Kathleen Smythe, Chris Hanlin

Bicycling Through Paradise

Historical Tours Around Cincinnati, Revised Edition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A revised edition of the award-winning book of historically themed cycling tours in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Rides Around Cincinnati includes nineteen historically themed cyclist tours for all abilities centered around Cincinnati, Ohio. Written by two longtime cyclists--one a professor of history and one an architect--this book dives into the details of local landscape and history encountered along the route. Rides combine familiar destinations like Lunken Airport, Eden Park, and Loveland Castle with lesser-known sites like Underground Railroad stations, ruined stone canal locks, and a nineteenth-century socialist commune, all located in and around the Greater Cincinnati area. Stops along the way include public parks, covered bridges, and one-room schoolhouses. Each chapter includes a QR code to link readers to a companion Community Page where cyclists will find downloadable turn-by-turn directions and wayfinding photos, plus a place for cyclists to share their feedback, making this book an interactive experience.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Cincinnati Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9798885500135
• Artikelnr.: 71892559

Autorenporträt

Kathleen Smythe is professor of history at Xavier University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Cycling Advice Part I: Waterways 1. Path Dependency: Layers of History along the Mill Creek Northside
Ivorydale
Elmwood Place
and Lockland 2. William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee Nation The Ohio River Valley West to Harrison’s Tomb
Shawnee Lookout
and Indiana 3. Visions and Dreams on the Little Miami Scenic Trail From Milford to Xenia via Loveland Castle
Kings’ Mills
and George Barrett’s Concrete House 4. Floodplains and Hilltops Eden and Ault Parks
Cincinnati Observatory
Pioneer Settlement and Lunken Airport 5. Following the River: The Story of Mary Ingles Alexandria and Bellevue
Kentucky 6. Swimming Pools
Parks
and the Integration of Coney Island 7. The Whitewater Canal Route Indiana from West Harrison to Cedar Grove
Brookville
and Metamora Part II: Paradise 8. Bicycling Through Paradise Mariemont
Perintown
Harmony Hill
Felicity
and Utopia 9. The Party Tour: Breweries and Inclines Amusements Past and Present in Over-The-Rhine 10. Town and Country Mt. Airy Forest
Winton Woods
Greenhills
Glendale and Sharon Woods 11. A Holy City: Churches
synagogues
and Shrines Northern Kentucky
Downtown Cincinnati
Walnut Hills and Evanston 12. Immortality and its Consequences Spring Grove
College Hill
Fernald Preserve
and Whitewater Shaker Village 13. Immortality
Continued Hamilton
the Hollow Earth Monument
Chrisholm Farmstead
and Miamisburg Mound Part III: Big Ideas 14. Homeland Insecurity Military Installations from Fort Washington to Newport Barracks to Fort Thomas
Kentucky 15. People
Animals
Water
and Salt Anderson Ferry
Burlington
Kentucky
Rabbit Hash and Big Bone Lick 16. Building a Nation’s Soil: The Civilian Conservation Corps Big Bone Lick and Walton
Kentucky 17. Black Community Leadership in Madisonville 18. Crosstown Missions Xavier University
University of Cincinnati
and Hebrew Union College 19. Art Deco Architecture Lunken Airport
Downtown
Union Terminal
and the Mt. Washington Water Tower 20. Industry
Rustbelt
and Re-development Norwood
Oakley
and Madisonville