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What’s the Buzz with Cicadas?
The first buzzing of cicadas in the summer instantly brings what I assume to be some sort of placebo effect: once I hear their humming, instantly, I feel about 10 degrees hotter.
“Summer is here” they buzz in July, and it’s only going to get warmer and louder in the coming months.
The annual cicadas of the dog days of summer are one of the many misunderstood insects that some, if not most people...
The Clermont County Gold Rush
The Clermont County Gold Rush
In January 1848 James W. Marshall discovered gold in Sutter’s Mill, California sparking a gold rush that saw more than 300,000 people head west in search of their fortunes. While the California gold rush lasted until 1855, very few miners were able to strike it rich and returned home empty handed. But while the allure of gold and riches still occupied the minds of ma...
Forts of the Ohio River
Forts of the Ohio River
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
European explorers opened up the land west of the Appalachian Mountains and by the 1700s France and Britain began fighting for control of the Ohio River Valley and its valuable resources. Looking to stake their claims to this new territory, European powers began constructing trading posts and forts along the Ohio River using them ...
Early Explorers of the Ohio River
Early Explorers of the Ohio River
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
While Native American tribes had lived along the Ohio River for thousands of years, Europeans saw the Ohio River and the lands west of the eastern seaboard as unexplored and unknown territory. As European began opening up the New World, explorers embarked on journeys to chart this new land. These trips into the heart of ...
Native Tribes of the Ohio River
Native Tribes of the Ohio River
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
Long before European settlers made their way westward the Native American tribes had been living near the Ohio River for thousands of years. In fact, the Ohio River gets its name from a Native American word meaning “great river.” Making use of the land and local resources, these tribes built self-sustaining settlements, fa...
Pirates of the Ohio River
Pirates of the Ohio River
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
Often when you picture pirates, swashbucklers like Blackbeard and Captain Kidd, sailing the ocean plundering ships are usually what come to mind. But oceans aren’t the only place pirates can be found. As the American frontier opened up river pirates posed a serious threat to settlers moving westward down the Ohio River, lying in...
A Brief History of Steamboats: The End of an Era
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
While steamboats revolutionized transportation in the early 1800s, another transportation revolution ultimately spelled the end of the steamboat. By the 1890s, trains and railroads were the most popular method of travel in America, while the emergence of automobiles in the early 1900s provided travelers wi...
A Brief History of Steamboats – The Steamboat Era
A Brief History of Steamboats: The Steamboat Era
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
Following his success with the Clermont, Fulton and Livingston ambitiously set about to find a way to demonstrate their invention to a national audience with a journey from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. Enlisting the help of inventor Nicholas Roosevelt, great grand uncle to future president Theodore Roosevelt...
A Brief History of Steamboats – Early History
A Brief History of Steamboats: Early History
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
Steamboats have a long and storied history along the Ohio River, and many sites around the region pay homage to their rich history. With flat hulls and propulsion systems mounted above the water line, the unique construction of steamboats made them ideal for travelling the shallow Ohio River, helping revolutio...
Life at Lock 34
Life at Lock 34
by Ben Morrill, Visitor Center Site Manager
Today Lock 34 Park is known as a serene riverfront park in the Clermont Park District, but from 1925 to 1964, Lock 34 was home to a vibrant community, living and working along the Ohio River. On site housing for workers and their families helped create a tight knit community while the nearby town of Chilo offered opportunities to social...
