General
Arthur St. Clair established Losantiville
(Cincinnati) in 1788. Settlers began arriving after Fort Washington
was built nearby. Situated along the Ohio River, Losantiville was
renamed Cincinnati in 1790.
Cincinnati emerged as a river port when the first steamboat arrived
from Pittsburgh in 1811. Its importance
grew with the completion of the Miami and Erie Canal in 1832 and the
start of Little Miami Railway in 1843.
The city was an important point in the Underground
Railroad route and despite its location, Cincinnati supported
Abraham Lincoln and the Union
Army during
the Civil War. After the war the economy
suffered as trade with the South was reduced. This problem was partly
overcome by the building of the railroad to Tennessee.
In 1990 the population of Cincinnati was 364,114. The city, which
is one of the country's largest inland coal ports, produces soap products,
chemicals, clothing, transportation equipment, building materials,
furniture, cosmetics, printing, jet engines packaged meats.
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