Description: Illustrated atlas of the upper Ohio River and Ohio River Valley region, covering the area from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cincinnati, Ohio., 1877. This atlas includes an index which explains the segments of the river mapped in the volume, as well as extensive illustrations depicting notable residences, sites and cities found along the Ohio River. Also includes several pages of "Patrons' Business Notices." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Page1
Subjects: Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio River Valley--History; Ohio River; Cities and towns--Ohio;
Places: Ohio River; Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania);
 

Description: This 1866 map shows Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as Newport and Covington, Kentucky, directly across the Ohio River. It was drawn by Gilbert & Hickenlooper (of No. 200 Vine Street in Cincinnati) for inclusion in the 1866 edition of the Williams' Cincinnati Directory. Covington and Newport are two Kentucky cities situated on the Ohio River and separated from one another by the Licking River. They are considered a part of the Cincinnati Metropolitan Area (or Greater Cincinnati) which includes counties in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. These two cities were first connected by bridge in 1853, and the John Roebling Suspension Bridge, connecting Covington with Cincinnati across the Ohio River, was completed in 1866. In 1788, Israel Ludlow, Matthias Denman, and Robert Patterson purchased eight hundred acres from John Cleves Symmes along the Ohio River at the Licking River's mouth. By early January 1789, Ludlow had platted the town, and the three men named the town Losantiville. The name was a convoluted contraction of the idea that this was a "city across from the mouth of the Licking River." In 1790, the governor of the Northwest Territory, Arthur St. Clair, proceeded to establish Hamilton County and made Losantiville the county seat. St. Clair disliked the name Losantiville and changed the town's name to Cincinnati in recognition of the Roman citizen soldier Cincinnatus. Cincinnati emerged as a major city, primarily due to its strategic location on the Ohio River, and by 1820 had reached a population of nearly ten thousand people. By the late 1880s, Cincinnati was the largest city in Ohio, with almost 300,000 people. It also had the densest population of any city in the United States, with an average of 37,143 people per square mile. By 1890, Cincinnati had provided Ohio with thirteen governors and had become an important industrial, political, literary, and educational center in both Ohio and the United States. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0426_4
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--History; Ohio River; Maps--Midwest--Ohio; Bridges--Ohio River;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Newport (Kentucky); Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River, described as being taken from the summit of Grave Creek Mound, which is along the West Virginia bank of the river in the city of Moundsville. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04020
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Grave Creek Mound (West Virginia)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River seen from below Cincinnati. The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at modern-day Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It ends approximately 900 miles downstream at Cairo, Illinois, where it flows into the Mississippi River. It received its English name from the Iroquois word, "O-Y-O," meaning "the great river." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04021
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This view of the Ohio River is from Rankin Hill in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio. Fugitive slaves crossed the river from the southern states and John Rankin (1793-1886) was one of the Underground Railroad agents that helped hide them. The image was collected by Ohio State University professor Wilbur H. Siebert (1866-1961). Siebert began researching the Underground Railroad in the 1890s as a way to interest his students in history. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03106
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Slavery, Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights; Underground Railroad--Ohio; Antislavery movements--Ohio--History--19th century; Abolitionists;
Places: Ripley (Ohio); Brown County (Ohio)
 

Description: View of the Ohio River in Monroe County, Ohio, ca. 1940-1949. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00384
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio
Places: Monroe County (Ohio)
 

Description: This image shows the area where a ferry lands in Fly, Ohio. The ferry takes travelers from Ohio to West Virginia. This ferry was used to take passengers back and forth for nearly 200 years and shut down in the early 2000s. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06744
Subjects: Travel; Transportation--Ohio--History; Ohio River
Places: Fly (Ohio); Jackson (Ohio); Jackson County (Ohio)
 

Description: Re-enactment of the landing of the pioneers at Marietta, Ohio to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first settlers arrival in the Northwest Territory in 1788. The re-enactors traveled on the Ohio River and landed at Marietta on April 7, 1938. Participants in the re-enactment are dressed as pioneers, Native Americans and soldiers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01142
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Marietta (Ohio)
 

Description: Re-enactment of the landing of the pioneers at Marietta, Ohio to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first settlers arrival in the Northwest Territory in 1788. The re-enactors traveled on the Ohio River and landed at Marietta on April 7, 1938. Participants in the re-enactment are dressed as pioneers, Native Americans and soldiers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01141
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Marietta (Ohio)
 

Description: Re-enactment of the landing of the pioneers at Marietta, Ohio to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the first settlers arrival in the Northwest Territory in 1788. The re-enactors traveled on the Ohio River and landed at Marietta on April 7, 1938. Participants in the re-enactment are dressed as pioneers, Native Americans and soldiers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01143
Subjects: Ohio River; Ohio History--Settlement and Early Statehood
Places: Marietta (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: High (st?) dam from river bridge. New Phila Ohio. Tus Co. Kaderly- Campbell" The photo depicts a river with Dover Dam up the river. On the side of the dam is an advertisement for Eckert Shoes. The dam was built in 1935. The dam is 83 feet above the ground and 824 feet long. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B14F01_037_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio; Tuscarawas River (Ohio); Dams--Ohio--1930-1940; Dover (Ohio)--History--Pictorial works; Tuscarawas River Valley (Ohio)--History; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: New Philadelphia (Ohio); Dover (Ohio); Tuscarawas County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Sailboats on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio." This photograph shows three unidentified men in sailboats on the Ohio River near Cincinnati, Ohio. During the warmer months, many Ohioans can be seen flocking to lakes and rivers for picnicking, sunbathing, sailing and swimming. The Ohio River is the largest tributary of the Mississippi River and is about 981 miles long. It begins at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in Point State Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It forms the border between Ohio and West Virginia, as well as Ohio and Kentucky, Indiana and Kentucky and Illinois and Kentucky. It joins the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B13F01_052_001
Subjects: Ohio River--History; Sailing; Sailboats; Recreation; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)