Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . Late Residence of General Harrison, North Bend, Miami town, Hamilton co., O., 14 milesbelow Cincinnati. It derives its interest from having been theresidence of General Hai-rison. The family mansion standsupon a slightly elevated plain, commanding a delightful viewof the river. It is a plain, unpretending edifice, worthy of anunostentatious republican, as its proprietor was. The tombof the ex-president is situated about one fourth of a milesouth of the family mansion, upon a hill 100 feet above theriver; it is built of brick; no inscription
Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning's lake and river guide; . Late Residence of General Harrison, North Bend, Miami town, Hamilton co., O., 14 milesbelow Cincinnati. It derives its interest from having been theresidence of General Hai-rison. The family mansion standsupon a slightly elevated plain, commanding a delightful viewof the river. It is a plain, unpretending edifice, worthy of anunostentatious republican, as its proprietor was. The tombof the ex-president is situated about one fourth of a milesouth of the family mansion, upon a hill 100 feet above theriver; it is built of brick; no inscription is to be found on can be distinctly seen from the (rj^ ^//a-z^^cM^ 84 PLACES ON THE OHIO EIVER. Great Miami Kiirer, 0., 3 miles below, one of the largesttributaries of the Ohio, rises in Hardin co., and, after a courseof 150 miles, enters the Ohio, near the boundary line be-tween Ohio and Indiana. The most important affluents arethe Mad and White rivers. Its current is rapid, but it isnavigable for a distance of 90 miles. It is 150 yards wide atits mouth, and furnishes extensive water-power. Lawieiiceburg City, cap. of Dearborn co., la., 3 milesbeloAv, at the entrance of the Whitewater canal into the has the courthouse, several extensive flour-mills, andother buildings of minor importance. The immense water-power possessed here, promises to make this point a largemanufacturing and shipping port. Petersburg, Boone co., Ky., 2 miles below; has an activetrade, and a good landing. It occupies the site of an exten-sive Indian burying-ground. Pop. about 400. Aurora, Dearborn co., la., 2 miles below; pleasantly sit-uated in the mids
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