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Pete Rose Way – Cincinnati Reds Stadium – Ohio

Pete Rose Way - Cincinnati Reds Stadium - Ohio

In 1985 the City of Cincinnati renamed the city’s Second Street to Pete Rose Way after the famous baseball player. The road lies just outside of the Cincinnati Red’s stadium, which lies along the Ohio River Waterfront. Pete Rose, despite the gambling scandal that forced his retirement as a baseball manager in 1989, remains a home town hero. He was a Major League Baseball player from 1963 to 1986, playing for the Cincinnati Reds twice, as well as the Philadelphia Phillies, and the Montreal Expos. He would eventually become a manager for the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 until 1989. 

Cincinnati Observatory on Mount Lookout – Ohio

Cincinnati Observatory on Mount Lookout - Ohio

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A view of the Cincinnati Observatory on Mt. Lookout above the Ohio River. The observatory was dedicated by John Quincy Adams in 1843, in his last public speech. He died a few years later, and the hill on which the observatory originally stood was renamed Mount Adams in his honor. Today the observatory resides on Mt. Lookout. The observatory is operated by the University of Cincinnati, and is the oldest professional observatory in the United States.

Replica 1880s Train Station – Xenia, Ohio

Replica 1880s Train Station - Xenia, Ohio

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In 1998, the City of Xenia commissioned the building of a replica train station that once stood at the site of what was at one time the freight yard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O). The city of Xenia has had a long history with railroads, starting in the 1840’s with the Little Miami Railroad (LMRR), followed by the Columbus and Xenia Railroad (C&X) and then the Baltimore & Ohio in the 1890’s. The peak of the railroad in Xenia came in the 1930s. And today, what was the B&O freight yard, is now a hub for 5 regional rail trails, including the Ohio to Erie Trail, which will run from Cincinnati to Cleveland once completed.