Description: Group of people standing in front of a Post Office. Reverse reads "Location Unknown." and "Leafing through the pages of the Miami Valley Album", an article for the Dayton Daily News. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F03_005_001
Subjects: Post office buildings Ohio; Miami River Valley (Ohio)--History.;
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Cover Bridge over the Miami River with Pique in the background View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07973
Subjects: Covered bridges--Ohio; Piqua (Ohio); Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Milford is an abbreviated form of mill ford and was so named because it was the first safe ford across the Little Miami River and was the only way for many people to reach the oil mill. The area was first surveyed by John Nancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia. John Hageman was the first permanent settler, and the area was originally named Hangeman's Mill. In 1803 Hageman put up a small mill to improve water power. After Hangeman left for Indiana in 1815, Milford became the popular name of the area. Around 1805, Ethan Stone of Cincinnati, built an oil mill on the mill-race above a small bridge, which was in operation until 1817. In this building, carding was done by Rust and Dimmet, and later, John Eldredge, had a liquor distillery. In 1818 a wood bridge made the ford obsolete and in 1920, the old mill that was the city's namesake, burned down. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_010_001
Subjects: Milford (Ohio); Little Miami River (Ohio); Mills
Places: Milford (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Collected for use in the Ohio Guide, this photograph shows the aftermath of the Great Flood of 1913 in Greenville, Ohio, one of the many Ohio cities impacted by the flood, a result of several major rivers throughout central and eastern United States overflowing due to heavy rainfall from March 23-26. Once levees and flood walls failed, the Great Miami River flowed across western Ohio, killing nearly 430 people statewide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B05F07_011_1
Subjects: Photographs--History--20th century; Greenville (Ohio)--History; Great Miami River (Ohio); Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio Federal Writers' Project; Works Progress Administration
Places: Greenville (Ohio); Darke County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Herman Ave. bridge and Miami River." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_017_1
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Bridges--Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: The caption reads: "Little Miami Valley and river view from Fort Ancient, Warren County, Ohio." Fort Ancient is a series of earthen embankments that extend for more than three-and-a-half miles around a high bluff along the Little Miami River in Warren County, Ohio. It was built by the Hopewell culture between 100 B.C. and A.D. 400. Although it is called a "fort," it probably never served as a defensive work. Ditches are located inside the walls rather than outside as might be expected if it was an actual fort. Also, there are more than 60 gateways in the enclosure, which would have made it difficult to defend against enemies. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07992
Subjects: Little Miami River (Ohio); Mounds--Ohio--Warren County
Places: Warren County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Herman Ave. bridge and Miami River" It appears that Herman Ave. The street no longer crosses the Miami River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F07_023_001
Subjects: Great Miami River (Ohio); Bridges Ohio
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Miami River bank looking West from the Needmore Road bridge Feb. 21, 1938." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F08_030_1
Subjects: Winter--Ohio--Dayton; Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: " 'Sea Wall' on S. River Bank, W. of Dayton View Bridge." After the great flood of 1913, much was done to prevent future flooding of the Miami River in and around Dayton. Extensive modifications to the river channel, such as this wall, were created after the passage of the Vonderheide Act in 1914. Also known as the Ohio Conservancy Law, the act gave the state the authority to establish watershed districts and to raise funds for improvements through taxes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_020_1
Subjects: Hydraulic structures--Ohio--Dayton; Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "One of Dayton's levees. N. of Miami River and E. of Main Street." After the great flood of 1913, much was done to prevent future flooding of the Miami River in and around Dayton. Extensive modifications to the river channel, such as this levee, were created after the passage of the Vonderheide Act in 1914. Also known as the Ohio Conservancy Law, the act gave the state the authority to establish watershed districts and to raise funds for improvements through taxes. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_022_1
Subjects: Hydraulic structures--Ohio--Dayton; Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph dated April 26, 1886, shows two men and a dog looking into the distance from a hillside. In the background, the town of Piqua is visible, as well as a covered bridge over the Miami River. At the mouth of the bridge, a sign advertises a new lumber yard. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07970
Subjects: Covered bridges--Ohio; Piqua (Ohio); Miami River (Ohio); Landscape photography;
Places: Piqua (Ohio); Miami County (Ohio)
 

Description: Original description reads: "Dayton View Bridge from Riverview Park." Dayton View, or Monument Avenue Bridge, is a closed spandrel-filled concrete arch bridge built in 1908-1909. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F09_002_1
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio--Dayton; Miami River (Ohio)
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)