Ohio Time - Buckeye Lake to Hamilton - 23rd to 25th August

I've been anxious to visit Hamilton Ohio again and catch up with my cousin, Bill Peacher, and his wonderful wife, Judy.  Always the gracious hosts, Bill and Judy serve a wonderful lunch, fried chicken, corn-on-the-cob, fresh tomatoes, and slaw.  Judy has also baked a wonderful cake and Bill serves it with a generous scoop of vanilla ice cream. 

After the full stomach of delicious food, Bill and I take a trip down memory land.  I share with him a number of photos of homes of our family's past.  We also look at photos of the families of William and Ethel Peacher, our uncle and aunt.  We then settle in for an evening of golf on tv and off to bed.

We wake the morning of the 24th and enjoy a great breakfast of chip-beef-gravy on toast, eggs, sausage, coffee cake, coffee, and orange juice.  A full stomach of delicious food again.  Bill suggests a trip to the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal. Sounds like fun, a museum in the old Cincinnati Union Station.  I'm always up for anything railroad.

 

 

View as we arrive

 

 

Inside the rotunda

 

The first exhibit we see is the "Cincinnati In Motion" - A model of the city of Cincinnati from 1900 through the 1940s with working trains, streetcars and inclines, as well as interactive computer stations that bring Cincinnati's history to life. The detail was amazing and the model was extensive. 

 

 

Downtown Cincinnati

 

Riverboat on the Ohio

 

Another view of downtown

 

Union Station - note the cars and busses passing right through the terminal to drop off or pick up train passengers

 

Cincinnati buildings

 

Roebling bridge across the Ohio

 

Early Red's stadium - the detail was amazing

 

Coney Island amusement park.  The roller coaster really flew.

 

 

 

From the layout of Cincinnati we stop for a brief talk about the history of the Cincinnati Red's and baseball.

 

The next exhibit is "From Settlement to 1860" - We experienced life in early Cincinnati through historically accurate scenes, music and letters, and words from people living in the area. We learned about historical figures from the time—from an early settlement woman, to a steamboat captain docked at the Cincinnati Public Landing. Discover Cincinnati’s role during the Civil War in our Jos. Brown Boat Yard exhibit. Learn about the “Brown Water” navy and how the western rivers were of strategic and logistical importance to the Union. We saw the Early Settlement, Regional Capital and then on to La Belle Riviere before ending up in Queen City of the West!

 





 

 

The Queen of the West

 

Learning about early printing

 

A view inside an early store.

 

Cincinnati Goes to War - We walk ahead through time and see scenes from Cincinnati during World War II

 

A Crosley in a scene from the period

 

Cincinnati Union Terminal - Cincinnati Union Terminal was a significant development in the history of Cincinnati transportation. One of the last great train stations built, Union Terminal has become one of the iconic symbols of the city and one of the most widely regarded examples of the Art Deco style. Since its opening in 1933, Union Terminal has had a long and storied history, from the exciting times of World War II to being the home of three museums.

 

 

A sketch of the terminal from the museum web site

 

 

Beautiful tiled mural showing the changes in transportation at the top and Cincinnati workers through time.

 

A wonderfully tiled ice cream shop - we sampled great hot fudge sundaes

 

We'd love to go back in time and ride a classic steam passenger train

 

Bill waiting to board the next train

 

 

The board room

 

The president's office

 

 

Beautiful artwork outside one of the lounges

 

One of the areas for dining

 

The view of the rail yards from the station tower

 

The board used by the dispatcher to control traffic into and out of the terminal

 

Winton Station

 

Back in the day Winton Station, just outside of Cincinnati was the station where we would arrive from Maryland to visit Uncle Victor and Aunt Marie, Bill Peacher's wonderful parents.  The trip on the B&O Diplomat was always a special treat for me.

 

It was a wonderful day with Bill at the museum and I thank Bill for another wonderful memory.  Back to Hamilton and Judy and Raven for more food and an evening watching golf and football and then off to bed.  Tomorrow, all to quickly, its time to pack and go.  Raven and I are off to Ft. Wayne Indiana and more genealogical research and Bill and Judy are off to Lake Erie for fun times with their friends.  Thank you Bill and Judy for another wonderful visit.  See you in the spring.