When was it published?

August 11, 1837 in The Charlotte Journal

Domestic News August 11, 1837

The Charlotte Journal

Q: What sub-type of article is it?

Geographical Curiosity, Watershed Divide

Q: What keywords are associated?

Ravenna Ohio, Watershed Divide, Court House, St Lawrence, Mahoning River, Gulf Of Mexico

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

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What is this article about?

Ravenna, Ohio, lies on the watershed divide between waters flowing to the Ohio River and Lake Erie. The old courthouse is positioned such that rainwater from its north side flows to the St. Lawrence, and from the south to the Mahoning River and Gulf of Mexico.

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Ravenna—a remarkable fact.—This town in Ohio, stands on a fixed and moderately elevated tract directly on the dividing line between the waters which run into the Ohio, and those which run into Lake Erie. The old court-house is so situated that the rain which falls on the north side of the roof passes into the St. Lawrence; while that which falls on the south side passes into the Mahoning, and is finally poured into the Gulf of Mexico so that this house in a rainy day is a fountain of waters for two opposite hemispheres of the globe.

What sub-type of article is it?

Geographical Curiosity Watershed Divide

What keywords are associated?

Ravenna Ohio Watershed Divide Court House St Lawrence Mahoning River Gulf Of Mexico

Where did it happen?

Ravenna, Ohio

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Primary Location

Ravenna, Ohio

Event Details

This town in Ohio stands on a fixed and moderately elevated tract directly on the dividing line between the waters which run into the Ohio, and those which run into Lake Erie. The old court-house is so situated that the rain which falls on the north side of the roof passes into the St. Lawrence; while that which falls on the south side passes into the Mahoning, and is finally poured into the Gulf of Mexico so that this house in a rainy day is a fountain of waters for two opposite hemispheres of the globe.