Waynesville, Ohio ~ Connections with the Past: The Little Miami River that separates Waynesville and Corwin

Waynesville, Ohio ~ Connections with the Past

Samuel Heighway from Shropshire, England founded Waynesville, Ohio in 1797. His settlement was honed out of the woods and clung tenaciously to the side of a steep hill overlooking the flood plain of the meandering Little Miami River. It was a tiny hamlet of a few log cabins and a tavern encircled by a dense and undisturbed wilderness. However, Waynesville’s growth, and the settlement of the surrounding area, would be phenomenal during its first decade due to the influx of pioneers.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

The Little Miami River that separates Waynesville and Corwin

The old wooden covered bridge over the
Little Miami River at Corwin.
The covered bridge is no longer in existence.

Corwin Avenue between Waynesville and Corwin.
The bridge above is over the race.

Another photograph of the old covered bridge at Corwin
over the Little Miami River

Old Postcard of the Little Miami River near Waynesville

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At Friday, December 15, 2006 6:36:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Hi Karen....I just found your Waynesville web site and found it very, very interesting. Will continue to read it and thanks for publishing it.....

Dallas Bogan
At Monday, October 01, 2007 9:21:00 AM, Anonymous said...: wow i love your stuff!
At Saturday, August 09, 2008 9:06:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Karen, I'm working on a book of correspondence by a Quaker immigrant family in Cincinnati in the 1840s to her family back in England. There is a wonderful description of a farm on the Little Miami in Waynesville, owned (I think) by a family named Evans. I'd like to e-mail you the descriptions and see if you have any further information about who they were. You can e-mail me back at ulin@pitt.edu. -- Don
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Name: Karen Campbell

Location: Waynesville, Ohio, United States

I am the genealogy librarian at The Mary L. Cook Public Library in Waynesville, Ohio. I am interested in all aspects of our local history but my special interest is in mid-western Quaker history and genealogy. I have authored and compiled some books: Quaker Education and Miami Valley Institute: A Hicksite Quaker College, Murder in Waynesville: The Anderson Tragedy, Obituaries and Death Notices found in the Miami-Visitor Weekly Newspaper of Waynesville, etc., and Friendly Research: An Introduction to Quaker Genealogical Research, etc. I feel that the history and legacy of The Society of Friends in this area of Ohio is interesting, significant and edifying. The history of Waynesville, Ohio is a microcosm of American history. Waynesville was a town made up of a diverse group of pioneers and its development paralleled the diversity, the struggles and the growth of the United States. I am also interested in the history and culture of other local towns, villages and hamlets in the area, for example, Harveysburg, Ohio. AND, as you can also tell from my blog, "Conversations with my Cats", I love cats!!

Waynesville, Ohio ~ Connections with the Past

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

The Little Miami River that separates Waynesville and Corwin

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