Colerain Turnpike Watering Trough #67-31
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N 39° 18.306 W 084° 38.085
16S E 703940 N 4353302
0.2 miles South of intersection of Old Colerain Avenue and East Miami River Road.
Waymark Code: WM7Q55
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2009
Views: 10
Side A : "Colerain Turnpike Watering Trough"
This spring fed watering trough was erected by Giles Richards (1792-1876) in 1867 and has provided water to travelers and livestock ever since. Richards owned and operated a number of enterprises in Colerain Township starting in the early 1800s. Upon the marble slab just above the iron trough is engraved:
Stranger and traveler
Drink freely and bestow
A kindly thought on him
Who bade this fountain flow
Yet hath no other claim
Than as the minister
Of blessings in God's name
Drink and in peace go
Side B :
Same
Marker Number: 67-31
County: Hamilton
Significance of Location: Thing
Bicentenial Mark: no
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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