View of a river barge and the hills of Kentucky from the former site of Alexandria, Ohio (2012).

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This file appears in: Abandoned Alexandria, Ohio
View of a river barge and the hills of Kentucky from the former site of Alexandria, Ohio (2012).

Photo credit: Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

This file appears in: Abandoned Alexandria, Ohio

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.
The confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers has long been the site of human habitation, from the ancient Adena and Hopewell to the Shawnee and, lastly, to the Americans of today. The mouth of the Scioto has seen the rise and fall of many villages,…