Bicycling Through Paradise

Kathleen Smythe is professor of history at Xavier University and the author of Bicycling Through Dayton: Twenty-one Historical Tours, also published by the University of Cincinnati Press. Chris Hanlin is an architect, amateur historian, photographer, and longtime cyclist.

Introduction        
Cycling Advice 
Part I: Waterways                                                        
1.     Path Dependency: Layers of History along the Mill Creek                                                       
        Northside, Ivorydale, Elmwood Place, and Lockland 
2.     William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee Nation                         
        The Ohio River Valley West to Harrison’s Tomb, Shawnee Lookout, and Indiana
3.      Visions and Dreams on the Little Miami Scenic Trail                    
         From Milford to Xenia via Loveland Castle, Kings’ Mills, and George Barrett’s Concrete House 
4.      Floodplains and Hilltops
         Eden and Ault Parks, Cincinnati Observatory, Pioneer Settlement and Lunken Airport 
5.     Following the River: The Story of Mary Ingles
         Alexandria and Bellevue, Kentucky
 6.     Swimming Pools, Parks, and the Integration of Coney Island
7.      The Whitewater Canal Route                                                                 
          Indiana from West Harrison to Cedar Grove, Brookville, and Metamora 
Part II: Paradise
8.      Bicycling Through Paradise                                                                   
         Mariemont, Perintown, Harmony Hill, Felicity, and Utopia
9.     The Party Tour: Breweries and Inclines                                                        
         Amusements Past and Present in Over-The-Rhine
10.    Town and Country                                                                                               
         Mt. Airy Forest, Winton Woods, Greenhills, Glendale and Sharon Woods 
11.    A Holy City: Churches, synagogues, and Shrines
        Northern Kentucky, Downtown Cincinnati, Walnut Hills and Evanston
12.  Immortality and its Consequences                                                      
       Spring Grove, College Hill, Fernald Preserve, and Whitewater Shaker Village 
13.   Immortality, Continued                                                   
        Hamilton, the Hollow Earth Monument, Chrisholm Farmstead, and Miamisburg Mound 
Part III: Big Ideas
14.     Homeland Insecurity                                                                             
          Military Installations from Fort Washington to Newport Barracks to Fort Thomas, Kentucky 
15.      People, Animals, Water, and Salt                                                                               
           Anderson Ferry, Burlington, Kentucky, Rabbit Hash and Big Bone Lick 
16.      Building a Nation’s Soil: The Civilian Conservation Corps                                          
          Big Bone Lick and Walton, Kentucky 
 17.     Black Community Leadership in Madisonville                                                                       
18.      Crosstown Missions                                                                                           
           Xavier University, University of Cincinnati, and Hebrew Union College 
19.      Art Deco Architecture                                                                           
           Lunken Airport, Downtown, Union Terminal, and the Mt. Washington Water Tower 
20.      Industry, Rustbelt, and Re-development                                                   
           Norwood, Oakley, and Madisonville