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Point Pleasant is a small community on the Ohio River, southeast of Cincinnati. It is the birthplace of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and has a restored cottage museum.
The Grant Boyhood Home is a historic house museum at 219 East Grant Avenue in Georgetown, Ohio.Built in 1823, it was where United States President and American Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85) lived from 1823 until 1839, [3] when he left for the United States Military Academy at West Point.
The Clarke Farm Site is an ancient archaeological site in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. Located near Point Pleasant in Clermont County, [1] it is a heavily stratified site, with nearly 8,000 years of occupation. Excavations at the site have yielded a large number of artifacts, including bones, chert, pottery, and shells.
State Route 232 (SR 232, OH 232) is an east–west state highway situated in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Ohio.The western terminus of State Route 232 is at a T-intersection with U.S. Route 52 in the unincorporated community of Point Pleasant near the Ohio River.
Ray-Ban is a luxury brand of sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. Learn about its iconic styles, such as Wayfarer and Aviator, its smart glasses collaboration with Facebook, and its efforts to combat counterfeiting.
The Silver Bridge was a suspension bridge that connected Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, until it collapsed in 1967, killing 46 people. Learn about the bridge's design, construction, failure, investigation, and replacement from this Wikipedia article.
The only major action of Dunmore's War, fought in 1774 between Virginia militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors. The Virginians won the battle and forced the indigenous tribes to cede lands south of the Ohio River in the Treaty of Camp Charlotte.
Rio Grande was established on July 6, 1874. The name of Rio Grande was chosen to commemorate the Mexican–American War. [5]Despite Gallia County being named for its original French settlers, [6] Welsh immigrants began to arrive to the area in 1818, and during the 1830s and 1840s, more than 3,000 more arrived from the parishes of Pennant, Tregaron, Llangeitho, Trefilan, Llangwyryfon, and ...