November 7, 2004 (Sunday) -- The Founding of Forest Park and the separation of the City from
the county -- Peter Puleo, speaker
October 17, 2004: Civil War Re-Enactment of attack
on Cheltenham Post-Office in 1864.
October 17, 2004: Unveiling ceremony and dedication of Rudy
Torrini's sculpture "A Boy And His Dog."
October 17, 2004: Important meeting on the future
of St. James Church, School and Parish.
August 29, 2004: The History of Dogtown Soccer.
May 16, 2004: Presentation on the Forest Park Highlands.
Doug Garner, leading expert on the Forest Park Highland will present
an evening of slides and lecture on May 16th.
April 2, 2004: Visit of third grade from St. Michael's School.
A group of students from St. Michael's School at 6345 Wydown Blvd. came to visit Bob Corbett's
house, see his brick collection and take a tour of Dogtown to see some of the places where mines USED
to be.
2003
September 21, 2003: Poetry Reading and Songs by Julie Duane
September 20, 2003: Dogtown Days
July 22, 2003: The History of St. James Parish. Bob Corbett, speaker
March 23, 2003: The History of 19th Century Dogtown.
Bob Corbett, speaker.
2002
December 8, 2002: 150th Anniversary of the Rail Line Coming to Dogtown Bob Corbett presents a brief history of the coming of trains to Dogtown on Dec. 9,
1852, and Henry Herbst follows with a longer treatment of The Taylor City Belt Line, a
train which ran from Manchester Road to the Fair Grounds in Forest Park for the World's Fair
Lectures Before DHS Speaker's Committee
August 17, 2002. A History of 19th Century Dogtown. Bob Corbett gave a lecture
at St. James School Cafeteria sporsored by the Clayton / Tamm Association.
May 9, 2002. A History of Dogtown. Bob Corbett gave this, his FIRST lecture
on Dogtown, at the meeting of the Hi-Pointe Neighborhood Association.