hold large items, so we suggest small items such as documents, pictures, cards, letters, papers, coins, medallions, or other small trinkets. All items should be tagged, have a current date, and be identified clearly with names and/or signed.
We would like to have the capsule closed and sealed by Labor Day, September 7, 2026. You can present your items prior to that date to any one of the RTHS Board members shown below, or drop them off at the RTHS Hammond House Museum, in Reily, on August 2, 1-3 pm.
Thank you for your time and Happy Birthday to the USA!
Board Members: Tim Gillespie, Debbie Gross, Erin Beckelhymer, Dan Spenser and Roger Koch
Contact ph. / text 513-593-2735, or email: [email protected]

06/16/2026

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View Carolyn Jane Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

05/02/2026

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View Thomas E. Miller's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

04/16/2026

The Reily Township Historical Society will meet on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, at the Reily Twp. Community Center, 6093 Reily–Millville Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056.
Mr. Cameron Shriver, Senior Research Associate, Myaamia Center, Miami University, will present; “The Northwest Indian Wars, 1785-1814.”
Mr. Shriver will discuss the importance of this region to American history immediately following the American Revolution. Why was this area, known as the Northwest Territory, or the Territory Northwest of the Ohio River, that later became the state of Ohio and Butler County, so filled with violence in the 1780’s and early 1790’s? And what were the stakes for all the individuals involved; the locals, legislators, soldiers, native Americans and the pioneers heading west.
Members and non-members are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. The business meeting starts at 7 p.m. and the program begins at approximately 7:15 p.m.
For more information call 513-593-2735.

04/09/2026

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Celebrate the life of Sarah Fritsch and join others in sharing memories, stories, and condolences.

04/08/2026

At the last meeting of The Reily Township Historical Society on Tuesday, April 7, We had our Show and Tell. This is always one of our favorite meetings, and it’s a great chance to see the stories and history our community holds. We had lots of interesting items. Dan Finfrock, always comes through with some Railroad history. He brought an old ticket printer complete with a one of a kind ticket reproduced for each of us to keep, this ticket was from 1936. He also had an antique cash or valuable metal box with Cincinnati Richmond RR company printed on it. We had atlases and maps from the 1800s of Butler County and Reily, Ohio. Reily Historical Society President, Danielle Foulk brought an antique oak rocker that was in the old Wehr farmhouse that she now owns. Originally owned and well loved by Margaret Fox Wehr it was brought back home by a Wehr family member. We also had three old Domestic sewing machine attachments brought in by a member owned by her Great Grandmother. A 1976 Winners ribbon for a parade float with a theme of the first one room school house in Reily. There were multiple cast iron paper weights and bottle openers that were typically given to clients and customers of the Hamilton Foundry, one in particular was marked OOGH, that member Dan Spencer researched and it stands for Oriental Order of the Groundhogs! Never found out much about it and only knows of one other with those markings. There were 31 foundries in Hamilton, Ohio at one time, now none.

04/06/2026

Join us for the next Reily Township Historical Society meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7.

Bring something along for show and tell. This is always one of our favorite meetings, and it’s a great chance to see the stories and history our community holds.

If you bring an item, be ready to share a little about it and the history behind it. Whether it’s a family piece, an old photo, or something unique, we’d love to hear its story.

We hope to see you there!