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The Mack Volunteer Fire Department was established in 1944 to provide emergency fire and medical services to the citizens of Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio. Over the years, this department endured many challenges and changes, and today, under the name of Green Township Fire & EMS, remains one of the most progressive departments in Western Hamilton County. This book examines the growth and evolution of these two departments through their service to the community. It is a tribute to the men and women who dedicated their lives to keeping the citizens of Green Township safe. 

Chapters include Green Township’s Early History and Firefighting Efforts, Fulfilling a Dire Need in Green Township, A Stellar Reputation, Township Civil Service, and Green Township Fire & EMS in the 21st Century. 

Five appendices, fifty-two photographs, a bibliography, and a full-name index add to the value of this work. Appendices include List of Mack Volunteer Fire Department Members, Green Township Fire & EMS Members, MVFD Ladies Auxiliary, and MVFD Dispatchers; Mack Volunteer Fire Department Chiefs; Green Township Fire & EMS Chiefs; Mack Fire Incorporated Presidents; and Mack Volunteer Fire Department Rolling Stock, 1944 through 1983. 

2023, 5½x8½, paper, index, 158 pp.

ISBN: 9780788429804




A History of Bridgetown Cemetery:
Quietly Serving Cincinnati’s Western Hills for over 150 Years
Joe Flickinger

Bridgetown Cemetery, located in Hamilton County, Ohio’s Green Township, was established in 1864 as the First German Protestant Cemetery with seven and a half acres along Cleves Pike. This cemetery was, from the beginning, a community cemetery, a final resting place for many of the township citizens who could not spend the time traveling across the rough county roads by horse and wagon to one of the larger public cemeteries located closer to the city of Cincinnati. In 1871, the cemetery donated a half-acre of land to the First German Protestant Church for their building. Many notable local politicians from Green Township, Cheviot, and western Hamilton County chose the cemetery for their final resting place. In 1939, the cemetery bought the Schaeperklaus farm directly to the north, bringing the total land to twenty-two acres. Since the new property has been developed and opened in 1961, the cemetery has been the non-denominational last resting place of choice by those seeking to remain close to their suburban, western Hamilton County roots.
This book celebrates the history, heritage, and story of the over 150-year-old Bridgetown Cemetery, and its journey from a seven and a half acre rural cemetery, to a twenty-two acre non-denominational cemetery that mimics the suburban landscape it is situated within. Numerous photographs, an appendix, a bibliography, and a full-name index add to the value of this work.

2021, 5½x8½, paper, index, 176 pp.

ISBN: 9781556134234



A History of Colerain Township: From Frontier Wilderness to Suburban Sprawl - Joe Flickinger. Colerain Township, located in Hamilton County, Ohio, was established in 1794. Predating the establishment of the state of Ohio in 1803, John Dunlap, a native of Coleraine, Ireland, surveyed the area. The early history of the township includes a siege on Fort Dunlap by Native American warriors for over twenty-four hours. They gave up when they heard reinforcements were on their way from nearby Cincinnati’s Fort Washington. After the Treaty of Greenville, the area was cleared for mainly rural farming, with small villages dotting the landscape, which housed a post office, a tavern or two, and maybe a few stores or shops that supported the farmers. The area remained rural until the end of WWII when suburban sprawl rapidly changed the small two-lane roads into bustling thoroughfares and the cornfields into cul-de-sacs with two or three bedroom homes and a garage for the family car. Today, Colerain Township is home to over 60,000 residents, making it one of the largest townships in Ohio. However, those who live there call it home.
This book celebrates the history, heritage, and story of Colerain Township, and its journey from the isolated frontier wilderness, to rural farming, to a modern suburban community, bursting with people and business. Numerous photographs, an appendix, a bibliography, and a full-name index add to the value of this work.
2018, 5½x8½, paper, 136 pp.
101-F5804 ISBN: 0788458043

A Bicentennial History of Green Township: Uncovering a Jewel in the Crown of the Queen City, 1809-2009 - Joe Flickinger. In 1809, Cincinnati was officially a burgeoning Wild West town. It was called the “gateway to the west” by the people pouring onto the public landing from the myriad of steamboats docking by the river’s edge. Meanwhile, a densely forested, recently opened area just miles outside the city was being organized. A handful of rough and tumble frontiersman took a break from cutting their farms from the forest and answered the call from the constable to attend a meeting establishing a township. This township met the requirements of the Land Ordinance of 1785—a thirty-six square mile tract of land; the only one laid out this way in the Symmes Purchase. These men unknowingly were helping to set the stage for what would become one of the largest townships in Ohio. In 2009, two hundred years after its founding, Green Township has become known as the “Westside” by outsiders. To those who live there, it is called home. This book celebrates the history and heritage of Green Township, and its journey from isolated frontier wilderness to being one of the largest townships in the state of Ohio. Numerous photographs, an appendix, a bibliography, and a full-name index add to the value of this work. 2011, 5½x8½, paper, index, 130 pp.
F5309
ISBN: 0788453092
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