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: Published by Edward Mendenhall in 1867, this is a map of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington and Newport, Kentucky. The Ohio River demarcates the border between Ohio and Kentucky. A pencilled note on the Mt. Adams neighborhood reads "not thickly inhabited" while on the Ohio River is written "looks very well on paper + appears to be admirably adapted to suicidal purposes." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MAPVFM0175_2
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio); Maps; Topography; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio); Covington (Kentucky); Newport (Kentucky)
 

Description: Gordon C. Greene was a riverman and this image shows one of his boats, named, the Gordon C. Greene. Gordon Greene was born on September 80 1962 in Washington County, Ohio. He became a steamboat captain, forming the Green Line. He died on January 20, 1927 in Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. He was buried in Washington County in Newport Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL06541
Subjects: Steamboats; Rivers--Ohio; Washington County (Ohio)
Places: Newport (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal through Shelby County between stations 6882 and 7062, including a small part of the community of Newport. Roads, properties, bridges and other landmarks along the route are noted, as well as Loramie Creek and multiple adjacent ponds. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV4926_005
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio; Bridges
Places: Newport (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Canal plat map showing a section of the Miami and Erie Canal past Newport in Shelby County, between stations 6891 and 6968. Roads, properties, bridges and other landmarks along the route are noted, including Loramie Creek. The map was created under the direction of the members of the Canal Commission of the state of Ohio and approved by the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works (variously referred to as the Board of Public Works and the Division of Public Works). Construction on the Miami and Erie Canal took place between 1825 and 1845, and the finished route connected Cincinnati and Toledo, as well as the Ohio River with Lake Erie. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: BV23170_006
Subjects: Miami and Erie Canal (Ohio); Transportation; Canals -- Ohio
Places: Newport (Ohio); Shelby County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated January 21, 1893, this photograph shows a cantilever bridge over the Ohio River, connecting Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newport, Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07979
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio River; Ohio Economy--Transportation and Development; Ohio Economy--Architecture and Engineering; Winter
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: A Cincinnati-area church, located 825 Washington Ave, Newport. Currently home to Holy Spirit parish, formed from the merger of Corpus Christi, St. Francis de Sales, St. Vincent, and St. Stephen. Reverse reads: "St. Stephan church, Newport, Ky" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_011_1
Subjects: Newport (Ky.)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Catholic Church--Kentucky
Places: Newport (Kentucky); Campbell County (Kentucky)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Cinci.,O., NEWPORT BRIDGE" This is a photo of the bridge from Cincinnati to Newport, Kentucky on the other side of the Ohio River. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F12_019_001
Subjects: Bridges--Ohio; Trolley cars--Pictorial works; Bridges--Pictorial works; Transportation--Ohio; Ohio--History--Pictorial works; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This castle was built from 1851 to 1853 by Cincinnati architect Robert A. Love as the honeymoon home of Thomas Laurens Jones and Mark Keturah Taylor. It was sold in 1889 to the Diocese of Covington. A chapel was added in 1893 and the building served as a convent until 1910. Over the years, the house has also been used as a home for working girls, a retirement home for elderly women and in 1974, it was a home for Vietnamese refugees. The castle was torn down in the early 1990s to make room for a Kmart shopping center. Caption also reads "Holmes Castle" which was a mansion located in nearby Covington that has also been demolished. This image is of Mount St. Martin and not of the Holmes Castle. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B01F09_020_001
Subjects: Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Architecture, Domestic--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Religion in Ohio; Churches
Places: Newport (Kentucky); Covington (Kentucky)
 

Description: Carte de visite of Pvt. Addison Hill, who served with Company B of the 77th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Company B was recruited from Noble and Washington Counties, Ohio. From: Newport Township Age: 18 Enlisted: November 5, 1861, 3-year term Mustered out: March 26, 1866 View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f16_13
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 77th (1861-1866) Company B
Places: Noble County (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated ca. 1935-1940, this photograph shows the Central Bridge, or the Cincinnati & Newport Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, over the Ohio River. The bridge was finished in 1890 and was the first "standard" cantilever truss bridge to be built. Located between Suspension Bridge and the L&N Bridge, the Central Bridge had a similar type and length of approach spans to that of the L&N bridge, with the piers built from identical stone. Demolished in 1992, the bridge was replaced by the Taylor-Southgate Bridge in 1995. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. 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_B01F17_044_001
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Cantilever Bridges Ohio; Bridges; Ohio River
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Advertisement for a concert given by Paul Laurence Dunbar at the Masonic Hall in Newport, Rhode Island on August 16, 1898. He is described as a "Poet, Author, and Elocutionist, and one of America's Greatest Entertainers" He was accompanied by musicians and vocalists from Newport. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL02752
Subjects: Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; Multicultural Ohio--African American Ohioans
Places: Newport (Rhode Island)