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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
10
The piece traces Batavia's pioneer economy with water mills on the East Fork and Back Bone Run, noting six small mills, a first steam mill, and initial industries. It details Batavia’s early stores along Main Street, owners such as Samuel Galbreath, George Ely, and Andrew Foote, and growth through the 1800s until auto and rail trends ended some enterprises.
The passage traces early transport from Williams burg to Cincinnati via stages and plank roads later turned into turnpikes and rail lines. It notes the Cincinnati and Eastern Railroad system, its gauge changes, and eventual sale to Norfolk and Western. It also recounts local banking history including the First National Bank of Batavia and the German American Bank, with key officers and building moves.
The Batavia narrative recalls hotels on Main and Market streets from 1818 onward. John Jamieson ran a south Main Street inn built in 1818, Harvey Hamilton owned it until 1898, then his heirs until sale to The Batavia Realty Company for the Hamilton Building. An opposite Main Street hotel began 1832 by J. W. Robinson, later run by George Davis family until Davis’s death. The old building burned about 1899 and Hugo Building rose. The Griffin house stood at Main and Water, later T. C. Teal operated it after Griffin death. A hotel existed on lower Spring Street and Ehrnsberger property in East Batavia was long run as a hotel with their store business.
The Clermont Sun first appeared as The Ohio Sun in Bethel in 1828 and moved to Batavia, serving as the county Democratic paper under manager David Roberts. The Clermont Courier began in 1836 and has persisted for much of the ensuing era.
The piece notes varied local publications driven by political aims including Clermont Advance under James Robinson and E S Rush’s long service, reflecting a period when many papers served party lines and political causes before fading.
Batavia developed numerous hand crafts and small factories including boot and shoe, harness, buggy and carriage makers, tanneries, and foundries. Notable firms included Sterling & Moore in Spring Street, Batavia Foundry, Cincinnati Oven Company, Carroll-Jamieson Machine Tool, Batavia Ice Company, and Clermont Farm Bureau's warehousing. The town built its own electric power and water pumping plant in 1900, later integrating with Cincinnati Gas & Electric for electric service while maintaining local water pumping.
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