Cincinnati Originally Called Losantville Poster

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One of the things that confuses people from outside the area is Cincinnati�s foremost nickname: The Queen City. Why is it called that?

Before I answer that, let�s look at the city�s original name, Losantiville. Losantiville was a settlement opposite the mouth of the Licking River on the Ohio. Today, this lies between the �Big Mac� Bridge, carrying I-471 to it�s terminus in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, and the Taylor-Southgate Bridge, which spans the Ohio from US Bank Arena in downtown Cincinnati and the Newport Aquarium in Kentucky. Most of this original settlement is now Sawyer Point, a riverside park.Losantiville was founded by John Cleves Symmes in 1788 and named by a surveryor who should never have had a job in marketing. The ungainly name came from four different languages and meant �city opposite the mouth of the Licking.� One imagines Symmes� rolling his eyes and wishing he could just adopt the name of the local fort (on the site of the new Great American Buil...

In 1974 Randall was asked to go on a hunting trip out to Colorado so He thought it might be a good idea to buy a good camera, he says it was one of the best decisions he ever made. He was able to capture images that were soon displayed on many office and restaurant walls around the area. He has been fortunate enough to travel to every state with the exception of Alaska, and had that planned but the Pandemic ended that trip. I'm self taught he says and studied all the best photographers From Ansel Adams forward. His main interest lies in Landscapes, nature, wildlife, farms, barns and the outdoors. He has a knack and the eye for bringing out the color and beauty presented to capture that moment in time that passes so quickly. Over...

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