Ohio River


River that runs west from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi River.

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How to use Ohio River in a sentence

  • Nine in ten of us had never seen a mountain, nor a hill as high as a church spire, until we had crossed the Ohio River.

  • The Ohio River steamers were not the most sumptuous craft afloat, but they were slow and hospitable.

  • Patrols were placed along the Ohio River, and the militia called out to capture Blennerhassett and the men with him.

    Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
  • Wilkinson was delayed, however, and so Burr embarked in an ark that he had ordered built to sail down the Ohio River.

    Historic Adventures | Rupert S. Holland
  • She was the 19th State, and asked permission to hold slaves, but Congress prohibited slavery north of the Ohio River.