Fig. 191. Fort Washington ( Cincinnati ) in 1700. 
SPRING GROVE CEMETERY, CINCINNATI, OHIO. 
RO B A BLY no city in the (so-called) West presents so many charms to the 
lover of nature as Cincinnati; certainly none surpass it in beautiful and pic- 
turesque scenery, to which has been added millions of dollars in improving 
and decorating both hills and dales. Like all other (central) North Ameri- 
can towns, Cincinnati is still young, as compared with the large cities of the 
' world, lienee it will be readily seen that the hand of man can have had time 
to accomplish comparatively little to what must in the fullness of time be done to 
improve its surroundings. Again, the business men of Cincinnati have been more 
fortunate or successful in their commercial transactions than those of any other city, 
and as a result, no town in the West contains the vast amount of wealth that is held 
by the merchant princes of Cincinnati, which together with their acknowledged 
