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CHAPTER I. |
INTRODUCTORY. |
17-23 |
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- When
Hamilton County was Erected, and by Whom
- Its
Boundaries, Area and Population
- Why Cincinnati
was so Named
- St. Clair, the First Territorial
Governor
- Who He Was, What He Did and How He
Died. |
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CHAPTER II. |
THE MOUND BUILDERS |
23-28 |
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- The
United States in 1786
- The Northwest Territory
- Visit to the Miami Country
- Stites and Symmes
- Organization of the First Colonies
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Settlement of Columbia, Losantiville, and North
Bend
- Covalt Station
- Beginning of Indian
Hostilities
- Fort Washington Built
- Hamilton
County Formed
- New Settlement
- Indians Attack
Dunlap's Station
- Indian Warfare Continued
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First Townships Formed
- Mercersburg
- White's
Station
- Runyan's Station
- White's Station
Attacked
- Increase of Settlements and Townships
- Close of the Frontier Period |
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CHAPTER III. |
FIRST PIONEER SETTLEMENTS - THE FRONTIER PERIOD.
- Started 1/2/2014 |
29-43 |
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- The United States
in 1786
- The Northwest Territory
- Visit to the
Miami Country
- Stites and Symmes
- Organization
of the First Counties
- Settlement of Columbia, Losantville, and North Bend
- Covalt Station
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Beginning of Indian Hostilities
- Fort
Washington Built
- Hamilton County Formed
- New
Settlements
- Indians Attack Dunlap's Station
- Runyan's Station
- White's Station Attacked
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Increase of Settlements and Townships
- Close of
the Frontier Period. |
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CHAPTER IV. |
STORY OF THE LOG CABIN |
43-50 |
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- The Pioneer in
Search of a Home and Religious Liberty
- How He
Appeared
- The Indian Reads the Destiny of His
Race in the Curling Smoke
- The Brush Habitation
and the Real Log Cabin
- How it Appeared
-
Mighty Changes Wrought in a Hundred Years |
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CHAPTER V. |
CINCINNATI, PAST AND PRESENT. |
50-79 |
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- Introductory
Outline
- First Accounts of the Miami Country
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Ohio Under French Rule
- Under English Rule
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The Ordinance of 1784
- The Ordinance of 1787
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The Old Northwest
- The Ohio Land Company of
Massachusetts
- Settlement of Marietta
- The
Miami Purchase
- Settlement of Columbia
- Losantville
- Location of Cincinnati
- Primitive
Cincinnati
- Agriculture Creates Cincinnati
-
Development of Commerce
- Manufacturing in
Cincinnati
- A Center of Education
- A Unique
and Picturesque City
- The Suburbs
- The Streets
and Buildings
- The People of Cincinnati; Their
Number, Characteristics and Amusements. |
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CHAPTER VI. |
PARKS, SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS OF INTEREST. |
79-93 |
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Picturesque Scenery and Lovely Parks
- The
Garden of Eden
- Secret Societies and Social
Clubs
- Public Buildings and Institutions
- The
Post Office and its Business
- Police and Fire
Departments
- Zoological Garden
- Banks and
Banking. |
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CHAPTER VII. |
SCIENTIFIC RECORD |
94-96 |
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- Early Tendencies
-
Prominent Names
- Dr. Daniel Drake
-
Astronomical Survey of Public Lands
- Col.
Jared Mansfield
- Prof. Ormsby Mitchell |
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CHAPTER VIII. |
EDUCATION IN CINCINNATI. |
96-155 |
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-
The First Schools
- Other Early Schools,
Seminaries, Colletes, Etc.
- Public Schools,
their Organization, Superintendents, Etc.
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History of the High Schools
- Normal School -
University
- Observatory - Ohio Mechanics'
Institute
- Technical School
- Private
Schools since the Public Schools were Organized
- Other Schools, Institutes and Colleges
- Law
School - Medical Education
- Lane Theological
Seminary
- St. Xavier College
- Other Roman
Catholic Schools
- Hebrew Union College
- Music
- Art Academy
- Society of Natural History
-
Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio
-
Clubs and Societies
- Educational Journals
-
Libraries. |
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CHAPTER IX. |
BENCH AND BAR. |
156-195 |
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- Early Courts and Lawyers
-
Criminal Court
- The New Constitution
- Courthouses
- Cincinnati Law Library
- Superior
Court and Other Courts
- Biographies of Eminent
and Prominent Jurists. |
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CHAPTER X. |
CHURCHES. |
195-218 |
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-
Introductory - Presbyterian Church
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Presbyterian Reformed
- Methodist Episcopal
Church
- Other Methodist Churches
- New
Jerusalem Church
- The Friends
- Baptist Church
- Protestant Episcopal Church
- Congregational
Churches
- Unitarian Church
- Judaism
- Lutheran
Churches
- Disciples of Christ
- German
Evangelical Protestant Church
- Roman Catholic
Church
- Miscellaneous Churches
- Statistics. |
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CHAPTER XI. |
CEMETERIES. |
219-221 |
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- First Public Burial Ground in
Cincinnati
- Later Cemeteries
- Spring Grove
Cemetery Company and Cemetery
- The Cincinnati
Cremation Company
- The Crematory |
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CHAPTER XII. |
MEDICAL. |
221-239 |
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-
Pioneer Physicians
- The First Faculty of
Cincinnati
- Daniel Drake and Others
- Later
Arrivals - Sanitary Ordinances
- Boards of
Health
- Medical Colleges
- Dental Schools
-
Hospitals
- Asylums
- Cincinnati Training School
for Nurses
- Medical Societies
- Medical
Journals
- Medical Libraries
- Brief Sketches of
some Eminent Physicians, |
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CHAPTER XIII. |
DENTAL SURGERY. |
240-242 |
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- The Ohio College of Dental
Surgery |
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CHAPTER XIV. |
CIVIL ADMINISTRATION. |
243-254 |
- Incorporation of the Village and
City of Cincinnati
- Civil Officers from the
Beginning
- Roster of County Officials
- State
Senators and Representatives of Hamilton County
- United States Senators and Representatives
-
Incidents and Contests
- Political Conventions. |
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CHAPTER XV. |
THE PRESS OF CINCINNATI. |
254-268 |
- When the First Paper was Founded
and by Whom
- Its Numerous Successors
- A Long
Line of Political, Literary and Religious
Publications
- An Office Mobbed and Destroyed
-
Cincinnati Directories
- Names of All
Publications in 1893 |
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CHAPTER XVI. |
THE GERMANS IN CINCINNATI. |
268-277 |
- Early and Distinguished Settlers
- First History of the Town Written by
Heckewelder
- The First Executive Officer of the
Town a German
- Long Line of Men Eminent in
Literature and the Professions
- Great Results. |
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CHAPTER XVII. |
RIVER TRANSPORTATION AND TRADE. |
277-287 |
- From the Canoe to the Steamboat
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How Early Emigrants Descended the River
- The
Flat and Keel Boats
- Currency in Use Among the
First Settlers
- The Mail Carried by Canoe
-
First Line of Packets
- Appearance of the
Steamboat
- Its Rise and Decline
- Seagoing
Vessels
- Vast Commerce by River |
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CHAPTER XVIII. |
CINCINNATI RAILROADS |
287-300 |
- The Little Miami, the First
Railroad Built into Cincinnati
- Its Early
History and Struggles
- The Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton, and the "Big Four" Systems
- Other
Early and Important Lines
- The "Queen &
'Crescent"
- Suburban Steam Railways
- Street
Railway Service of Cincinnati. |
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CHAPTER XIX. |
GREAT FLOODS IN THE OHIO. |
301-313 |
- Earliest Great Flood Known to
White Men
- Table showing the Stage of High
Water for Sixty-Years
- The Freshets of 1847 and
1883
- Great Flood of 1884
- Table Showing the
Rise and Fall of the Water During February
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Work of Relief Committees
- Physical History of
the Flood |
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CHAPTER XX. |
MANUFACTURES. |
313-332 |
- Statistics and Facts Bearing on
the Productive Industries of Cincinnati
-
Eligible Location for Manufacturing
- Millions
of Dollars Invested and Thousands of Hands
Employed
- Enormous Extent of the Brewing
Business
- Capital Employed |
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CHAPTER XXI. |
INDIAN WARFARE - WAR OF 1812 -
Started 1/2/2015 |
332-343 |
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The "Miami Slaughter House"
- Indian Warfare and
Treaties
- Cincinnati a Strategic Point in War,
Commerce and Trade
- Fort Washington
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Expeditions Against the Indians
- Final
Destruction of the Indian Confederacy
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Cincinnati in the Indian Wars
- War of 1812-13
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Warlike Feeling in Cincinnati
- Recruiting
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Military Sent to the Front
- Conclusion. |
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CHAPTER XXII. |
CINCINNATI IN THE WAR OF THE
REBELLION. |
344-361 |
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Anti-Slavery Versus Pro-Slavery Sentiments
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Intensity of Popular Feeling
- The First Gun
Fired
- Cincinnati's Noble Response to the First
Call for Troops
- Later Enlistments
- Her
Southern Neighbors
- The Burnet Rifles
- Members
of the Literary Club in the Service
- The United
States Sanitary Commission
- The Cincinnati
Branch of Same
- Western Sanitary Fair
- The
Cincinnati Christian Commission
- Exciting
Alarms
- Conclusions |
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CHAPTER XXIII. |
THE CINCINNATI SANITARY FAIR. |
361-363 |
- The Sanitary Commission
- The
Sanitary Fair
- Sanitary Bazaar. |
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CHAPTER XXIV. |
MILITARY AND CIVIL EXECUTIONS
- RIOTS. |
363-378 |
- First Military and First Civil
Executions
- Military Riot of 1792, the
Pro-Slavery Riots of 1836, the Bank Riot of
1842, the Jail Riot of 18349, and the Bendini
Riot of 1853
- Memorable and Bloody Riots of
1884
- Destruction of the Courthouse |
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CHAPTER XXV. |
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP.
- FINISHED 1/2/2014 |
378-380 |
- Boundaries
- Covalt's Station
-
Organization
- First Purchasers
- Villages
-
Churches |
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CHAPTER XXVI. |
COLRAIN TOWNSHIP |
381-386 |
- Organization
- Pioneer History
-
Roads and Streams
- Villages
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXVII. |
COLUMBIA TOWNSHIP |
386-396 |
- Erection and Boundaries
- Pioneer
History
- Villages
- Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. |
CROSBY TOWNSHIP |
396-398 |
-
Geography
- Land Purchases
- New Haven
- New
Baltimore
- Whitewater
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXIX. |
DELHI TOWNSHIP
- PARTIALLY FINISHED
1/2/2015 |
398-404 |
- Extent and Topography
- Villages
- Religious Organizations |
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CHAPTER XXX. |
GREEN TOWNSHIP |
404-411 |
-Topography
- Principal Highways
- Early History
and Organization
- Villages
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXXI. |
HARRISON TOWNSHIP. |
411-415 |
-
Erection and Boundaries
- Founding, Growth,
Business and Industrial Interest, and Municipal
Government of Harrison
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXXII. |
MIAMI TOWNSHIP. |
415-417 |
Interesting Historic Associations
- North Bend
- Cleves
- Addyston
- Fern Bank -
Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. |
MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP. |
418-427 |
- Location
- Early Historic
Associations
- Carthage
- Clifton
- Avondale
-
College Hill
- Winton Place
- Mt. Airy
- Elmwood
Place
- St. Bernard
- Bond Hill
- Idlewild
-
Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. |
SPENCER TOWNSHIP. |
428 |
- Geography
- Early History
-
Linwood
- Churches. |
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CHAPTER XXXV. |
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP. |
429-446 |
- Geographical Position
- Early
History
- Taxables in 1809
- Mt. Healthy
-
Lockland
- Glendale
- Wyoming
- Hartwell
-
Springdale
- New Burlington
- Woodlawn
-
Churches
- Schools. |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. |
SYCAMORE. |
447-456 |
- Early History Organization
-
Villages - Churches
- Odd Fellows Home at Rossmoyne
- Education |
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CHAPTER XXXVII. |
SYMMES TOWNSHIP |
457-458 |
- Location
- Villages
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. |
WHITEWATER TOWNSHIP. |
458-463 |
- Political
Development
- The Whitewater and Miami Valley
Pioneer Association
- Pioneer History
- Miamitown
- Elizabethtown
- Churches |
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CHAPTER XXXIX. |
APPENDIX |
464-465 |
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Census of Cincinnati City and
Hamilton County, 1890 |
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PART II. |
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BIOGRAPHICAL. |
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Biographies Pertaining to Cincinnati |
469-923 |
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Biographies of Hamilton County, outside of
Cincinnati |
923-1042 |
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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Part I. |
17-465 |
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Part II. |
469-1042 |
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Index |
1043 |
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Map of Hamilton County |
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