The Old Mill on the Little Miami River

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Title	The Old Mill on the Little Miami River
Subject	Milford (Ohio) Little Miami River (Ohio) Mills
Time Period	1930s
Place	Milford (Ohio) Clermont County (Ohio) Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description	Milford is an abbreviated form of mill ford and was so named because it was the first safe ford across the Little Miami River and was the only way for many people to reach the oil mill. The area was first surveyed by John Nancarrow, a Revolutionary War veteran from Virginia. John Hageman was the first permanent settler, and the area was originally named Hangeman's Mill. In 1803 Hageman put up a small mill to improve water power. After Hangeman left for Indiana in 1815, Milford became the popular name of the area. Around 1805, Ethan Stone of Cincinnati, built an oil mill on the mill-race above a small bridge, which was in operation until 1817. In this building, carding was done by Rust and Dimmet, and later, John Eldredge, had a liquor distillery. In 1818 a wood bridge made the ford obsolete and in 1920, the old mill that was the city's namesake, burned down.
Creator	Ohio Federal Writers' Project
Date of Original	Nov 19, 1938
Collection	Ohio Guide Photographs
Source	State Archives Series 1039 AV
Submitting Institution	Ohio Historical Society
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type	StillImage
File Name	SA1039AV_B11F10_010_001.tif
Image Height	4587
Image Width	6028
File Size	82973120 Bytes
Display File Type	image/jp2
Format	picture
Date created	2010-04-20
Date modified	2010-07-20

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