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Cincinnati began with the settlement of Columbia, Losantiville, and North Bend in the Northwest Territory of the United States beginning in late December 1788. The following year Fort Washington, named for George Washington, was established to protect the settlers.
8 maj 2021 · This is a brief history of America’s first major boomtown and its first major inland city. Unlike other boomtowns, there was no natural resource like gold or oil that drove Cincinnati’s...
The Early History of Cincinnati, Ohio. From humble beginnings, the Cincinnati, OH area came to be called the “Queen City of the West”. Although not west by today’s geographic standards, Cincinnati was very west back in the late 1700s, when virtually all of the country was east of Cincinnati.
19 paź 2016 · History of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio; their past and present, including...biographies and portraits of pioneers and representative citizens, etc.
Learn how Cincinnati was founded in 1788 by settlers who crossed the Ohio River from Kentucky, and how it was named after a Roman hero. Discover the history of Fort Washington, the first military fort in the Northwest Territory, and the rival town plan by Joel Williams.
18 maj 2009 · The Cincinnati Historical Society was consolidated with the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, in 1849, under the name of the latter and older society. Another edition, with same date, has imprint: Cincinati, H. W. Derby & co.; New-York, A.S. Barnes & Co.
28 gru 2013 · 1854: "Queen of the West," a reference to Cincinnati in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Catawba Wine," cemented the city's nickname as the Queen City. 1866: The Suspension Bridge opened after...
