{"id":15956,"date":"2020-02-04T03:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T03:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=15956"},"modified":"2020-02-07T20:45:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T20:45:27","slug":"last-stop-on-the-fall-2018-trip-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=15956","title":{"rendered":"Last Stop on the Fall 2018 Trip – Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"

My last stop on this journey was Cincinnati. My friends, Ron and DC invited me to stop at their house. I parked in the street and enjoyed the comforts of their adorable house.<\/p>\n

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I always said that any house looks better with an Airstream in front of it, but a T@b isn’t bad, either.<\/p>\n

This was just a short visit, as I really did need to get home. Ron took me across the river to Covington, Kentucky. Our first stop was George Rogers Clark Park.<\/p>\n

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George Rogers Clark Park is that small green rectangle on the southern side of the Ohio River.<\/p>\n

I was wondering who George Rogers Clark was, so of course I had to check my Preferred Source<\/a>. I wondered if this was the Clark in Lewis-and-Clark. After all, it is right by the water. No, that Clark was William Clark, his younger brother. \u00a0This Clark was a surveyor, soldier and militia officer from Virginia. During the Revolutionary War, he served as leader of the militia in Kentucky, which was still a part of Virginia at that time. Due to his successes during the Illinois Campaign, he greatly weakened British influence in the Northwest Territory. The British ceded the entire Northwest Territory to the United States in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. Clark has often been hailed as the “Conqueror of the Old Northwest”.<\/p>\n

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By James B. Longacre – http:\/\/npg.si.edu\/object\/npg_NPG.72.14, Public Domain, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=1385299<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know how true of a likeness this is, as it was painted seven years after his death in 1818, but I offer it to you for your consideration.<\/p>\n

Apparently they were big on sobriquets back then, as he appears to have had a number of them.<\/p>\n

Conqueror of the Old Northwest
\nHannibal of the West
\nWashington of the West
\nFather of Louisville<\/p>\n

If you are interested in knowing more about his life, you can start with my Preferred Source<\/a>. Or, maybe this is as much as you ever care to know about this person. In which case, you’re welcome.<\/p>\n

Anyway, back to the park named in his honor.<\/p>\n

It is a small, but scenic location with a great view of the Roebling Suspension Bridge and the Cincinnati skyline.<\/p>\n

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This statue that is pointing the way is of Simon Kenton.<\/p>\n

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I’ll let you read the plaque that is on the base of the statue.<\/p>\n

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If the statue weren’t honor enough, there is also a boulder with a plaque on it.<\/p>\n

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This place was frequented by many Pioneer Leaders. It certainly was a great location. For some reason, I neglected to take a photo of the other side.<\/p>\n

It was a beautiful day, and we strolled about the park to see what we could see.<\/p>\n

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For some reason, I thought this was a Little Free Library<\/a>. Upon closer inspection of my photo, I’m not sure if it is. I’ve seen some really cute ones in my travels, so I probably just assumed that is was. You know what happens when you a assume, right?<\/p>\n