As long as we are in the water we cannot be forced to go.’ ‘The river belongs to Uncle Sam,’ he said, ‘and until he orders me to move my boat will not budge. “Some of the River denizens are getting ready to move, but where? They do not know. Apparently, Shantytown did not get the message because, in 1907, the Pittsburgh Coal Company announced plans for a facility in Shantytown, forcing the eviction of 500 residents. In 1901, Charles Glandorf, a contractor who held the lease to five acres of land occupied by this rag-tag community announced that he would force all the squatters to move. There was “Captain” Charles Richmond, known as the richest man in Shantytown because he owned a Victrola and 100 records.Īmong other claims to fame, Shantytown seemed to have nine lives, like a cat. There was “Duke” (any other names unknown) who gained his noble title because he somehow managed to acquire a new derby hat every year. Shantytown was always filled with flamboyant folks. Beginning about 1890, shacks, shanties and houseboats congregated there, in the shadow of the Cincinnati Southern railroad bridge. Perhaps the most colorful such environ was Shantytown, located out in the far West End where the Mill Creek Runs into the Ohio River. Many of Cincinnati’s old neighborhoods have faded into history.
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