Other Rivers 2

WHITEWATER  RIVER

HARRISON

               
Misprinted card                                                                                                

Bridge over Whitewater River at Harrison Ohio

   The card above shows the remains of the Suspension Bridge that spanned the Whitewater River at Harrison. It was destroyed in the 1913 flood. It is a view looking across the river toward the Indiana side from State St. A West Side Drug Store Sign can be seen on the hill. The West Side was in Harrison until the 1960's.

Seven cards showing the Idlewild Camp along the Whitewater River

               
Belle Isle Club House                            Name Unreadable     

Rifner's Run
Harrison

MILL  CREEK

   The two maps below, for the most part, show the Mill Creek and its many tributaries. The two Miami's are also partially shown.

Not a postcard

Mill Creek & Tributaries

               
Oxen pulling out logs                                                                   Ludlow Ave. viaduct  

LOCKLAND

                       
Benson Street Bridge

   This bridge crosses the Mill Creek connecting Lockland with Reading Ohio. Benson Street is on the Reading side of the bridge and Wyoming Ave. is on the Lockland side. Today the I-75 freeway crosses over the top within a few feet of it.

MOUNT  HEALTHY

                       
                                                                                          Real Photo                      Below The Falls

C.C. Groff Flour Mill & Mill Creek.

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   Photo used in the above PC                                                                                                             Photo used in the above PC

               
                  Pictures taken in 1986 when a government study of the mill was taken                                            early photo

The large 4 story building seen in the above cards was built in 1819 as a saw mill, and was used for over 100 years.  The saw mill was operated by Jediah Hill and later by his son-in-law Henry Rogers. In 1887 it was sold to Charles Hartman and when timber became scarce, Hartman began to mill flour. The farmers in the area would bring in grain and take home flour. Hartman and his family also originally lived in this structure. In 1898 Hartman built a home next to the mill and modernized the flour mill. Because the mill sat down in a valley he named the flour Pride of the Valley Flour. In 1911, C. C. Groff bought and ran the mill. I have been told that the mill was burned to the ground by an arsonist in Oct. 1981 (never solved). In later years the property was sold and became part of Winton Woods, a Hamilton County Park.

UNKNOWN

Unknown River & Mill

NORTHSIDE

       
All of these cards show the river at Northside

WESTWOOD                       WHITE  OAK

               
Taylor's  Creek                                    White Oak Creek