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A President's Namesake

Mt. Adams

Cincinnati, Ohio

 

A recent snowfall from Cincinnati's Playhouse In The Park.

 

Formally known as Mt. Ida after a washerwoman named Ida Martin who lived in a sycamore tree on the hill, Mt. Adams was renamed in 1843 after President John Quincy Adams who delivered a dedication address for an observatory which sat where the massive building in the middle right top of the image. The observatory was moved in 1871 to Mt. Lookout and is still in operation today.

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Uploaded on January 17, 2010
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