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Edith M. Southall 
The Cincinnati of the future 12 
Cincinnati’s advantages 
Ample room for growth 
Good climate 
Public improvements 
Central location 
Grain and coal center 
River improvement 
Shipping facilities 
Fernbank Dam 
Improvement of the Mississippi system 
To the observer who stands upon the bluff at Eden Park, Cin- 
cinnati’s Garden of Eden,” and looks down upon the bustling 
twentieth century life of the city below, it seems a far cry to the 
days when the Five Nations roamed these regions, and France, 
England and Spain contended for the supremacy of the great 
Northwest. Now there is a seemingly endless procession of 
railroad trains, electric cars, fast-speeding automobiles and vehi- 
cles of every description; smoke pours forth from thousands 
of smokestacks of large manufacturing establishments; packet- 
boats ply up and down the Ohio, and ponderous barges move 
slowly along with their immense cargoes of coal. Yet but little 
more than a century ago, Cincinnati was only a pioneer village, 
whose inhabitants lived their simple lives in daily terror of Indian 
raids. 
What has brought about the transformation? From the pio- 
neer days to the present time, geographic influences have played 
an important part in Cincinnati’s industrial development. As 
men have responded to these influences, Cincinnati has grown 
into one of the nation’s most famous manufacturing centers, a 
city whose industrial and commercial interests are enormous to 
a degree far exceeding the average of cities of its size. 
Location of Cincinnati 
General surroundings. The city of Cincinnati is situated in 
the extreme southwestern part of Ohio, in an amphitheatre about 
12 miles in circumference, bisected by the Ohio River, which 
passes through it in a course from east to west. The river front 
available for Cincinnati’s shipping is about 10 miles long, and 
the city has a fine public landing, an open area of ten acres, with 
