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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Charles_III_Le_Moyne,_Baron_de_Longueil_(1739)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Charles_III_Le_Moyne,_Baron_de_Longueil_(1739)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Charles III Le Moyne, Baron de Longueil (1739)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Charles_III_Le_Moyne,_Baron_de_Longueil_(1739)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling_(1742)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling_(1742)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.4</span> <span>John Howard and John Peter Salling (1742)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling_(1742)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nineteenth_century" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nineteenth_century"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Nineteenth century</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nineteenth_century-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Free_states_border" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Free_states_border"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Free states border</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Free_states_border-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_border_dispute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_border_dispute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>State border dispute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-State_border_dispute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bridge_collapse" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bridge_collapse"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Bridge collapse</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bridge_collapse-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conservation_area" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conservation_area"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Conservation area</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conservation_area-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ecology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ecology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Ecology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ecology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 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id="toc-River_depth-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-List_of_major_tributaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#List_of_major_tributaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>List of major tributaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-List_of_major_tributaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Drainage_basin" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Drainage_basin"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Drainage basin</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Drainage_basin-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate_transition_zone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate_transition_zone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Climate transition zone</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate_transition_zone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Geology</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Geology-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Geology subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Geology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Upper_Ohio_River" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Upper_Ohio_River"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Upper Ohio River</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Upper_Ohio_River-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Middle_Ohio_River" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Middle_Ohio_River"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Middle Ohio River</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Middle_Ohio_River-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cities_and_towns_along_the_river" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cities_and_towns_along_the_river"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Cities and towns along the river</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cities_and_towns_along_the_river-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recreation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recreation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Recreation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recreation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88" title="نهر أوهايو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="نهر أوهايو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADu_Ohio" title="Ríu Ohio – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Ríu Ohio" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="اوهایو چایی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="اوهایو چایی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%93_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%80" title="ওহাইও নদী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ওহাইও নদী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB%D2%93%D0%B0)" title="Огайо (йылға) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Огайо (йылға)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%8F_(%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Агая (рака) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Агая (рака)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="ओहायो नदी – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="ओहायो नदी" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Охайо (река) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Охайо (река)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%AAr_Ohio" title="Stêr Ohio – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Stêr Ohio" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riu_Ohio" title="Riu Ohio – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Riu Ohio" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%8E%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%B2)" title="Огайо (юханшыв) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Огайо (юханшыв)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River_(suba_sa_Tinipong_Bansa)" title="Ohio River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Ohio River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(%C5%99eka)" title="Ohio (řeka) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ohio (řeka)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ny mw-list-item"><a href="https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mtsinje_wa_Ohio" title="Mtsinje wa Ohio – Nyanja" lang="ny" hreflang="ny" data-title="Mtsinje wa Ohio" data-language-autonym="Chi-Chewa" data-language-local-name="Nyanja" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Chi-Chewa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afon_Ohio" title="Afon Ohio – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Afon Ohio" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohiofloden" title="Ohiofloden – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Ohiofloden" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Ohio River" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_j%C3%B5gi" title="Ohio jõgi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Ohio jõgi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%BF%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%87%CE%AC%CE%B9%CE%BF" title="Ποταμός Οχάιο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ποταμός Οχάιο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Ohio" title="Río Ohio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Río Ohio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rivero)" title="Ohio (rivero) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Ohio (rivero)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(ibaia)" title="Ohio (ibaia) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Ohio (ibaia)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88" title="رود اوهایو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رود اوهایو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rivi%C3%A8re)" title="Ohio (rivière) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Ohio (rivière)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rivier)" title="Ohio (rivier) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Ohio (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(abhainn)" title="Ohio (abhainn) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ohio (abhainn)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Ohio" title="Río Ohio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Río Ohio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B2-h%C3%B2i-ng%C3%B2-h%C3%B2" title="Ngò-hòi-ngò-hò – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Ngò-hòi-ngò-hò" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B4%EC%98%A4%EA%B0%95" title="오하이오강 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="오하이오강" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogin_Ohio" title="Kogin Ohio – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Kogin Ohio" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%95%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B8_(%D5%A3%D5%A5%D5%BF)" title="Օհայո (գետ) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Օհայո (գետ)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rijeka)" title="Ohio (rijeka) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Ohio (rijeka)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivero_Ohio" title="Rivero Ohio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Rivero Ohio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Ohio" title="Sungai Ohio – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Sungai Ohio" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%86%C3%A6%D1%83%D0%B3%C3%A6%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD)" title="Огайо (цæугæдон) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Огайо (цæугæдон)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(fiume)" title="Ohio (fiume) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Ohio (fiume)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%94%D7%99%D7%95_(%D7%A0%D7%94%D7%A8)" title="אוהיו (נהר) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אוהיו (נהר)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%92%E0%B2%B9%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8A_%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%BF" title="ಒಹಾಯೊ ನದಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಒಹಾಯೊ ನದಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_(%E1%83%9B%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94)" title="ოჰაიო (მდინარე) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ოჰაიო (მდინარე)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(mto)" title="Ohio (mto) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ohio (mto)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owayo_(rivy%C3%A8)" title="Owayo (rivyè) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Owayo (rivyè)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE" title="Огайо – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Огайо" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohium_(flumen)" title="Ohium (flumen) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Ohium (flumen)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohaio_(upe)" title="Ohaio (upe) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ohaio (upe)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohajas_(up%C4%97)" title="Ohajas (upė) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ohajas (upė)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(foly%C3%B3)" title="Ohio (folyó) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Ohio (folyó)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%92%E0%B4%B9%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8B_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%A6%E0%B4%BF" title="ഒഹായോ നദി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഒഹായോ നദി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="ओहायो नदी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ओहायो नदी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_(%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3)" title="ოჰაიო (წყარმალუ) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ოჰაიო (წყარმალუ)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88" title="نهر اوهايو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نهر اوهايو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sungai_Ohio" title="Sungai Ohio – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sungai Ohio" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rivier)" title="Ohio (rivier) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Ohio (rivier)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E5%B7%9D" title="オハイオ川 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="オハイオ川" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(elv)" title="Ohio (elv) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Ohio (elv)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohioelva" title="Ohioelva – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Ohioelva" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogayo_(daryo)" title="Ogayo (daryo) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ogayo (daryo)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%93%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%88%E0%A8%93_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80" title="ਓਹਾਈਓ ਨਦੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਓਹਾਈਓ ਨਦੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%88" title="دریائے اوہائیو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دریائے اوہائیو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(fium)" title="Ohio (fium) – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Ohio (fium)" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rzeka)" title="Ohio (rzeka) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ohio (rzeka)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Ohio" title="Rio Ohio – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Rio Ohio" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(Floss)" title="Ohio (Floss) – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Ohio (Floss)" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A2ul_Ohio" title="Râul Ohio – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Râul Ohio" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Огайо (река) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Огайо (река)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_River" title="Ohio River – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Ohio River" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rieka)" title="Ohio (rieka) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Ohio (rieka)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(reka)" title="Ohio (reka) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Ohio (reka)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%BE_(%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0)" title="Охајо (река) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Охајо (река)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(rijeka)" title="Ohio (rijeka) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Ohio (rijeka)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(joki)" title="Ohio (joki) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Ohio (joki)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohiofloden" title="Ohiofloden – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Ohiofloden" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%92%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AF%8B_%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81" title="ஒகையோ ஆறு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="ஒகையோ ஆறு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%AE%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%AD" title="แม่น้ำโอไฮโอ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="แม่น้ำโอไฮโอ" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Nehri" title="Ohio Nehri – 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The jetty on the left is the entrance to the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" title="Louisville and Portland Canal">Louisville and Portland Canal</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ohiorivermap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ohiorivermap.png/300px-Ohiorivermap.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ohiorivermap.png/450px-Ohiorivermap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Ohiorivermap.png 2x" data-file-width="467" data-file-height="469" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ohio River basin</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 300px; height: 250px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="300" 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href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_PA" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, PA">Pittsburgh, PA</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Liverpool,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="East Liverpool, OH">East Liverpool, OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steubenville,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Steubenville, OH">Steubenville, OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_WV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheeling, WV">Wheeling, WV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_WV" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg, WV">Parkersburg, WV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_WV" class="mw-redirect" title="Huntington, WV">Huntington, WV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ashland,_KY" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashland, KY">Ashland, KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Portsmouth, OH">Portsmouth, OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_OH" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, OH">Cincinnati, OH</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_KY" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville, KY">Louisville, KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Owensboro,_KY" class="mw-redirect" title="Owensboro, KY">Owensboro, KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_IN" class="mw-redirect" title="Evansville, IN">Evansville, IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_KY" class="mw-redirect" title="Henderson, KY">Henderson, KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Vernon,_IN" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Vernon, IN">Mount Vernon, IN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paducah,_KY" class="mw-redirect" title="Paducah, KY">Paducah, KY</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_IL" class="mw-redirect" title="Cairo, IL">Cairo, IL</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Allegany_Township,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegany Township, Pennsylvania">Allegany Township</a>, <a href="/wiki/Potter_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Potter County, Pennsylvania">Potter County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ohio_River&params=41_52_22_N_77_52_30_W_region:US-PA_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">41°52′22″N</span> <span class="longitude">77°52′30″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">41.87278°N 77.87500°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">41.87278; -77.87500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,240 ft (680 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">2nd source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fairmont,_West_Virginia" title="Fairmont, West Virginia">Fairmont</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ohio_River&params=39_27_53_N_80_09_13_W_region:US-WV_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°27′53″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°09′13″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.46472°N 80.15361°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.46472; -80.15361</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">880 ft (270 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Source confluence</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ohio_River&params=40_26_32_N_80_00_52_W_region:US-PA_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°26′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">80°00′52″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.44222°N 80.01444°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.44222; -80.01444</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • elevation</span></th><td class="infobox-data">730 ft (220 m)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">Mouth</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • location</div></th><td class="infobox-data">at <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a> / <a href="/wiki/Ballard_County,_Kentucky" title="Ballard County, Kentucky">Ballard County, Kentucky</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • coordinates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ohio_River&params=36_59_12_N_89_07_50_W_region:US-IL_type:river"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">36°59′12″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°07′50″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">36.98667°N 89.13056°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">36.98667; -89.13056</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display:inline;font-weight:normal"> • elevation</div></th><td class="infobox-data">290 ft (88 m)</td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">981 mi (1,579 km)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Basin size</th><td class="infobox-data">203,940 sq mi (528,200 km<sup>2</sup>)<sup id="cite_ref-Ohio_River_Basin_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ohio_River_Basin-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo</a><sup id="cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leeden1990-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 1951–1980)281,000 cu ft/s (8,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leeden1990-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Olmsted,_Illinois" title="Olmsted, Illinois">Olmsted</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 2013–2023)338,000 cu ft/s (9,600 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">40,300 cu ft/s (1,140 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(2016/10/14)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,240,000 cu ft/s (35,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(2019/02/24)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Metropolis,_Illinois" title="Metropolis, Illinois">Metropolis</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 1928–2014)279,100 cu ft/s (7,900 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">15,000 cu ft/s (420 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(1930/07/20)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,850,000 cu ft/s (52,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(1937/02/01)<sup id="cite_ref-USGS_03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS_03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03611500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_METROPOLIS,_IL-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 1929–2020)120,800 cu ft/s (3,420 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">877 cu ft/s (24.8 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(2010/09/21)<sup id="cite_ref-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1,110,000 cu ft/s (31,000 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(1937/01/27)<sup id="cite_ref-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03294500_OHIO_RIVER_AT_LOUISVILLE,_KY-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Discharge</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • location</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Pittsburgh" title="Greater Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • average</span></th><td class="infobox-data">(Period: 1934–2023)34,020 cu ft/s (963 m<sup>3</sup>/s)<sup id="cite_ref-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • minimum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">2,100 cu ft/s (59 m<sup>3</sup>/s)(1957/09/04)<sup id="cite_ref-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • maximum</span></th><td class="infobox-data">574,000 cu ft/s (16,300 m<sup>3</sup>/s) (1936/03/18)<sup id="cite_ref-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-03086000_OHIO_RIVER_AT_SEWICKLEY,_PA-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #CEDEFF;color: #202122;">Basin features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Progression</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> → <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Tributaries</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • left</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Little_Kanawha_River" title="Little Kanawha River">Little Kanawha River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_River" title="Kanawha River">Kanawha River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guyandotte_River" title="Guyandotte River">Guyandotte River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Sandy_River_(Ohio_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Sandy River (Ohio River)">Big Sandy River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Sandy_River_(Kentucky)" title="Little Sandy River (Kentucky)">Little Sandy River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Licking_River_(Kentucky)" title="Licking River (Kentucky)">Licking River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River" title="Kentucky River">Kentucky River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Salt_River_(Kentucky)" title="Salt River (Kentucky)">Salt River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_River_(Kentucky)" title="Green River (Kentucky)">Green River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River" title="Cumberland River">Cumberland River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a></td></tr><tr style="padding: 0 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;line-height: 1.2em;"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="font-weight:normal"> • right</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beaver_River_(Pennsylvania)" title="Beaver River (Pennsylvania)">Beaver River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Muskingum_River" title="Little Muskingum River">Little Muskingum River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muskingum_River" title="Muskingum River">Muskingum River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Hocking_River" title="Little Hocking River">Little Hocking River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hocking_River" title="Hocking River">Hocking River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shade_River" title="Shade River">Shade River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scioto_River" title="Scioto River">Scioto River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Little_Miami_River" title="Little Miami River">Little Miami River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Great_Miami_River" title="Great Miami River">Great Miami River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wabash_River" title="Wabash River">Wabash River</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ohio River</b> is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">river</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. It is located at the boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern" class="mw-redirect" title="Midwestern">Midwestern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a>, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> to its <a href="/wiki/River_mouth" title="River mouth">mouth</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> at the southern tip of <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United States and the largest <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> by volume of the north-south flowing Mississippi River, which divides the eastern from western United States.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the sixth oldest river on the North American continent. The river flows through or along the border of six <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">states</a>, and its <a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">drainage basin</a> includes parts of 14 states. Through its largest tributary, the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a>, the basin includes several states of the <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_U.S." class="mw-redirect" title="Southeastern U.S.">southeastern U.S.</a> It is the source of <a href="/wiki/Drinking_water" title="Drinking water">drinking water</a> for five million people.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The river became a primary transportation route for pioneers during the westward expansion of the early U.S. The lower Ohio River just below Louisville was obstructed by rapids known as the <a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls of the Ohio">Falls of the Ohio</a> where the elevation falls 26 feet (7.9 m) in 2 miles (3.2 km) restricting larger commercial navigation, although in the 18th and early 19th century its three deepest channels could be traversed by a wide variety of craft then in use. In 1830, the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" title="Louisville and Portland Canal">Louisville and Portland Canal</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/McAlpine_Locks_and_Dam" title="McAlpine Locks and Dam">McAlpine Locks and Dam</a>) bypassed the rapids, allowing even larger commercial and modern navigation from the <a href="/wiki/Forks_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Forks of the Ohio">Forks of the Ohio</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Port_of_New_Orleans" title="Port of New Orleans">Port of New Orleans</a> at the mouth of the Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico. Since the "canalization" of the river in 1929, the Ohio has not been a natural free-flowing river; today, it is divided into 21 discrete pools or reservoirs by 20 locks and dams for navigation and power generation.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The name "Ohio" comes from the <a href="/wiki/Seneca_language" title="Seneca language">Seneca</a>, <span title="Seneca-language text"><i lang="see">Ohi:yo'</i></span>, <small>lit.</small> "Good River".<sup id="cite_ref-Bright_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bright-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his <i><a href="/wiki/Notes_on_the_State_of_Virginia" title="Notes on the State of Virginia">Notes on the State of Virginia</a></i> published in 1781–82, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> stated: "The Ohio is the most beautiful river on earth. Its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks and rapids, a single instance only excepted."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>, Britain's <a href="/wiki/Trans-Appalachia" title="Trans-Appalachia">trans-Appalachian</a> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Reserve">Indian Reserve</a> was divided by the river into colonial lands to the south and Native American lands to the north. In the late 18th century, the river became the southern boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>. The river is sometimes considered as the western extension of the <a href="/wiki/Mason%E2%80%93Dixon_line" title="Mason–Dixon line">Mason–Dixon line</a> that divided <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> from <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, and thus part of the border between <a href="/wiki/Slave_states_and_free_states" title="Slave states and free states">free</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States" title="Slavery in the United States">slave</a> territory, and between the <a href="/wiki/Northern_United_States" title="Northern United States">Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern United States</a> or <a href="/wiki/Upper_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper South">Upper South</a>. Where the river was narrow, it was crossed by thousands of slaves escaping to the North for freedom; many were helped by free blacks and whites of the <a href="/wiki/Underground_Railroad" title="Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</a> resistance movement. </p><p>The Ohio River is a climatic transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid subtropical">humid subtropical</a> and <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid continental">humid continental</a> climate areas. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates. Today, the Ohio River is one of the most polluted rivers in the United States. In winter, it regularly freezes over at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> but rarely farther south towards <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a>. Further down the river in places like <a href="/wiki/Paducah" class="mw-redirect" title="Paducah">Paducah</a> and <a href="/wiki/Owensboro" class="mw-redirect" title="Owensboro">Owensboro</a>, Kentucky, closer to its confluence with the Mississippi, the Ohio is ice-free year-round. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "Ohio" comes from the <a href="/wiki/Seneca_language" title="Seneca language">Seneca language</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Iroquoian_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Iroquoian language">Iroquoian language</a>), <span title="Seneca-language text"><i lang="see">Ohi:yo'</i></span> (roughly pronounced oh-hee-yoh, with the vowel in "hee" <a href="/wiki/Vowel_length" title="Vowel length">held longer</a>), a proper name derived from <span title="Seneca-language text"><i lang="see">ohiːyoːh</i></span> ("good river"), therefore literally translating to "Good River".<sup id="cite_ref-Bright_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bright-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Great river" and "large creek" have also been given as translations.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mithun312_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mithun312-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a>, including the <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> and <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a>, considered the Ohio and <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny</a> rivers as the same, as is suggested by a New York State road sign on <a href="/wiki/Interstate_86_(Pennsylvania%E2%80%93New_York)" title="Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York)">Interstate 86</a> that refers to the Allegheny River also as <span title="Seneca-language text"><i lang="see">Ohi:yo'</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the <a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">Geographic Names Information System</a> lists <i>O-hee-yo</i> and <i>O-hi-o</i> as variant names for the Allegheny.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An earlier <a href="/wiki/Miami-Illinois_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Miami-Illinois language">Miami-Illinois language</a> name was also applied to the Ohio River, <span title="Miami-Illinois-language text"><i lang="mia">Mosopeleacipi</i></span> ("river of the <a href="/wiki/Mosopelea" title="Mosopelea">Mosopelea</a>" tribe). Shortened in the <a href="/wiki/Shawnee_language" title="Shawnee language">Shawnee language</a> to <span title="Shawnee-language text"><i lang="sjw">pelewa thiipi</i></span>, <span title="Shawnee-language text"><i lang="sjw">spelewathiipi</i></span> or <span title="Shawnee-language text"><i lang="sjw">peleewa thiipiiki</i></span>, the name evolved through variant forms such as "Polesipi", "Peleson", "Pele Sipi" and "Pere Sipi", and eventually stabilized to the variant spellings "Pelisipi", "Pelisippi" and "Pellissippi". Originally applied just to the Ohio River, the "Pelisipi" name later was variously applied back and forth between the Ohio River and the <a href="/wiki/Clinch_River" title="Clinch River">Clinch River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pstcc_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pstcc-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In his original draft of the <a href="/wiki/Land_Ordinance_of_1784" title="Land Ordinance of 1784">Land Ordinance of 1784</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> proposed a new state called "Pelisipia", to the south of the Ohio River, which would have included parts of present-day Eastern <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, Virginia and <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-pstcc_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pstcc-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precolumbian">Precolumbian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Precolumbian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22,_1858.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg/220px-Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg/330px-Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg/440px-Steamboat_%22Morning_Star%22%2C_1858.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5922" data-file-height="4730" /></a><figcaption>Steamboat <i>Morning Star</i>, a Louisville and Evansville mail packet, in 1858</figcaption></figure> <p>The river had great significance in the history of the <a href="/wiki/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States" title="Native Americans in the United States">Native Americans</a>, as numerous prehistoric and historic civilizations formed along its valley.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For thousands of years, Native Americans used the river as a major transportation and trading route.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeese-2004_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNeese-2004-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the five centuries before European colonization, the <a href="/wiki/Mississippian_culture" title="Mississippian culture">Mississippian culture</a> built numerous regional <a href="/wiki/Chiefdom" title="Chiefdom">chiefdoms</a> and major <a href="/wiki/Earthworks_(archaeology)" title="Earthworks (archaeology)">earthwork mounds</a> in the Ohio Valley like the <a href="/wiki/Angel_Mounds" title="Angel Mounds">Angel Mounds</a> near <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a> as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi Valley">Mississippi Valley</a> and the Southeast. The historic <a href="/wiki/Osage_Nation" title="Osage Nation">Osage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Omaha_people" title="Omaha people">Omaha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ponca" title="Ponca">Ponca</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kaw_(tribe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaw (tribe)">Kaw</a> peoples lived in the Ohio Valley. Under pressure over the fur trade from the <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> nations to the northeast, they migrated west of the Mississippi River in the 17th century to the territory now defined as <a href="/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas" title="Arkansas">Arkansas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_discovery">European discovery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: European discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several accounts exist of the discovery and traversal of the Ohio River by Europeans in the latter half of the 17th century: Virginian colonist <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Wood" title="Abraham Wood">Abraham Wood</a>'s trans-Appalachian expeditions between 1654 and 1664;<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frenchman <a href="/wiki/Robert_de_La_Salle" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert de La Salle">Robert de La Salle</a>'s putative Ohio expedition of 1669;<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and two expeditions of Virginians sponsored by Colonel Wood: the <a href="/wiki/Batts_and_Fallam_expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="Batts and Fallam expedition">Batts and Fallam expedition</a> of 1671,<sup id="cite_ref-ricebrown_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ricebrown-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Needham and Arthur expedition of 1673–74.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Exploration_and_settlement">Exploration and settlement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Exploration and settlement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Arnout_Viele_(1693)"><span id="Arnout_Viele_.281693.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Arnout_Viele,_1693"></span>Arnout Viele (1693)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Arnout Viele (1693)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early autumn 1692, loyal English-speaking <a href="/wiki/New_Amsterdam" title="New Amsterdam">Dutchman</a> Arnout Viele and a party of eleven companions from <a href="/wiki/Esopus,_New_York" title="Esopus, New York">Esopus</a><sup id="cite_ref-Hanna2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hanna2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>—Europeans, <a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee</a>, and a few loyal Delaware guides—were sent by the governor of New York to trade with the Shawnee and bring them into the English sphere of influence.<sup id="cite_ref-buck_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buck-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viele understood several Native American languages, which made him valuable as an interpreter. He is credited with being the first European to travel and explore <a href="/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania" title="Western Pennsylvania">western Pennsylvania</a> and the upper Ohio Valley. Viele made contact with Native American nations as far west as the <a href="/wiki/Wabash_River" title="Wabash River">Wabash River</a>, in present-day Indiana.<sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He and his company left <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>, traveling southbound and crossing portions of present-day New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. They apparently followed the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_River#West_Branch_Susquehanna" title="Susquehanna River">west branch of the Susquehanna River</a> into the mountains, traversing the <a href="/wiki/Tioga_River_(Chemung_River_tributary)" title="Tioga River (Chemung River tributary)">Tioga River</a> and reaching a tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny River</a> before floating down to the Shawnee towns along the Ohio River.<sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viele and his expedition spent most of 1693 exploring the Ohio River and its tributaries in northern Kentucky with their Shawnee hosts.<sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gerit Luykasse, two of Viele's Dutch traders, and two Shawnee reappeared in Albany in February 1694 "to fetch powder for Arnout [Viele] and his Company";<sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> their party had been gone for fifteen months, but Viele was away for about two years.<sup id="cite_ref-ricebrown_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ricebrown-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and his companions returned from the Pennsylvania wilderness in August 1694, accompanied by diplomats from "seven Nations of Indians" who sought trade with the English (or peace with the powerful Iroquois nations of New York and Pennsylvania), and hundreds of Shawnee who intended to relocate in the <a href="/wiki/Minisink" title="Minisink">Minisink</a> country on the upper <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-buck_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-buck-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-allen_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allen-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gaspard-Joseph_Chaussegros_de_Léry_(1729)"><span id="Gaspard-Joseph_Chaussegros_de_L.C3.A9ry_.281729.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Gaspard-Joseph_Chaussegros_de_Léry,_1729"></span>Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1729)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1729)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Land_surveying_in_Kentucky" title="Land surveying in Kentucky">Land surveying in Kentucky</a></div> <p>In 1729, <a href="/wiki/Gaspard-Joseph_Chaussegros_de_L%C3%A9ry_(1682-1756)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1682-1756)">Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry</a>, a French architect and surveyor whose survey was the first <a href="/wiki/Cartography" title="Cartography">mapping</a> of the Ohio River,<sup id="cite_ref-jillson_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jillson-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> led an expedition of French troops from Fort Niagara down the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny</a> and Ohio Rivers as far as the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Miami_River" title="Great Miami River">Great Miami River</a> near Big Bone Lick and possibly the Falls of the Ohio (present-day <a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Hanna2_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hanna2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chaussegros de Lery mapped the Great Lakes in 1725, and engineered the Niagara fortifications in 1726.<sup id="cite_ref-osmon_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osmon-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>I am indebted for the topographical details of the course of this River to M. de Lery, Engineer, who surveyed it with the compass at the time that he descended it with a detachment of French troops in 1729.</p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><a href="/wiki/Jacques-Nicolas_Bellin" title="Jacques-Nicolas Bellin">Jacques-Nicolas Bellin</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanna1911126_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanna1911126-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>A map of the Ohio River valley, drawn by Bellin from observations by de Lery, is in <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Fran%C3%A7ois_Xavier_de_Charlevoix" title="Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix">Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix</a>'s <i>History of New France</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bellin_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bellin-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1744 Bellin map, "Map of Louisiana" (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Carte de La Louisiane</i>), has an inscription at a point south of the Ohio River and north of the Falls: "Place where one found the ivory of Elephant in 1729" (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">endroit ou on à trouvé des os d'Elephant en 1729</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> De Lery's men found teeth weighing ten pounds (4.5 kg) with a diameter of five to seven inches (130 to 180 mm), tusks 11 feet (3.4 m) long and 6–7 inches (150–180 mm) in diameter, and thigh bones 5 feet (1.5 m) long.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bones were collected and shipped to Paris, where they were identified as <a href="/wiki/Mastodon" title="Mastodon">mastodon</a> remains; they are on display at the <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Natural_History,_France" title="National Museum of Natural History, France">French National Natural History Museum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-jillson_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jillson-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-osmon_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osmon-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Charles_III_Le_Moyne,_Baron_de_Longueil_(1739)"><span id="Charles_III_Le_Moyne.2C_Baron_de_Longueil_.281739.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="Charles_Le_Moyne_III,_Baron_de_Longueil,_1739"></span>Charles III Le Moyne, Baron de Longueil (1739)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Charles III Le Moyne, Baron de Longueil (1739)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Charles_III_Le_Moyne" title="Charles III Le Moyne">Charles III Le Moyne</a>, second <a href="/wiki/Baron_de_Longueuil" title="Baron de Longueuil">Baron de Longueuil</a> (later the governor of <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a> and interim governor of <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a>), commanded <a href="/wiki/Fort_Niagara" title="Fort Niagara">Fort Niagara</a> from 1726 to 1733.<sup id="cite_ref-jillson_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jillson-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He led an expedition of 442 men, including Native Americans, from Montreal to war against the <a href="/wiki/Chickasaw" title="Chickasaw">Chickasaw</a> who occupied territory on the lower part of the Mississippi River in the area claimed as <a href="/wiki/La_Louisiane" class="mw-redirect" title="La Louisiane">La Louisiane</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Gaston_Pierre_de_L%C3%A9vis" title="Gaston Pierre de Lévis">Gaston Pierre de Lévis</a>, Duke de Mirepoix, the expedition used the Ohio River as a corridor to the Mississippi. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Among the officers who accompanied this party were Major de Lignery; Lieutenants, de Vassan, Aubert de Gaspe, Du Vivier, de Verrier, Le Gardeur de St. Pierre, Chevalier de Villiers, de Portneuf, de Sabrevious; Father Vernet, chaplain; Cadets, <a href="/wiki/Daniel-Marie_Chabert_de_Joncaire_de_Clausonne" title="Daniel-Marie Chabert de Joncaire de Clausonne">Joncaire de Closonne</a>, Le Gai de Joncaire, Drouet de Richarville the younger, Chaussegros de Lery the younger, de Gannes, Chev. Benoist, de Morville, de Selles, and seventeen others. The rank and file consisted of three sergeants, six corporals, six lance corporals, twenty-four soldiers, forty-five <i><a href="/wiki/Habitants" title="Habitants">habitants</a></i>, one hundred and eighty-six <a href="/wiki/Iroquois" title="Iroquois">Iroquois</a> from the Sault, forty-one from the <a href="/wiki/Lake_of_Two_Mountains" title="Lake of Two Mountains">Lake of Two Mountains</a>, thirty-two <a href="/wiki/Algonquian_peoples" title="Algonquian peoples">Algonquin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nipissing_First_Nation" title="Nipissing First Nation">Nipissing</a>, fifty <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaqui</a> from St. Francois and Bécancour, Quebec; Father La Bretonnier, Jesuit; Queret, missionary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanna1911239_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanna1911239-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>One of the first reported eyewitness accounts of <a href="/wiki/Shannoah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shannoah">Shannoah</a>, a Shawnee town, was by le Moyne III in July 1739. On their journey down the Ohio River toward the Mississippi, they met with local chiefs in a village on the <a href="/wiki/Scioto_River" title="Scioto River">Scioto River</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling_(1742)"><span id="John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling_.281742.29"></span><span class="anchor" id="John_Howard_and_John_Peter_Salling,_1742"></span>John Howard and John Peter Salling (1742)</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: John Howard and John Peter Salling (1742)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>John Howard, a pioneer from Virginia, led a party of five—<a href="/wiki/John_Peter_Salling" title="John Peter Salling">John Peter Salling</a> (a Pennsylvania German),<sup id="cite_ref-draper_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draper-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Josiah Howard (John's son), Charles Sinclair, and John Poteet (Vizt)—from the Virginia mountains to the Mississippi River.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The elder Howard had a promised reward of 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) of land for a successful expedition from the Virginia Royal Governor's Council to reinforce British claims in the west. Howard offered equal shares of the 10,000 acres to the four other members of his expedition. The party of five left John Peter Salling's house in August County on March 16, 1742, and traveled west to <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Creek_(North_Fork_Shenandoah_River_tributary)" title="Cedar Creek (North Fork Shenandoah River tributary)">Cedar Creek</a> (near the Natural Bridge), crossing <a href="/wiki/Greenbrier_River" title="Greenbrier River">Greenbrier River</a> and landing at the <a href="/wiki/New_River_(Kanawha_River_tributary)" title="New River (Kanawha River tributary)">New River</a>. At New River, the Virginia explorers built a large <a href="/wiki/Bull_boat" title="Bull boat">bull boat</a> frame and covered it with five buffalo skins. The first Englishmen to explore the region then followed the New River for 250 miles (400 km), until it became too dangerous to navigate. At a large waterfall, they traveled overland to the <a href="/wiki/Coal_River_(West_Virginia)" title="Coal River (West Virginia)">Coal River</a>. Following the <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_River" title="Kanawha River">Kanawha River</a>, they entered the Ohio River 444 miles (715 km) above the falls. The Virginia pioneers traced the northern boundary of Kentucky for five hundred miles (800 km), reaching the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> on June 7.<sup id="cite_ref-harrison_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harrison-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-forbes_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-forbes-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rice_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rice-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They descended just below the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_River" title="Arkansas River">Arkansas River</a>, where they were ambushed by a large company of Native Americans, Blacks and Frenchmen on July 2, 1742; one or two of Howard's men were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rest were brought to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> and imprisoned as spies.<sup id="cite_ref-draper_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-draper-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After two years in prison, Salling escaped on October 25, 1744, and returned on a southern route to his home in <a href="/wiki/Augusta_County,_Virginia" title="Augusta County, Virginia">Augusta County, Virginia</a>, in May 1745. John Howard was extradited to France to stand trial. His ship was intercepted by the English and, as a free man, he reported his adventures after landing in London; however, his account has been lost.<sup id="cite_ref-harrison_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harrison-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rice_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rice-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Salling's detailed account of Virginia's adjacent lands was used in Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson's 1751 map.<sup id="cite_ref-harrison_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-harrison-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rice_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rice-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1749, the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Company" title="Ohio Company">Ohio Company</a> was established in <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Colony">Virginia Colony</a> to settle and trade in the Ohio River region. Exploration of the territory and trade with the Indians in the region near the <a href="/wiki/Forks_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Forks of the Ohio">Forks</a> brought white colonists from both <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> and Virginia across the mountains, and both colonies claimed the territory. The movement across the Allegheny Mountains of Anglo-American settlers and the claims of the area near modern-day Pittsburgh led to conflict with the French, who had forts in the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Country" title="Ohio Country">Ohio River Valley</a>. This conflict was called the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>, and would merge into the global Anglo-French struggle, the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>. In 1763, following its defeat in the war, France ceded its area east of the Mississippi River to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Britain</a> and its area west of the Mississippi River to <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1763_Treaty_of_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="1763 Treaty of Paris">1763 Treaty of Paris</a>. </p><p>The 1768 <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Fort_Stanwix" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of Fort Stanwix">Treaty of Fort Stanwix</a> with several tribes opened Kentucky to colonial settlement and established the Ohio River as a southern boundary for American Indian territory.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1774 the <a href="/wiki/Quebec_Act" title="Quebec Act">Quebec Act</a> restored the land east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River to <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%931791)" title="Province of Quebec (1763–1791)">Quebec</a>, in effect making the Ohio the southern boundary of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>. This appeased <a href="/wiki/French_Canadians" title="French Canadians">French Canadians</a> in Quebec but angered the colonists of the <a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lord_Dunmore%27s_War" title="Lord Dunmore's War">Lord Dunmore's War</a> south of the Ohio river also contributed to cession of land north to Quebec to prevent colonial expansion onto Native American territory. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">Revolutionary War</a>. in 1776 the British military engineer <a href="/wiki/John_Montr%C3%A9sor" class="mw-redirect" title="John Montrésor">John Montrésor</a> created a map of the river showing the strategic location of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pitt_(Pennsylvania)" title="Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)">Fort Pitt</a>, including specific navigational information about the Ohio River's rapids and tributaries in that area.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/1783_Treaty_of_Paris" class="mw-redirect" title="1783 Treaty of Paris">1783 Treaty of Paris</a> gave the entire Ohio Valley to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, and numerous white settlers entered the region. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg/220px-Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg/330px-Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg/440px-Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge_Lithograph.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="1644" /></a><figcaption>Built between 1847 and 1849, the <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge" title="Wheeling Suspension Bridge">Wheeling Suspension Bridge</a> was the first bridge across the river and a crucial part of the National Road.</figcaption></figure> <p>The economic connection of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Country" title="Ohio Country">Ohio Country</a> to the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East</a> was significantly increased in 1818 when the <a href="/wiki/National_Road" title="National Road">National Road</a> being built westward from <a href="/wiki/Cumberland,_Maryland" title="Cumberland, Maryland">Cumberland, Maryland</a>, reached <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Wheeling, Virginia">Wheeling, Virginia</a>, (now <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>), providing an easier overland connection from the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a> to the Ohio River.<sup id="cite_ref-WDL2_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDL2-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Suspension_Bridge" title="Wheeling Suspension Bridge">Wheeling Suspension Bridge</a> was built over the river at Wheeling from 1847 to 1849, making the trip west easier. For a brief time, until 1851, it was the world's largest suspension bridge. The bridge survived the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, after having been improved in 1859. It was renovated again in 1872, and remains in use as the oldest vehicular suspension bridge in the U.S. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a> was founded in 1778 as a military encampment on <a href="/wiki/Corn_Island_(Kentucky)" title="Corn Island (Kentucky)">Corn Island</a> (now submerged) by General George Rogers Clark at the only major natural navigational barrier on the river, the <a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls of the Ohio">Falls of the Ohio</a>. The Falls were a series of rapids where the river dropped 26 feet (7.9 m) in a stretch of about 2 miles (3.2 km). In this area, the river flowed over hard, fossil-rich beds of <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>. The outpost was moved that same year to the south shore where <a href="/wiki/Fort-on-Shore" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort-on-Shore">Fort-on-Shore</a> was constructed. It proved insufficient within 3 years, and the mighty <a href="/wiki/Fort_Nelson_(Kentucky)" title="Fort Nelson (Kentucky)">Fort Nelson</a> was constructed upriver. The town of Louisville was chartered in 1780, in honor of King Louis XVI of France. The first <a href="/wiki/Lock_(water_transport)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lock (water transport)">locks</a> on the river – the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" title="Louisville and Portland Canal">Louisville and Portland Canal</a> – were built between 1825 and 1830 to circumnavigate the falls. Fears that Louisville's transshipment industry would collapse proved ill-founded: but the increasing size of steamships and barges on the river meant that the outdated locks could serve only the smallest vessels until well after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a> when improvements were made. The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Corps_of_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Corps of Engineers">U.S. Army Corps of Engineers</a> improvements were expanded again in the 1960s, forming the present-day <a href="/wiki/McAlpine_Locks_and_Dam" title="McAlpine Locks and Dam">McAlpine Locks and Dam</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nineteenth_century">Nineteenth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Nineteenth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the nineteenth century, emigrants from Virginia, North Carolina and Kentucky traveled by the river and settled along its northern bank. Known as <a href="/wiki/Butternut_(people)" title="Butternut (people)">butternuts</a>, they formed the dominant culture in the southern portions of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois with a society that was primarily <a href="/wiki/Southern_United_States" title="Southern United States">Southern</a> in culture. Largely devoted to agricultural pursuits, they shipped much of their produce along the river to ports such as Cincinnati.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg/220px-Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg/330px-Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg/440px-Karl_Bodmer_Travels_in_America_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1206" /></a><figcaption><i>Cave-in-rock, view on the Ohio</i> (circa 1832, <a href="/wiki/Cave-in-Rock_State_Park" title="Cave-in-Rock State Park">Cave-In-Rock, Illinois</a>): aquatint by <a href="/wiki/Karl_Bodmer" title="Karl Bodmer">Karl Bodmer</a> from the book <i>Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834</i></figcaption></figure> <p>Because the Ohio River flowed westward, it became a convenient means of westward movement by pioneers traveling from western Pennsylvania. After reaching the mouth of the Ohio, settlers would travel north on the Mississippi River to <a href="/wiki/St._Louis,_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>. There, some continued on up the <a href="/wiki/Missouri_River" title="Missouri River">Missouri River</a>, some up the Mississippi, and some farther west over land routes. In the early 19th century, <a href="/wiki/River_pirate" title="River pirate">river pirates</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Mason" title="Samuel Mason">Samuel Mason</a>, operating out of <a href="/wiki/Cave-In-Rock,_Illinois" title="Cave-In-Rock, Illinois">Cave-In-Rock, Illinois</a>, waylaid travelers on their way down the river. They killed travelers, stealing their goods and scuttling their boats. The folktales about <a href="/wiki/Mike_Fink" title="Mike Fink">Mike Fink</a> recall the <a href="/wiki/Keelboat" title="Keelboat">keelboats</a> used for commerce in the early days of American settlement. The Ohio River boatmen inspired performer <a href="/wiki/Dan_Emmett" title="Dan Emmett">Dan Emmett</a>, who in 1843 wrote the song "<a href="/wiki/The_Boatman%27s_Dance" title="The Boatman's Dance">The Boatman's Dance</a>". </p><p>Trading boats and ships traveled south on the Mississippi to <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a>, and sometimes beyond to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a> and other ports in the Americas and Europe. This provided a much-needed export route for goods from the west since the trek east over the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a> was long and arduous. The need for access to the port of New Orleans by settlers in the Ohio Valley is one of the factors that led to the United States' <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase" title="Louisiana Purchase">Louisiana Purchase</a> in 1803. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Free_states_border">Free states border</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Free states border"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Because the river is the southern border of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, it was part of the border between <a href="/wiki/Free_states_and_slave_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Free states and slave states">free states and slave states</a> in the years before the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. One antebellum <a href="/wiki/Slave_trade_in_the_United_States" title="Slave trade in the United States">slave trader</a> reported that they kept slaves chained two-by-two while navigating the Ohio, only when they reached the Mississippi could the slaves be unchained for a time, because "there was slavery on both sides of the boat."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The expression "sold down the river" originated as a lament of Upper South slaves, especially from Kentucky, who were shipped via the Ohio and Mississippi to cotton and sugar plantations in the <a href="/wiki/Deep_South" title="Deep South">Deep South</a>. Changes in crops cultivated in the Upper South resulted in slaves available to be sold to the South, where the expansion of cotton plantations was doing very well. Invention of the <a href="/wiki/Cotton_gin" title="Cotton gin">cotton gin</a> made cultivation of short-staple cotton profitable throughout the Black Belt of this region.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Before and during the Civil War, the Ohio River was called the "<a href="/wiki/River_Jordan" class="mw-redirect" title="River Jordan">River Jordan</a>" by slaves crossing it to escape to freedom in the North via the <a href="/wiki/Underground_Railroad" title="Underground Railroad">Underground Railroad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More escaping slaves, estimated in the thousands, made their perilous journey north to freedom across the Ohio River than anywhere else across the north-south frontier. <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe" title="Harriet Beecher Stowe">Harriet Beecher Stowe</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Tom%27s_Cabin" title="Uncle Tom's Cabin">Uncle Tom's Cabin</a></i>, the bestselling novel that fueled abolitionist work, was the best known of the anti-slavery novels that portrayed such escapes across the Ohio. The times have been expressed by 20th-century novelists as well, such as the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a>-winning <a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a>, whose novel <i><a href="/wiki/Beloved_(novel)" title="Beloved (novel)">Beloved</a></i> was adapted as a film of the same name. She also composed the libretto for the opera <i><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Garner_(opera)" title="Margaret Garner (opera)">Margaret Garner</a></i> (2005), based on the life and trial of an enslaved woman who escaped with her family across the river. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="State_border_dispute">State border dispute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: State border dispute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The colonial charter for Virginia defined its territory as extending to the north shore of the Ohio, so that the riverbed was "owned" by Virginia. Where the river serves as a boundary between states today, Congress designated the entire river to belong to the states on the east and south, i.e., West Virginia and Kentucky at the time of admission to the Union, that were divided from Virginia. Thus <a href="/wiki/Wheeling_Island" title="Wheeling Island">Wheeling Island</a>, the largest inhabited island in the Ohio River, belongs to West Virginia, although it is closer to the Ohio shore than to the West Virginia shore. Kentucky sued the state of Indiana in the early 1980s because of their construction of the never-completed <a href="/wiki/Marble_Hill_Nuclear_Power_Plant" title="Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant">Marble Hill Nuclear Power Plant</a> in Indiana, which would have discharged its waste water into the river. This would have adversely affected Kentucky's water supplies. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> held that Kentucky's jurisdiction (and, implicitly, that of West Virginia) extended only to the low-water mark of 1793 (important because the river has been extensively dammed for navigation so that the present river bank is north of the old low-water mark). Similarly, in the 1990s, Kentucky challenged Illinois's right to collect taxes on <a href="/wiki/Harrah%27s_Metropolis" title="Harrah's Metropolis">a riverboat casino</a> docked in <a href="/wiki/Metropolis,_Illinois" title="Metropolis, Illinois">Metropolis</a>, citing its own control of the entire river. <a href="/wiki/Tropicana_Evansville" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropicana Evansville">A private casino riverboat</a> that docked in <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a>, on the Ohio River opened about the same time. Although such boats cruised on the Ohio River in an oval pattern up and down, the state of Kentucky soon protested. Other states had to limit their cruises to going forward, then reversing and going backward on the Indiana shore only. Both Illinois and Indiana have long since changed their laws to allow riverboat casinos to be permanently docked, with Illinois changing in 1999 and Indiana in 2002. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bridge_collapse">Bridge collapse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bridge collapse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Silver_Bridge,_1928.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Silver_Bridge%2C_1928.jpg/220px-Silver_Bridge%2C_1928.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Silver_Bridge%2C_1928.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="154" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Silver_Bridge" title="Silver Bridge">Silver Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia" title="Point Pleasant, West Virginia">Point Pleasant, West Virginia</a>, which collapsed into the Ohio River on December 15, 1967, killing 46 people</figcaption></figure> <p>The Silver Bridge at <a href="/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia" title="Point Pleasant, West Virginia">Point Pleasant, West Virginia</a>, collapsed into the river on December 15, 1967. The collapse killed 46 people who had been crossing when the bridge failed. The bridge had been built in 1929, and by 1967 was carrying too heavy a load for its design.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bridge was rebuilt about one mile downstream and in service as the <a href="/wiki/Silver_Memorial_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Memorial Bridge">Silver Memorial Bridge</a> in 1969. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conservation_area">Conservation area</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Conservation area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the early 1980s, the <a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio_National_Wildlife_Conservation_Area" title="Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area">Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area</a> was established at <a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Indiana" title="Clarksville, Indiana">Clarksville, Indiana</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ecology">Ecology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Ecology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Water_pollution_in_the_United_States" title="Water pollution in the United States">Water pollution in the United States</a></div> <p>The Ohio River as a whole is ranked as the most polluted river in the United States, based on 2009 and 2010 data. The more industrial and regional West Virginia/Pennsylvania tributary, the <a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela River</a>, ranked 17th for <a href="/wiki/Water_pollution" title="Water pollution">water pollution</a>, behind 16 other American rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ohio again ranked as the most polluted in 2013, and has been the most polluted river since at least 2001, according to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). The Commission found that 92% of toxic discharges were <a href="/wiki/Nitrates" class="mw-redirect" title="Nitrates">nitrates</a>, including farm runoff and waste water from industrial processes such as steel production. The Commission also noted mercury pollution as an ongoing concern, citing a 500% increase in mercury discharges between 2007 and 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For several decades beginning in the 1950s, the Ohio River was polluted with hundreds of thousands of pounds of <a href="/wiki/PFOA" class="mw-redirect" title="PFOA">PFOA</a>, a fluoride-based chemical used in making <a href="/wiki/Teflon" class="mw-redirect" title="Teflon">teflon</a>, among other things, by the <a href="/wiki/DuPont" title="DuPont">DuPont</a> chemical company from an outflow pipe at its <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia">Parkersburg, West Virginia</a>, facility.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ohio was listed among <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Most_Endangered_Rivers" title="America's Most Endangered Rivers">America's Most Endangered Rivers</a> of 2023 on the heels of contamination from a <a href="/wiki/East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment" title="East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment">high-profile train derailment</a>, and following years as one of the most polluted watersheds in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg/220px-Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg/330px-Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg/440px-Barge_on_Ohio_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1042" data-file-height="1448" /></a><figcaption>A barge heads east on the Ohio River in Louisville, Kentucky.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ohio River is extensively industrialized and populated. Regular barge traffic carries cargoes of oil, <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> and other industrial goods produced in the region. Major cities located along the northern and southern banks of the river include <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>; <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>; <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeese-2004_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNeese-2004-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_hydrography">Geography and hydrography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Geography and hydrography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The combined Allegheny-Ohio river is 1,310 miles (2,110 km) long and carries the largest volume of water of any tributary of the Mississippi. The Indians and early European explorers and settlers of the region often considered the Allegheny to be part of the Ohio. The <a href="/wiki/Point_State_Park" title="Point State Park">forks</a> (the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers at what is now Pittsburgh) were considered a strategic military location by colonial French and British, and later independent American military authorities. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg/220px-CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg/330px-CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg/440px-CairoIL_from_space_annotated.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi</a> and Ohio rivers is at <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ohio River is formed by the confluence of the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela</a> rivers at what is now <a href="/wiki/Point_State_Park" title="Point State Park">Point State Park</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>. From there, it flows northwest through <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Allegheny County, Pennsylvania">Allegheny</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beaver_County,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver County, Pennsylvania">Beaver</a> counties, before making an abrupt turn to the south-southwest at the <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>–Ohio–Pennsylvania triple-state line (near <a href="/wiki/East_Liverpool,_Ohio" title="East Liverpool, Ohio">East Liverpool, Ohio</a>; <a href="/wiki/Chester,_West_Virginia" title="Chester, West Virginia">Chester, West Virginia</a>; and <a href="/wiki/Ohioville,_Pennsylvania" title="Ohioville, Pennsylvania">Ohioville, Pennsylvania</a>). From there, it forms the border between West Virginia and Ohio, upstream of <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg/220px-Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg/330px-Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg/440px-Horseshoe_bend_in_Ohio_River.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>The Ohio River as seen from <a href="/wiki/Fredonia,_Indiana" title="Fredonia, Indiana">Fredonia, Indiana</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The river follows a roughly southwest and then west-northwest course until Cincinnati, before bending to a west-southwest course for most of the remainder of its length. The course forms the northern borders of West Virginia and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>; and the southern borders of <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>, until it joins the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> at the city of <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a>. Where the Ohio joins the Mississippi is the lowest elevation in the state of Illinois, at 315 feet (96 m). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg/220px-Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="283" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg/330px-Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg/440px-Floods_Recede_around_the_Wabash-Ohio_Confluence.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2968" data-file-height="3821" /></a><figcaption>Natural-color satellite image of the Wabash-Ohio confluence</figcaption></figure> <p>The Mississippi River flows to the Gulf of Mexico on the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>. Among rivers wholly or mostly in the United States, the Ohio is the second largest by discharge volume and the tenth longest and has the eighth largest drainage basin. It serves to separate the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern" class="mw-redirect" title="Midwestern">Midwestern</a> <a href="/wiki/Great_Lakes" title="Great Lakes">Great Lakes</a> states from the Upper South states, which were historically <a href="/wiki/Border_states_(American_Civil_War)" title="Border states (American Civil War)">border states</a> in the Civil War. </p><p>The Ohio River is a left (east) and the largest <a href="/wiki/Tributary" title="Tributary">tributary</a> by volume of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_River" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/Confluence" title="Confluence">confluence</a>, the Ohio is considerably bigger than the Mississippi, measured by long-term mean discharge. The Ohio River at Cairo is 281,500 cu ft/s (7,960 m<sup>3</sup>/s);<sup id="cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leeden1990-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Mississippi River at <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Illinois" title="Thebes, Illinois">Thebes, Illinois</a>, which is upstream of the confluence, is 208,200 cu ft/s (5,897 m<sup>3</sup>/s).<sup id="cite_ref-USGS2009_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USGS2009-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ohio River flow is greater than that of the Mississippi River, so hydrologically the Ohio River is the main stream of the river system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="River_depth">River depth</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: River depth"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg/220px-Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg/330px-Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg/440px-Lawrenceburg-indiana-from-above.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2474" data-file-height="1804" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lawrenceburg,_Indiana" title="Lawrenceburg, Indiana">Lawrenceburg, Indiana</a>, is one of many towns that use the Ohio as a shipping avenue.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Ohio River is a naturally shallow river that was artificially deepened by a series of <a href="/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dams</a>. The natural depth of the river varied from about 3 to 20 feet (1 to 6 m). The dams raise the water level and have turned the river largely into a series of <a href="/wiki/Reservoir" title="Reservoir">reservoirs</a>, eliminating shallow stretches and allowing for commercial navigation. From its origin to Cincinnati, the average depth is approximately 15 feet (5 m). The largest immediate drop in water level is below the McAlpine Locks and Dam at the <a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Falls of the Ohio">Falls of the Ohio</a> at <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, where flood stage is reached when the water reaches 23 feet (7 m) on the lower gauge. However, the river's deepest point is 168 feet (51 m) on the western side of Louisville, Kentucky. From Louisville, the river loses depth very gradually until its confluence with the Mississippi at <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a>, where it has an approximate depth of 19 feet (6 m). </p><p>Water levels for the Ohio River from Smithland Lock and Dam upstream to Pittsburgh are predicted daily by the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a>'s Ohio River Forecast Center.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The water depth predictions are relative to each local flood plain based upon predicted rainfall in the Ohio River basin in five reports as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Locks_and_Dam" title="Hannibal Locks and Dam">Hannibal Locks and Dam</a>, Ohio (including the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willow_Island_Locks_and_Dam" class="mw-redirect" title="Willow Island Locks and Dam">Willow Island Locks and Dam</a>, Ohio, to <a href="/wiki/Greenup_Lock_and_Dam" title="Greenup Lock and Dam">Greenup Lock and Dam</a>, Kentucky (including the Kanawha River)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Ohio" title="Portsmouth, Ohio">Portsmouth, Ohio</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Markland_Locks_and_Dam" title="Markland Locks and Dam">Markland Locks and Dam</a>, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/McAlpine_Locks_and_Dam" title="McAlpine Locks and Dam">McAlpine Locks and Dam</a>, Kentucky, to <a href="/wiki/Cannelton_Locks_and_Dam" title="Cannelton Locks and Dam">Cannelton Locks and Dam</a>, Indiana</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburgh_Lock_and_Dam" title="Newburgh Lock and Dam">Newburgh Lock and Dam</a>, Indiana, to <a href="/wiki/Golconda,_Illinois" title="Golconda, Illinois">Golconda, Illinois</a></li></ul> <p>The water levels for the Ohio River from Smithland Lock and Dam to Cairo, Illinois, are predicted by the <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a>'s Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smithland_Lock_and_Dam" title="Smithland Lock and Dam">Smithland Lock and Dam</a>, Illinois, to <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a></li></ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:700px;max-width:5008px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panorama of the Ohio at its widest point, just west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg/5000px-PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg" decoding="async" width="5000" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg/7500px-PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg/10000px-PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg 2x" data-file-width="24260" data-file-height="1494" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg" title="File:PennsylvaniaRailroadBridgePanorama.jpg"> </a></div>Panorama of the Ohio at its widest point, just west of downtown Louisville, Kentucky</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_major_tributaries">List of major tributaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: List of major tributaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The largest tributaries of the Ohio by discharge volume are: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <ul><li>Tennessee River 70,575 cu ft (1,998.5 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Cumberland River 37,250 cu ft (1,055 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Wabash River 35,350 cu ft (1,001 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Allegheny River 19,750 cu ft (559 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Kanawha River 15,240 cu ft (432 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <ul><li>Green River 14,574 cu ft (412.7 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Monongahela River 12,650 cu ft (358 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Kentucky River 10,064 cu ft (285.0 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Muskingum River 8,973 cu ft (254.1 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li> <li>Scioto River 6,674 cu ft (189.0 m<sup>3</sup>)/sec</li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <p>By drainage basin area, the largest tributaries are:<sup id="cite_ref-orsanco_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orsanco-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <ul><li>Tennessee River 40,910 sq mi (106,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Wabash River 33,100 sq mi (86,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Cumberland River 17,920 sq mi (46,400 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Kanawha River 12,200 sq mi (32,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Allegheny River 11,700 sq mi (30,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <ul><li>Green River 9,230 sq mi (23,900 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Muskingum River 8,040 sq mi (20,800 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Monongahela River 7,400 sq mi (19,000 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Kentucky River 6,970 sq mi (18,100 km<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li>Scioto River 6,510 sq mi (16,900 km<sup>2</sup>)</li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <p>The largest tributaries by length are:<sup id="cite_ref-orsanco_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orsanco-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <ul><li>Cumberland River 693 mi (1,115 km)</li> <li>Tennessee River 652 mi (1,049 km)</li> <li>Wabash River 474 mi (763 km)</li> <li>Green River 370 mi (600 km)</li> <li>Allegheny River 325 mi (523 km)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <ul><li>Licking River 320 mi (510 km)</li> <li>Kentucky River 255 mi (410 km)</li> <li>Scioto River 237 mi (381 km)</li> <li>Great Miami River 161 mi (259 km)</li> <li>Little Kanawha River 160 mi (260 km)</li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <p>Major tributaries, in order from the headwaters, include:<sup id="cite_ref-orsanco_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orsanco-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny River</a> – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela River</a> – Pittsburgh</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_River_(Pennsylvania)" title="Beaver River (Pennsylvania)">Beaver River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_Pennsylvania" title="Rochester, Pennsylvania">Rochester, Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Muskingum_River" title="Little Muskingum River">Little Muskingum River</a> – Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muskingum_River" title="Muskingum River">Muskingum River</a> – Marietta, Ohio</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Kanawha_River" title="Little Kanawha River">Little Kanawha River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg,_West_Virginia" title="Parkersburg, West Virginia">Parkersburg, West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hocking_River" title="Hocking River">Hocking River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hockingport,_Ohio" title="Hockingport, Ohio">Hockingport, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanawha_River" title="Kanawha River">Kanawha River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia" title="Point Pleasant, West Virginia">Point Pleasant, West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guyandotte_River" title="Guyandotte River">Guyandotte River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Sandy_River_(Ohio_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Big Sandy River (Ohio River)">Big Sandy River</a> – Kentucky-West Virginia border</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Sandy_River_(Kentucky)" title="Little Sandy River (Kentucky)">Little Sandy River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Greenup,_Kentucky" title="Greenup, Kentucky">Greenup, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Scioto_River_(Ohio_River)" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Scioto River (Ohio River)">Little Scioto River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sciotoville,_Ohio" title="Sciotoville, Ohio">Sciotoville, Ohio</a></li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scioto_River" title="Scioto River">Scioto River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Ohio" title="Portsmouth, Ohio">Portsmouth, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Miami_River" title="Little Miami River">Little Miami River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Licking_River_(Kentucky)" title="Licking River (Kentucky)">Licking River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Kentucky" title="Newport, Kentucky">Newport</a>-<a href="/wiki/Covington,_Kentucky" title="Covington, Kentucky">Covington</a>, Kentucky</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Miami_River" title="Great Miami River">Great Miami River</a> – Ohio-Indiana border</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River" title="Kentucky River">Kentucky River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carrollton,_Kentucky" title="Carrollton, Kentucky">Carrollton, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salt_River_(Kentucky)" title="Salt River (Kentucky)">Salt River</a> – <a href="/wiki/West_Point,_Kentucky" title="West Point, Kentucky">West Point, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_River_(Kentucky)" title="Green River (Kentucky)">Green River</a> – near <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Kentucky" title="Henderson, Kentucky">Henderson, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabash_River" title="Wabash River">Wabash River</a> – Indiana-Illinois-Kentucky border</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saline_River_(Illinois)" title="Saline River (Illinois)">Saline River</a> – Illinois</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River" title="Cumberland River">Cumberland River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Smithland,_Kentucky" title="Smithland, Kentucky">Smithland, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee River</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah, Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cache_River_(Illinois)" title="Cache River (Illinois)">Cache River</a> – Illinois</li></ul> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drainage_basin">Drainage basin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Drainage basin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ohio's drainage basin covers 203,940 sq mi (528,200 km<sup>2</sup>), encompassing the easternmost regions of the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Mississippi Basin">Mississippi Basin</a>. The Ohio drains parts of 14 states in four regions. </p> <ul><li>Northeast <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>: a small area of the southern border along the headwaters of the Allegheny.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>: a corridor from the southwestern corner to the north-central border.</li></ul></li> <li>Mid-Atlantic/Upper South <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>: a small corridor along the <a href="/wiki/Youghiogheny_River" title="Youghiogheny River">Youghiogheny River</a> on the western border.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia" title="West Virginia">West Virginia</a>: all but the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Panhandle">Eastern Panhandle</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>: all but a small part in the <a href="/wiki/Jackson_Purchase" title="Jackson Purchase">extreme west</a> drained directly by the Mississippi.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>: all but a small part in the extreme west drained directly by the Mississippi, and a very small area in the southeastern corner which is drained by the <a href="/wiki/Conasauga_River" title="Conasauga River">Conasauga River</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>: most of southwest Virginia.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>: the western quarter.</li></ul></li> <li>Midwest <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>: 80% (all except a northern strip bordering Lake Erie, and the northwest corner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>: all but the northern area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Illinois" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>: the southeast quarter.</li></ul></li> <li>Deep South <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>: the far northwest corner.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alabama" title="Alabama">Alabama</a>: the northern portion.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>: the northeast corner.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate_transition_zone">Climate transition zone</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Climate transition zone"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ohio River is a climatic transition area, as its water runs along the periphery of the <a href="/wiki/Humid_continental" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid continental">humid continental</a> and <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical" class="mw-redirect" title="Humid subtropical">humid subtropical</a> climate areas. It is inhabited by fauna and flora of both climates. In winter, it regularly freezes over at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a> but rarely farther south toward <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a>. At <a href="/wiki/Paducah,_Kentucky" title="Paducah, Kentucky">Paducah, Kentucky</a>, in the south, at the Ohio's confluence with the Tennessee River, it is ice-free year-round. </p><p>In the 21st century, with the 2016 update of climate zones,<sup id="cite_ref-Beck_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Beck-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the humid subtropical zone has stretched across the river, into the southern portions of <a href="/wiki/Ohio#Climate" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana#Climate" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Illinois#Climate" title="Illinois">Illinois</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Historical_Collections_of_Ohio-_An_Encyclopedia_of_the_State;_History_Both_General_and_Local,_Geography_with_Descriptions_of_Its_Counties,_Cities_and_Villages,_Its_Agricultural,_Manufacturing,_Mining_(14770614544).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Historical_Collections_of_Ohio-_An_Encyclopedia_of_the_State%3B_History_Both_General_and_Local%2C_Geography_with_Descriptions_of_Its_Counties%2C_Cities_and_Villages%2C_Its_Agricultural%2C_Manufacturing%2C_Mining_%2814770614544%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="209" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Historical_Collections_of_Ohio-_An_Encyclopedia_of_the_State%3B_History_Both_General_and_Local%2C_Geography_with_Descriptions_of_Its_Counties%2C_Cities_and_Villages%2C_Its_Agricultural%2C_Manufacturing%2C_Mining_%2814770614544%29.jpg/495px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Historical_Collections_of_Ohio-_An_Encyclopedia_of_the_State%3B_History_Both_General_and_Local%2C_Geography_with_Descriptions_of_Its_Counties%2C_Cities_and_Villages%2C_Its_Agricultural%2C_Manufacturing%2C_Mining_%2814770614544%29.jpg/660px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3877" data-file-height="2459" /></a><figcaption>Glacial Lake Ohio</figcaption></figure> <p>From a geological standpoint, the Ohio River is young. Before the river was created, large parts of <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> were covered by water forming a saltwater lake about 200 miles across and 400 miles in length. The <a href="/wiki/Bedrock" title="Bedrock">bedrock</a> of the Ohio Valley was mostly set during this time.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeese-2004_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNeese-2004-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The river formed on a piecemeal basis beginning between 2.5 and 3 million years ago. By the movement of <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a> during the earliest <a href="/wiki/Laurentide_Ice_Sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurentide Ice Sheet">ice ages</a>, the contemporary river <a href="/wiki/Drainage" title="Drainage">drainages</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kanawha_River" title="Kanawha River">Kanawha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Big_Sandy_River_(Ohio_River_tributary)" title="Big Sandy River (Ohio River tributary)">Sandy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_River" title="Kentucky River">Kentucky</a>, <a href="/wiki/Green_River_(Kentucky)" title="Green River (Kentucky)">Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River" title="Cumberland River">Cumberland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_River" title="Tennessee River">Tennessee</a> rivers northward created the Ohio system and the course of early <a href="/wiki/Tributaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Tributaries">tributaries</a> of the Ohio River, including the <a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny</a> rivers, were set.<sup id="cite_ref-McNeese-2004_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McNeese-2004-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Teays_River" title="Teays River">Teays River</a> was the largest of these rivers. The modern Ohio River flows within segments of the ancient Teays. The ancient rivers were rearranged or consumed. </p><p>The section of the river that runs southwest from Pittsburgh to <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a>, is around tens of thousands of years old. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upper_Ohio_River">Upper Ohio River</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Upper Ohio River"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The upper Ohio River formed when one of the glacial lakes overflowed into a south-flowing tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Teays_River" title="Teays River">Teays River</a>. Prior to that event, the north-flowing Steubenville River (no longer in existence) ended between <a href="/wiki/New_Martinsville" class="mw-redirect" title="New Martinsville">New Martinsville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paden_City,_West_Virginia" title="Paden City, West Virginia">Paden City, West Virginia</a>. The south-flowing Marietta River (no longer in existence) ended between the present-day cities. The overflowing lake carved through the separating hill and connected the rivers. The floodwaters enlarged the small <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta</a> valley to a size more typical of a large river. The new large river subsequently drained glacial lakes and melting glaciers at the end of the ice ages. The valley grew during and following the ice age. Many small rivers were altered or abandoned after the upper Ohio River formed. Valleys of some abandoned rivers can still be seen on satellite and aerial images of the hills of Ohio and West Virginia between Marietta, Ohio, and <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Middle_Ohio_River">Middle Ohio River</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Middle Ohio River"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The middle Ohio River formed in a manner similar to that of the upper Ohio River. A north-flowing river was temporarily dammed by natural forces southwest of present-day <a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a>, creating a large lake until the dam burst. A new route was carved to the Mississippi. Eventually, the upper and middle sections combined to form what is essentially the modern Ohio River. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cities_and_towns_along_the_river">Cities and towns along the river</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Cities and towns along the river"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Along the banks of the Ohio are some of the largest cities in their respective states:<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>, the third-largest city on the river and second-largest in Pennsylvania; <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, the second-largest city on the river and third-largest in Ohio; <a href="/wiki/Louisville" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisville">Louisville</a>, the largest city on the river and in Kentucky as well; <a href="/wiki/Evansville" class="mw-redirect" title="Evansville">Evansville</a>, the third-largest city in Indiana; <a href="/wiki/Owensboro" class="mw-redirect" title="Owensboro">Owensboro</a>, the fourth-largest city in Kentucky; and three of the five largest cities in West Virginia—<a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington</a> (second), <a href="/wiki/Parkersburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Parkersburg">Parkersburg</a> (fourth), and <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling</a> (fifth). Only Illinois, among the border states, has no significant cities on the river. There are hundreds of other cities, towns, villages and unincorporated populated places on the river, most of them very small. </p><p>Cities along the Ohio are also among the oldest cities in their respective states and among the oldest cities in the United States west of the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a> (by date of founding): <a href="/wiki/Old_Shawneetown,_Illinois" title="Old Shawneetown, Illinois">Old Shawneetown, Illinois</a>, 1748; <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, 1758; <a href="/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia" title="Wheeling, West Virginia">Wheeling, West Virginia</a>, 1769; <a href="/wiki/Huntington,_West_Virginia" title="Huntington, West Virginia">Huntington, West Virginia</a>, 1775; <a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>, 1779; <a href="/wiki/Clarksville,_Indiana" title="Clarksville, Indiana">Clarksville, Indiana</a>, 1783; <a href="/wiki/Maysville,_Kentucky" title="Maysville, Kentucky">Maysville, Kentucky</a>, 1784; <a href="/wiki/Martin%27s_Ferry,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin's Ferry, Ohio">Martin's Ferry, Ohio</a>, 1785; <a href="/wiki/Marietta,_Ohio" title="Marietta, Ohio">Marietta</a>, Ohio, 1788; <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cincinnati, Ohio">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, 1788; <a href="/wiki/Manchester,_Ohio" title="Manchester, Ohio">Manchester, Ohio</a>, 1790; <a href="/wiki/Beaver,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver, Pennsylvania">Beaver, Pennsylvania</a>, 1792; and <a href="/wiki/Golconda,_Illinois" title="Golconda, Illinois">Golconda, Illinois</a>, 1798. </p><p>Other cities of interest include <a href="/wiki/Cairo,_Illinois" title="Cairo, Illinois">Cairo, Illinois</a>, at the confluence of the Ohio with the Mississippi River and the southernmost and westernmost city on the river; and <a href="/wiki/Beaver,_Pennsylvania" title="Beaver, Pennsylvania">Beaver, Pennsylvania</a>, the site of colonial <a href="/wiki/Fort_McIntosh_(Pennsylvania)" title="Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania)">Fort McIntosh</a> and the northernmost city on the river. It is 548 miles as the crow flies between Cairo and Pittsburgh, but 981 miles by water. Direct water travel over the length of the river is obstructed by the Falls of the Ohio just below Louisville, Kentucky. The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River_Scenic_Byway&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ohio River Scenic Byway (page does not exist)">Ohio River Scenic Byway</a> follows the Ohio River through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio ending at <a href="/wiki/Steubenville,_Ohio" title="Steubenville, Ohio">Steubenville, Ohio</a>, on the river. </p><p>Before there were cities, there were colonial forts. These forts played a dominant role in the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War" title="Northwest Indian War">Northwest Indian War</a> and pioneering settlement of <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Country" title="Ohio Country">Ohio Country</a>. Many cities got their start at or adjacent to the forts. Most were abandoned by 1800. Forts along the Ohio river include <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pitt_(Pennsylvania)" title="Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)">Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_McIntosh_(Pennsylvania)" title="Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania)">Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Randolph_(West_Virginia)" title="Fort Randolph (West Virginia)">Fort Randolph (West Virginia)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Henry_(West_Virginia)" title="Fort Henry (West Virginia)">Fort Henry (West Virginia)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fort_Harmar" title="Fort Harmar">Fort Harmar</a> (Ohio), <a href="/wiki/Fort_Washington_(Ohio)" title="Fort Washington (Ohio)">Fort Washington (Ohio)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Fort-on-Shore" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort-on-Shore">Fort-on-Shore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Nelson_(Kentucky)" title="Fort Nelson (Kentucky)">Fort Nelson (Kentucky)</a>. Short-lived, special-purpose forts included <a href="/wiki/Fort_Steuben" title="Fort Steuben">Fort Steuben</a> (Ohio), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Fort_Finney_(Indiana)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fort Finney (Indiana) (page does not exist)">Fort Finney</a> (Indiana), <a href="/wiki/Fort_Finney_(Ohio)" title="Fort Finney (Ohio)">Fort Finney</a> (Ohio) and <a href="/wiki/Fort_Gower" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Gower">Fort Gower</a> (Ohio). There was also the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Barracks" title="Newport Barracks">Newport Barracks</a> (Kentucky) in the 19th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recreation">Recreation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Recreation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Annual events taking place on or over the river include <a href="/wiki/Thunder_Over_Louisville" title="Thunder Over Louisville">Thunder Over Louisville</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Madison_Regatta" title="Madison Regatta">Madison Regatta</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Steamboat_Race" title="Great Steamboat Race">Great Steamboat Race</a>. </p><p>Multiple <a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Virginia_State_Fishing_Records" title="List of West Virginia State Fishing Records">West Virginia stage record fish</a> were caught along the Ohio River.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 222.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 220.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Allegheny River, left, and Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the largest metropolitan area on the river."><img alt="The Allegheny River, left, and Monongahela River join to form the Ohio River at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the largest metropolitan area on the river." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg/331px-Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg" decoding="async" width="221" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg/496px-Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg/662px-Allegheny_Monongahela_Ohio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="918" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_River" title="Allegheny River">Allegheny River</a>, left, and <a href="/wiki/Monongahela_River" title="Monongahela River">Monongahela River</a> join to form the Ohio River at <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania">Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania</a>, the largest metropolitan area on the river.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cincinnati, Ohio, skyline showing the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge to Covington, Kentucky"><img alt="Cincinnati, Ohio, skyline showing the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge to Covington, Kentucky" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg/280px-Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg/420px-Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg/560px-Cincinnati_Ohio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="810" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>, skyline showing the <a href="/wiki/John_A._Roebling_Suspension_Bridge" title="John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge">John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge</a> to Covington, Kentucky</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 257.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 255.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louisville_Skyline_2021_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Louisville, Kentucky. The deepest point of the Ohio River is a scour hole just below Cannelton locks and dam (river mile 720.7)."><img alt="Louisville, Kentucky. The deepest point of the Ohio River is a scour hole just below Cannelton locks and dam (river mile 720.7)." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg/383px-Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg/574px-Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg/765px-Louisville_Skyline_2021_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1415" data-file-height="777" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Louisville,_Kentucky" title="Louisville, Kentucky">Louisville, Kentucky</a>. The deepest point of the Ohio River is a scour hole just below Cannelton locks and dam (river mile 720.7).</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 212.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 210.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Donna_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A barge hauls coal in the Louisville and Portland Canal, the only artificial portion of the Ohio River."><img alt="A barge hauls coal in the Louisville and Portland Canal, the only artificial portion of the Ohio River." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Donna_York.jpg/316px-Donna_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="211" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Donna_York.jpg/475px-Donna_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Donna_York.jpg/633px-Donna_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4233" data-file-height="2811" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A barge hauls <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Louisville_and_Portland_Canal" title="Louisville and Portland Canal">Louisville and Portland Canal</a>, the only artificial portion of the Ohio River.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 188.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 186.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ohioriver_bridge8475.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Carl Perkins Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio, with Ohio River and Scioto River tributary on right"><img alt="Carl Perkins Bridge in Portsmouth, Ohio, with Ohio River and Scioto River tributary on right" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Ohioriver_bridge8475.JPG/280px-Ohioriver_bridge8475.JPG" decoding="async" width="187" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Ohioriver_bridge8475.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="263" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Perkins_Bridge" title="Carl Perkins Bridge">Carl Perkins Bridge</a> in <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Ohio" title="Portsmouth, Ohio">Portsmouth, Ohio</a>, with Ohio River and <a href="/wiki/Scioto_River" title="Scioto River">Scioto River</a> tributary on right</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 196.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 194.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_(page_133)_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Ohio River seen at Sciotoville, from the "Geography of Ohio," 1923"><img alt="The Ohio River seen at Sciotoville, from the "Geography of Ohio," 1923" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/292px-Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="195" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/438px-Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg/584px-Geography_of_Ohio_-_DPLA_-_aaba7b3295ff6973b6fd1e23e33cde14_%28page_133%29_%28cropped2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1859" data-file-height="1337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Ohio River seen at <a href="/wiki/Sciotoville,_Ohio" title="Sciotoville, Ohio">Sciotoville</a>, from the "Geography of Ohio," 1923</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <p><b>Lists of dams and bridges</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_crossings_of_the_Ohio_River" title="List of crossings of the Ohio River">List of crossings of the Ohio River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_locks_and_dams_of_the_Ohio_River" title="List of locks and dams of the Ohio River">List of locks and dams of the Ohio River</a></li></ul> <p><b>Lists of rivers</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_variant_names_of_the_Ohio_River" title="List of variant names of the Ohio River">List of variant names of the Ohio River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_longest_rivers_of_the_United_States_(by_main_stem)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)">List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Illinois" title="List of rivers of Illinois">List of rivers of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Indiana" title="List of rivers of Indiana">List of rivers of Indiana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Kentucky" title="List of rivers of Kentucky">List of rivers of Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ohio" title="List of rivers of Ohio">List of rivers of Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Pennsylvania" title="List of rivers of Pennsylvania">List of rivers of Pennsylvania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_West_Virginia" title="List of rivers of West Virginia">List of rivers of West Virginia</a></li></ul> <p><b>Ohio Valley, etc.</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Appalachia" title="Appalachia">Appalachia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Ohio" title="Appalachian Ohio">Appalachian Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_and_Erie_Canal" title="Ohio and Erie Canal">Ohio and Erie Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River_flood_of_1937" title="Ohio River flood of 1937">Ohio River flood of 1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watersheds_of_Illinois" title="Watersheds of Illinois">Watersheds of Illinois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River_Valley_AVA" title="Ohio River Valley AVA">Ohio River Valley AVA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_in_Kentucky" title="Ohio Valley in Kentucky">Ohio Valley in Kentucky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River_Trail" title="Ohio River Trail">Ohio River Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_River_Water_Trail" title="Ohio River Water Trail">Ohio River Water Trail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio_National_Wildlife_Conservation_Area" title="Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area">Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-71"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-71">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Cities and towns of pop. at least 25,000 and among the 10 largest in the state, and whose municipal boundary comes within less than a mile of the river. <a href="/wiki/Florence,_Kentucky" title="Florence, Kentucky">Florence, Kentucky</a>, a city of 33,500 and that state's eighth-largest, for example, is a near miss because its northernmost boundary only comes within 2.7 miles of the river.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ohio_River&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Leeden1990-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Leeden1990_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span 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Chelsea, Michigan: Lewis Publishers. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/waterencyclopedi0000vand/page/126">126</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87371-120-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87371-120-3"><bdi>978-0-87371-120-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Water+Encyclopedia&rft.place=Chelsea%2C+Michigan&rft.pages=126&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=Lewis+Publishers&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=978-0-87371-120-3&rft.aulast=Leeden&rft.aufirst=Frits+van+der&rft.au=Troise%2C+Fred+L.&rft.au=Todd%2C+David+Keith&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fwaterencyclopedi0000vand%2Fpage%2F126&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-USGS_03612600_OHIO_RIVER_AT_OLMSTED,_IL-2"><span 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The <i>single instance</i> refers to the former <a href="/wiki/Falls_of_the_Ohio_National_Wildlife_Conservation_Area" title="Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area">rapids near Louisville</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070202230727/http://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/ohio.cfm">"Native Ohio"</a>. <i>American Indian Studies</i>. <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americanindianstudies.osu.edu/ohio.cfm">the original</a> on February 2, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 25,</span> 2007</span>. <q>Ohio comes from the Seneca (Iroquoian) 'ohiiyo' 'good river'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=American+Indian+Studies&rft.atitle=Native+Ohio&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Famericanindianstudies.osu.edu%2Fohio.cfm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php">"Quick Facts About the State of Ohio"</a>. 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Chelsea House Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780791077252" title="Special:BookSources/9780791077252"><bdi>9780791077252</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Ohio+River&rft.pub=Chelsea+House+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780791077252&rft.aulast=McNeese&rft.aufirst=Tim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDrake2003" class="citation book cs1">Drake, Richard B. (August 1, 2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ngz-jTApvNoC&q=abraham+wood+ohio+river&pg=PA28"><i>A History of Appalachia</i></a>. University Press of Kentucky. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-9060-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-9060-0"><bdi>978-0-8131-9060-0</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230714233113/https://books.google.com/books?id=ngz-jTApvNoC&q=abraham+wood+ohio+river&pg=PA28">Archived</a> from the original on July 14, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 19,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Appalachia&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=2003-08-01&rft.isbn=978-0-8131-9060-0&rft.aulast=Drake&rft.aufirst=Richard+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dngz-jTApvNoC%26q%3Dabraham%2Bwood%2Bohio%2Briver%26pg%3DPA28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Rene_R._de_La_Salle">"Rene R. de La Salle"</a>. <i>Ohio History Central</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190427204508/http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Rene_R._de_La_Salle">Archived</a> from the original on April 27, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ohio+History+Central&rft.atitle=Rene+R.+de+La+Salle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiohistorycentral.org%2Fw%2FRene_R._de_La_Salle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ricebrown-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ricebrown_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ricebrown_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRiceBrown1993" class="citation book cs1">Rice, Otis K.; Brown, Stephen W. (1993) [1985]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zlVw7sa3jocC&pg=PA13"><i>West Virginia: A History</i></a> (Second ed.). Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. p. 13. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-3766-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8131-3766-7"><bdi>978-0-8131-3766-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=West+Virginia%3A+A+History&rft.place=Lexington&rft.pages=13&rft.edition=Second&rft.pub=University+Press+of+Kentucky&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=978-0-8131-3766-7&rft.aulast=Rice&rft.aufirst=Otis+K.&rft.au=Brown%2C+Stephen+W.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzlVw7sa3jocC%26pg%3DPA13&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1620">"Needham and Arthur Expedition"</a>. <i>The West Virginia Encyclopedia</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190427204510/https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1620">Archived</a> from the original on April 27, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+West+Virginia+Encyclopedia&rft.atitle=Needham+and+Arthur+Expedition&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wvencyclopedia.org%2Farticles%2F1620&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Who gets credit for discovering the <i>Ohio</i> River may depend on where one places the headwaters: in colonial times, the Allegheny extended to the mouth of the Kanawha; today, the headwaters of the Ohio are placed at the mouth of the Monongehela.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt:31735057893269/viewer#page/22/mode/2up">"The Planting of civilization in western Pennsylvania"</a>. <i>University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions</i>. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1967. p. 47. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190427203801/https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3A31735057893269/viewer#page/22/mode/2up">Archived</a> from the original on April 27, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=University+of+Pittsburgh+Press+Digital+Editions&rft.atitle=The+Planting+of+civilization+in+western+Pennsylvania&rft.pages=47&rft.date=1967&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.library.pitt.edu%2Fislandora%2Fobject%2Fpitt%3A31735057893269%2Fviewer%23page%2F22%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcNeese2004" class="citation book cs1">McNeese, Tim (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlWSdSV2cQQC&pg=PA16"><i>Ohio River</i></a>. Infobase Publishing. p. 16. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781438125206" title="Special:BookSources/9781438125206"><bdi>9781438125206</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230714233113/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZlWSdSV2cQQC&pg=PA16">Archived</a> from the original on July 14, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 27,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ohio+River&rft.pages=16&rft.pub=Infobase+Publishing&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9781438125206&rft.aulast=McNeese&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DZlWSdSV2cQQC%26pg%3DPA16&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hanna2-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Hanna2_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Hanna2_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanna1911" class="citation book cs1">Hanna, Charles Augustus (1911). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1k4zAQAAMAAJ"><i>The Wilderness Trail</i></a>. Vol. 2. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Wilderness+Trail&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=G.P.+Putnam%27s+Sons&rft.date=1911&rft.aulast=Hanna&rft.aufirst=Charles+Augustus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D1k4zAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-buck-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-buck_30-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-buck_30-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBuckBuck1995" class="citation book cs1">Buck, Solon J.; Buck, Elizabeth (1995) [1939]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eHz4jgmAhMIC&pg=PA47"><i>The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania</i></a> (third ed.). University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 47. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8229-7405-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8229-7405-5"><bdi>978-0-8229-7405-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Planting+of+Civilization+in+Western+Pennsylvania&rft.pages=47&rft.edition=third&rft.pub=University+of+Pittsburgh+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-0-8229-7405-5&rft.aulast=Buck&rft.aufirst=Solon+J.&rft.au=Buck%2C+Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeHz4jgmAhMIC%26pg%3DPA47&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-allen-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-allen_31-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllen1997" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Allen, John Logan, ed. (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8N4ckSmAiL0C&pg=PA311"><i>North American Exploration</i></a>. Vol. 2: A Continent Defined. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. p. 311. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-1023-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8032-1023-3"><bdi>978-0-8032-1023-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=North+American+Exploration&rft.place=Lincoln%2C+Nebraska&rft.pages=311&rft.pub=University+of+Nebraska+Press&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-0-8032-1023-3&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8N4ckSmAiL0C%26pg%3DPA311&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jillson-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jillson_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jillson_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-jillson_32-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJillson1936" class="citation web cs1">Jillson, Willard Rouse (1936). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bigbonelickkentucky.blogspot.com/2015/01/captain-charles-lemoyne-de-longueil-and.html">"Big Bone Lick: An Outline of Its History, Geology and Paleontology"</a>. Standard Printing Company. p. 3. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150721082537/http://bigbonelickkentucky.blogspot.com/2015/01/captain-charles-lemoyne-de-longueil-and.html">Archived</a> from the original on July 21, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 7,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Big+Bone+Lick%3A+An+Outline+of+Its+History%2C+Geology+and+Paleontology&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=Standard+Printing+Company&rft.date=1936&rft.aulast=Jillson&rft.aufirst=Willard+Rouse&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbigbonelickkentucky.blogspot.com%2F2015%2F01%2Fcaptain-charles-lemoyne-de-longueil-and.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBogan" class="citation web cs1">Bogan, Dallas. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/Longhunters-beginning.html">"Story of the Longhunters in the Beginning"</a>. <i>History of Campbell County, Tennessee</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151125060031/http://www.tngenweb.org/campbell/hist-bogan/Longhunters-beginning.html">Archived</a> from the original on November 25, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 27,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=History+of+Campbell+County%2C+Tennessee&rft.atitle=Story+of+the+Longhunters+in+the+Beginning&rft.aulast=Bogan&rft.aufirst=Dallas&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tngenweb.org%2Fcampbell%2Fhist-bogan%2FLonghunters-beginning.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenderson1920" class="citation book cs1">Henderson, Archibald (1920). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hUcWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116">"The Long Hunters in the Twilight Zone"</a>. <i>The Conquest of the Old Southwest: The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers</i>. New York: The Century Co. p. 116.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Long+Hunters+in+the+Twilight+Zone&rft.btitle=The+Conquest+of+the+Old+Southwest%3A+The+Romantic+Story+of+the+Early+Pioneers&rft.place=New+York&rft.pages=116&rft.pub=The+Century+Co&rft.date=1920&rft.aulast=Henderson&rft.aufirst=Archibald&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhUcWAAAAYAAJ%26pg%3DPA116&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-osmon-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-osmon_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-osmon_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsmon2011" class="citation book cs1">Osmon, Rick (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=E8t8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA31"><i>The Graves of the Golden Bear: Ancient Fortresses and Monuments of the Ohio</i></a>. Nashville, Tennessee: Grave Distraction. p. 31. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9829-1286-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9829-1286-7"><bdi>978-0-9829-1286-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Graves+of+the+Golden+Bear%3A+Ancient+Fortresses+and+Monuments+of+the+Ohio&rft.place=Nashville%2C+Tennessee&rft.pages=31&rft.pub=Grave+Distraction&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-0-9829-1286-7&rft.aulast=Osmon&rft.aufirst=Rick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DE8t8AwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRickerson2013" class="citation book cs1">Rickerson, Don, ed. 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Pennsylvania Historical Society, Federal Works Agency, Work Projects Administration. p. 7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Expedition+of+Baron+de+Longueuil&rft.pages=7&rft.edition=digital&rft.pub=Pennsylvania+Historical+Society%2C+Federal+Works+Agency%2C+Work+Projects+Administration&rft.date=2013&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DjSUCAQAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHanna1911126-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHanna1911126_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHanna1911">Hanna 1911</a>, p. 126.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bellin-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bellin_38-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBellin1755" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bellin, Jacques Nicolas (1755). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gtSsoRHgj3sC&pg=PA120"><i>Remarques sur le Carte de l'Amerique Septentrionale</i></a> [<i>Notes on the Map of North America</i>] (in French). 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P. (December 1912). "Names of the Ohio River". <i>The Indiana Quarterly Magazine of History</i>. <b>8</b> (4): 166–70. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27785389">27785389</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indiana+Quarterly+Magazine+of+History&rft.atitle=Names+of+the+Ohio+River&rft.volume=8&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=166-70&rft.date=1912-12&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F27785389%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Dunn&rft.aufirst=J.+P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOhio+River" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHay2010" class="citation book cs1">Hay, Jerry M. 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title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_imperialism" title="American imperialism">Imperialism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_in_World_War_I" title="United States in World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roaring_Twenties" title="Roaring Twenties">Roaring Twenties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of the United States during World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_home_front_during_World_War_II" title="United States home front during World War II">home front</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Century" title="American Century">American Century</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Race" 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of United States inventions">Inventions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_the_United_States" title="Military history of the United States">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postage_stamps_and_postal_history_of_the_United_States" title="Postage stamps and postal history of the United States">Postal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Technological_and_industrial_history_of_the_United_States" title="Technological and industrial history of the United States">Technological and industrial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States" title="Geography of the United States">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/U.S._territorial_sovereignty" title="U.S. territorial sovereignty">Territory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Contiguous_United_States" title="Contiguous United States">Contiguous United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">federal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_enclave" title="Federal enclave">federal enclaves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">insular zones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_Islands" title="United States Minor Outlying Islands">minor outlying islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_populated_places_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of populated places in the 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title="Rocky Mountains">Rocky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sierra_Nevada" title="Sierra Nevada">Sierra Nevada</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">National Parks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States" title="List of regions of the United States">Regions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">East Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="West Coast of the United States">West Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Plains" title="Great Plains">Great Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="Gulf Coast of the United States">Gulf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_(United_States)" title="Mid-Atlantic 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title="Time in the United States">Time</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_supply_and_sanitation_in_the_United_States" title="Water supply and sanitation in the United States">Water supply and sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_United_States" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the United States">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_United_States" title="Politics of the United States">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Executive</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Powers_of_the_president_of_the_United_States" title="Powers of the president of the United States">powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Office_of_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Executive Office of the President of the United States">Executive Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">Vice President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Cabinet of the United States">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments" title="United States federal executive departments">Executive departments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_agencies_of_the_United_States_government" title="Independent agencies of the United States government">Independent agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community" title="United States Intelligence Community">Intelligence Community</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_National_Intelligence" title="Director of National Intelligence">Director of National Intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Security_Agency" title="National Security Agency">National Security Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Reconnaissance_Office" title="National Reconnaissance Office">National Reconnaissance Office</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_the_United_States" title="Federal law enforcement in the United States">Law enforcement</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Alcohol,_Tobacco,_Firearms_and_Explosives" title="Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives">ATF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection" title="U.S. Customs and Border Protection">CBP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Diplomatic Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">DEA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement" title="U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement">ICE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">Marshals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_Security_Administration" title="Transportation Security Administration">TSA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States)" title="Office of Inspector General (United States)">Inspector generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_civil_service" title="United States federal civil service">Civil service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Public policy of the United States">Public policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="List of current members of the United States House of Representatives">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">Speaker</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_senators" title="List of current United States senators">current members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="President pro tempore of the United States Senate">President pro tempore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States#President_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Vice President of the United States">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol_Police" title="United States Capitol Police">Capitol Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Budget_Office" title="Congressional Budget Office">Congressional Budget Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Accountability_Office" title="Government Accountability Office">Government Accountability Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Government_Publishing_Office" title="United States Government Publishing Office">Government Publishing Office</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Federal_judiciary_of_the_United_States" title="Federal judiciary of the United States">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Justice of the United States">Chief Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associate_Justice_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States">Associate Justices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="List of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_courts_of_appeals" title="United States courts of appeals">Courts of appeals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_circuit_judges" title="List of current United States circuit judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_district_court" title="United States district court">District courts</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_territorial_court" title="United States territorial court">Territorial courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_district_and_territorial_courts" title="List of United States district and territorial courts">list of courts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_district_judges" title="List of current United States district judges">list of judges</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_tribunals_in_the_United_States" title="Federal tribunals in the United States">Other tribunals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney" title="United States Attorney">U.S. attorney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_United_States" title="Law of the United States">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights" title="United States Bill of Rights">Bill of Rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_States" title="Civil liberties in the United States">civil liberties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Code_of_Federal_Regulations" title="Code of Federal Regulations">Code of Federal Regulations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_United_States" title="Constitution of the United States">Constitution</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federalism_in_the_United_States" title="Federalism in the United States">federalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_preemption" title="Federal preemption">preemption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Separation_of_powers_under_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Separation of powers under the United States Constitution">separation of powers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Code" title="United States Code">United States Code</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Uniformed_services_of_the_United_States" title="Uniformed services of the United States">Uniformed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces" title="United States Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Space_Force" title="United States Space Force">Space Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Guard_(United_States)" title="National Guard (United States)">National Guard</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Commissioned_Officer_Corps" title="NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps">NOAA Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Public_Health_Service_Commissioned_Corps" title="United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps">Public Health Service Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_governments_of_the_United_States" title="State governments of the United States">State</a>,<br /><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Government of the District of Columbia">Federal District</a>,<br />and <a href="/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States" title="Territories of the United States">Territorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_constitutional_officer" title="State constitutional officer">Executive</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governor_(United_States)" title="Governor (United States)">Governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors" title="List of current United States governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant governor (United States)">Lieutenant governor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_lieutenant_governors" title="List of current United States lieutenant governors">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_state_(U.S._state_government)" title="Secretary of state (U.S. state government)">Secretary of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_attorney_general" title="State attorney general">Attorney general</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_treasurer" title="State treasurer">Treasurer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_auditor" title="State auditor">Auditor/Comptroller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_commissioner" title="Agriculture commissioner">Agriculture commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_commissioner" title="Insurance commissioner">Insurance commissioner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_utilities_commission" title="Public utilities commission">Public utilities commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_police_(United_States)" title="State police (United States)">State police</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_and_local_law_enforcement_agencies" title="List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">Legislative</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">List of legislatures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_legislators" title="List of U.S. state legislators">List of legislators</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_court_(United_States)" title="State court (United States)">Judicial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_supreme_court" title="State supreme court">Supreme courts</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_chief_justices" title="List of state chief justices">Chief justices</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_attorney" title="District attorney">District attorney</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_district_attorneys_by_county" class="mw-redirect" title="List of district attorneys by county">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/State_law_(United_States)" title="State law (United States)">Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/State_constitutions_in_the_United_States" title="State constitutions in the United States">State constitutions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_statutory_codes" title="List of U.S. state statutory codes">Statutory codes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_act" title="Uniform act">Uniform act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comparison_of_U.S._state_and_territory_governments" title="Comparison of U.S. state and territory governments">Comparison of governments</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tribe_(Native_American)" title="Tribe (Native American)">Tribal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States" title="Tribal sovereignty in the United States">Tribal sovereignty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Native_American_recognition_in_the_United_States" title="Native American recognition in the United States">Native American recognition in the United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federally_recognized_tribes_in_the_contiguous_United_States" title="List of federally recognized tribes in the contiguous United States">Federally recognized tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Alaska_Native_tribal_entities" title="List of Alaska Native tribal entities">Federally recognized Alaska Native tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State-recognized_tribes_in_the_United_States" title="State-recognized tribes in the United States">State-recognized tribes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">Indian reservation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_reservations_in_the_United_States" title="List of Indian reservations in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_home_land" title="Hawaiian home land">Hawaiian home land</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_United_States" title="Local government in the United States">Local</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/County_(United_States)" title="County (United States)">County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_and_county_equivalents" title="List of United States counties and county equivalents">List of counties and county equivalents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_executive" title="County executive">County executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States" title="Sheriffs in the United States">Sheriff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_clerk" title="Municipal clerk">Clerk</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Cities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_city-county" title="Consolidated city-county">Consolidated city-county</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_city_(United_States)" title="Independent city (United States)">Independent city</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coterminous_municipality" title="Coterminous municipality">Coterminous municipality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_charter#United_States" title="Municipal charter">Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayor%E2%80%93council_government" title="Mayor–council government">Mayor–council government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council%E2%80%93manager_government" title="Council–manager government">Council–manager government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_commission_government" title="City commission government">City commission government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayoralty_in_the_United_States" title="Mayoralty in the United States">Mayor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_manager" title="City manager">City manager</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_council#United_States" title="Municipal council">City council</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Minor_civil_division" title="Minor civil division">Minor divisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Civil_township" title="Civil township">Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_meeting" title="Town meeting">Town meeting</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Special_district_(United_States)" title="Special district (United States)">Special district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">School district</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_school_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Lists of school districts in the United States">list</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Corruption_in_the_United_States" title="Corruption in the United States">Corruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_States" title="Elections in the United States">Elections</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" title="United States Electoral College">Electoral College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states" title="Red states and blue states">Red states and blue states</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign relations of the United States">Foreign relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign policy of the United States">foreign policy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_presidency" title="Imperial presidency">Imperial presidency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_ideologies_in_the_United_States" title="Political ideologies in the United States">Ideologies</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Americanism" title="Anti-Americanism">Anti-Americanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_exceptionalism" title="American exceptionalism">exceptionalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_nationalism" title="American nationalism">nationalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_parties_in_the_United_States" title="Political parties in the United States">Parties</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_party_(U.S._politics)" title="Third party (U.S. politics)">Third parties</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States" title="List of federal political scandals in the United States">Scandals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States_by_sector" title="Economy of the United States by sector">By sector</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_the_United_States" title="Agriculture in the United States">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banking_in_the_United_States" title="Banking in the United States">Banking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_the_United_States" title="Communications in the United States">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_the_United_States" title="Energy in the United States">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Insurance in the United States">Insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_the_United_States" title="Manufacturing in the United States">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_the_United_States" title="Mining in the United States">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_the_United_States" title="Science and technology in the United States">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_United_States" title="Tourism in the United States">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_trade_of_the_United_States" title="Foreign trade of the United States">Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_the_United_States_by_state" title="List of companies of the United States by state">by state</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">Currency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_States" title="List of exports of the United States">Exports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_federal_budget" title="United States federal budget">Federal budget</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_the_United_States" title="Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States">Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Reserve" title="Federal Reserve">Federal Reserve System</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Financial_position_of_the_United_States" title="Financial position of the United States">Financial position</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_unions_in_the_United_States" title="Labor unions in the United States">Labor unions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States" title="National debt of the United States">Public debt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_programs_in_the_United_States" title="Social programs in the United States">Social welfare programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_United_States" title="Taxation in the United States">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unemployment_in_the_United_States" title="Unemployment in the United States">Unemployment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street" title="Wall Street">Wall Street</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport in the United States">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aviation_in_the_United_States" title="Aviation in the United States">Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Driving_in_the_United_States" title="Driving in the United States">Driving</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Public transportation in the United States">Public transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rail_transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Rail transportation in the United States">Rail transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Transportation policy of the United States">Transportation policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States" title="Transportation safety in the United States">Transportation safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trucking_industry_in_the_United_States" title="Trucking industry in the United States">Trucking industry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_the_United_States" title="Category:Society of the United States">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States" title="Culture of the United States">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Americana_(culture)" title="Americana (culture)">Americana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_the_United_States" title="Architecture in the United States">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_United_States" title="Cinema of the United States">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_cuisine" title="American cuisine">Cuisine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dance_in_the_United_States" title="Dance in the United States">Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_States" title="Demographics of the United States">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_United_States" title="Economy of the United States">Economic issues</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">affluence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eviction_in_the_United_States" title="Eviction in the United States">eviction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeownership_in_the_United_States" title="Homeownership in the United States">homeownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">household income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States" title="Income inequality in the United States">income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Personal income in the United States">personal income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_the_United_States" title="Standard of living in the United States">standard of living</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">wealth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Working_class_in_the_United_States" title="Working class in the United States">working class</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States" title="Education in the United States">Education</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">attainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Literacy_in_the_United_States" title="Literacy in the United States">literacy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Family_in_the_United_States" title="Family in the United States">Family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fashion_in_the_United_States" title="Fashion in the United States">Fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States" title="Flag of the United States">Flag</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_flags_of_the_United_States" title="List of flags of the United States">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folklore_of_the_United_States" title="Folklore of the United States">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Public holidays in the United States">Holidays</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Federal holidays in the United States">Federal holidays</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States" title="Homelessness in the United States">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_the_United_States" title="Housing in the United States">Housing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_the_United_States" title="Human rights in the United States">Human rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States" title="Languages of the United States">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_English" title="American English">American English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indigenous_languages_of_the_Americas" title="Indigenous languages of the Americas">Indigenous languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Sign_Language" title="American Sign Language">ASL</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_literature" title="American literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_the_United_States" title="Mass media in the United States">Media</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_journalism" title="History of American journalism">journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_in_the_United_States" title="Internet in the United States">internet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_American_newspapers" title="History of American newspapers">newspapers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radio_in_the_United_States" title="Radio in the United States">radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Television_in_the_United_States" title="Television in the United States">television</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_United_States" title="Music of the United States">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naming_in_the_United_States" title="Naming in the United States">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Star-Spangled_Banner" title="The Star-Spangled Banner">National anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_the_United_States" title="National symbols of the United States">National symbols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_(personification)" title="Columbia (personification)">Columbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Rushmore" title="Mount Rushmore">Mount Rushmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty" title="Statue of Liberty">Statue of Liberty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uncle_Sam" title="Uncle Sam">Uncle Sam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_philosophy" title="American philosophy">Philosophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_ideologies_in_the_United_States" title="Political ideologies in the United States">Political ideologies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States">Race</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States" title="Religion in the United States">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_the_United_States" title="Sexuality in the United States">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_States" title="Social class in the United States">Social class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_United_States" title="Society of the United States">Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sports_in_the_United_States" title="Sports in the United States">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater_in_the_United_States" title="Theater in the United States">Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_the_United_States" title="Transportation in the United States">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Video_games_in_the_United_States" title="Video games in the United States">Video games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_art_of_the_United_States" title="Visual art of the United States">Visual art</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Social_class_in_the_United_States" title="Social class in the United States">Social class</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States" title="Affluence in the United States">Affluence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Dream" title="American Dream">American Dream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States" title="Educational attainment in the United States">Educational attainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_the_United_States" title="Homelessness in the United States">Homelessness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Homeownership_in_the_United_States" title="Homeownership in the United States">Homeownership</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States" title="Household income in the United States">Household income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States" title="Income inequality in the United States">Income inequality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_middle_class" title="American middle class">Middle class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_United_States" title="Personal income in the United States">Personal income</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty in the United States">Poverty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Standard_of_living_in_the_United_States" title="Standard of living in the United 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href="/wiki/Disability_in_the_United_States" title="Disability in the United States">Disability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_insurance_in_the_United_States" title="Health insurance in the United States">Health insurance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Food_safety_in_the_United_States" title="Food safety in the United States">Food safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physician_shortage_in_the_United_States" title="Physician shortage in the United States">Physician shortage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poverty_and_health_in_the_United_States" title="Poverty and health in the United States">Poverty and health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_and_health_in_the_United_States" title="Race and health in the United States">Race and health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States" title="Obesity in the United States">Obesity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_deserts_in_the_United_States" title="Medical deserts in the United States">Medical deserts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_reproductive_health_in_the_United_States" title="Women's reproductive health in the United States">Women's reproductive health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_life_expectancy" title="List of U.S. states and territories by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_the_United_States" title="Capital punishment in the United States">Capital punishment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States" title="Crime in the United States">Crime</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States" title="Incarceration in the United States">incarceration</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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