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| History |
| Cincinnati was founded in 1788 by John Cleves
Symmes. Surveyor John Filson named it "Losantiville".
Filson[1] (http://www.filsonhistorical.org), who created the
first map of Kentucky and authored the tale of Daniel Boone,
formed the name "Losantiville" concatenating four
terms, each of different language, meaning "The city opposite
the mouth of the Licking River." "Ville" is French
for "city," "anti" is Greek for "opposite,"
"os" is Latin for "mouth," and "L"
was all that was included of "Licking River." Filson
died in mysterious circumstances while surveying the purchase
in September, 1788. In 1790, Arthur St. Clair, the governor
of the Northwest Territory, changed the name of the settlement
to "Cincinnati" in honor of the Society of the Cincinnati,
of which he was president. The Society honored General George
Washington, who was considered a latter day Cincinnatus—the
Roman general who saved his city, then retired from power to
his farm. To this day, Cincinnati in particular, and Ohio in
general, are home to a disproportionately large number of descendants
of Revolutionary War soldiers who were granted lands in the
state. |
| In 1802, Cincinnati was chartered as a village, and in 1819,
it was incorporated as a city. The introduction of steam navigation
on the Ohio River in 1811 and the completion of the Miami and
Erie Canal helped the city grow to 115,000 citizens by 1850.
The nickname "Porkopolis" was coined around 1835,
when Cincinnati was the country's chief hog packing center,
and herds of pigs traveled the streets. Called the "Queen
of the West" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (although this
nickname was first used by a local newspaper in 1819), Cincinnati
was an important stop on the Underground Railroad, which helped
slaves escape from the South. |
| As a pioneer-era city, it compared with Pittsburgh and Nashville.
As a "Riverboat" and canal-era city, it compared with
Louisville, St. Louis and New Orleans. As an immigrant, industrial
city it compared with Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago,
and Detroit. |
| Because of its river setting and extensive park system, many
commentators have remarked on Cincinnati's beauty, including
Winston Churchill, who called it "the most beautiful of
America's inland cities." The city's picturesque skyline
was used as a backdrop for the fictional city of Monticello
on the soap opera The Edge of Night, one of the many soap operas
sponsored by Cincinnati soap maker Procter & Gamble. |
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