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==History== Clermont's name is borrowed from a [[Clermont-Ferrand|prefecture in France]] notable as the home of [[Celts|Celtic]] leader [[Vercingetorix]] who led the unified [[Gauls|Gallic]] resistance to [[Gallic Wars|Roman invasion]]. Clermont connotes "clear mountain," which describes the hills when viewed through the thick [[Ohio River]] [[fog]]. During the [[Age of Discovery]], the [[French people|French]] became the first recorded Europeans to see this land from the Ohio River, though Clermont's population dates to the [[Paleoindians|Paleoindian]], [[Adena culture|Adena]], [[Hopewell tradition|Hopewell]], and [[Fort Ancient culture|Fort Ancient]] cultures. The [[Gatch Site]] and other sites provide glimpses into what life was like for these people. The [[Shawnee]], [[Miami people|Miami]], [[Lenape]], [[Mingo]], [[Odawa]], [[Cherokee]], and [[Wyandot people|Wyandot]] each have or had a presence in Clermont. At its ordinance in 1800 by the [[History of Virginia|Commonwealth of Virginia]] to reward Virginian military veterans with land [[bounty (reward)|bounties]], Clermont encompassed twenty-three current Ohio counties and over 4.2 million acres of dense [[old-growth forest]]. The first [[deed]] was issued on February 20, 1796. [[George Washington]] owned three parcels of land in Clermont County, whose first capital was [[Williamsburg, Ohio|Williamsburg]], founded by [[Lytle family|William Lytle]], and like [[Milford, Ohio|Milford]], was founded in 1796. A stone dairy house, constructed in 1800, is thought to be the oldest standing building in Clermont. The edifice is located beside Harmony Hill on South Third Street in Williamsburg. Harmony Hill, one of the area's first farms, was built by William Lytle. The last [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]] village was located two miles south of Marathon in Jackson Township, along the mouth of Grassy Run on the East Fork of the Little Miami River. The site saw the largest frontier battle in Clermont, the Battle of Grassy Run, during which pioneer [[Simon Kenton]] clashed with chief [[Tecumseh]] on April 10, 1792. The Wyandot lived at this site until 1811. The Bullskin Trail, once a major American Indian trail, runs north and south through Clermont along [[Ohio State Route 133|Ohio Route 133]], and was used by frontiersmen Kenton and [[Daniel Boone]] on hunting and warfare expeditions. In 1823, [[New Richmond, Ohio|New Richmond]] became the seat, and in 1824, the seat moved to [[Batavia, Ohio|Batavia]], the county's current seat. Clermont's [[Moscow, Ohio|Moscow]] became the exiled home of French royalty during the early 1800s, including future [[King of the French|King of France]] [[Louis-Philippe]] in 1815 and the [[Marquis de Lafayette]] in 1825.<ref>Spate House of Moscow, Ohio. Retrieved April 18, 2012. http://www.forgottenoh.com/Counties/Clermont/spate.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116022241/http://www.forgottenoh.com/Counties/Clermont/spate.html |date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> [[Point Pleasant, Ohio|Point Pleasant]] was birthplace and boyhood home of military hero, [[Union (American Civil War)|Union general]], and President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], born on April 27, 1822. During the 1800s, [[Abolitionism in the United States|antislavery]] sentiment remained strong. [[Bethel, Ohio|Bethel]] was the residence of [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]] who also served three terms in the [[Ohio House of Representatives]], as [[Ohio Supreme Court]] Justice, and four terms in the [[Ohio Senate]]. His U.S. Senate career lasted from 1833 to 1839, and in [[1844 United States presidential election|1844]], Morris was the vice presidential candidate for a third party with the goal of abolishing slavery—approximately sixteen years before the first antislavery Republican president. Also in 1844, America's first anarchist, philosopher, and inventor [[Josiah Warren]] made Clermont the site of [[Utopia, Ohio|Utopia]], an [[cooperative|egalitarian haven]] of [[Puritan]]s who espoused the doctrines of [[François Marie Charles Fourier]].<ref>''The Ohio Politics Almanac'', Second Edition. Michael F. Curtin. Retrieved April 18, 2012.</ref> The primitive socialist life at Utopia was later made into a musical at the Carnegie Center of Columbia Tusculum.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hugowesttheatricals.com/utopia|title=Utopia, Ohio|work=Hugo West Theatricals|date=July 2023|accessdate=July 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://moversmakers.org/digital-edition/|title=Musical 'Utopia, Ohio' looks at three real, strange experiments|work=Movers & Makers Cincinnati|date=July 2023|accessdate=July 23, 2023}}</ref> In 1847, future [[Governor of Ohio|Ohio Governor]] [[John M. Pattison]] was born near [[Owensville, Ohio|Owensville]]. Grant became commander-in-chief of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], during which [[John Hunt Morgan]] and his [[Confederacy (American Civil War)|Confederate]] raiders invaded Clermont in 1863. Grant was [[1868 United States presidential election|elected the eighteenth president in 1868]]. <gallery> Image:TMorris.jpg|[[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]], [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] Image:John M. Pattison 003.jpg|[[John M. Pattison|John Pattison]], [[Governor of Ohio|Governor]] Image:Hugh_H._L._Nichols,_12_profile_holding_cigar_(LOC).jpg|[[Hugh L. Nichols|Hugh Nichols]], [[Lieutenant Governor of Ohio|Lt. Governor]] and [[Chief Justice]] </gallery> Clermont's last-standing [[covered bridge]] was built in 1878 on Stonelick Williams Corner Road, near US Route 50; it was renovated in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/clermontcounty/2014/12/11/clermont-covered-bridge-reopen-soon/20247259/ |title= Clermont covered bridge to reopen soon|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=December 11, 2014|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> The Grant birthplace, originally a one-room cabin, continues to welcome visitors and in 1890 was removed from its original location, travelling by boat to be viewed by citizens along various waterways. It was also taken to the 1893 [[World's Columbian Exposition|Chicago World's Fair]] before returning to Clermont. Pattison became the first Clermont Countian elected Governor of Ohio in 1905, Ohio's first [[Ohio Democratic Party|Democratic]] governor of the twentieth century. Pattison lived in Milford, and at a time before the influence of [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]], governed from his home called the [[Promont]], which was used as the official governor's residence. The mansion, completed in 1865, today is a museum that houses a library and other historical memorabilia. It is located at 906 Main Street, Milford. Democrat [[Hugh L. Nichols|Hugh Llewellyn Nichols]] of [[Batavia, Ohio|Batavia]] served as [[List of Lieutenant Governors of Ohio|32nd Lieutenant Governor of Ohio]] and became the first Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court in 1914. Orpha Gatch of Milford, the first woman elected to its school board, locally sponsored the [[League of Women Voters|county LWV]], and is the namesake for the club's award given annually at its [[suffrage|suffragist]] [[brunch]] honoring the recognized volunteerism and leadership qualities.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/union-township/2015/01/16/gatch-milford-first-umc-music-maven/21854327/|title= Gatch: A Milford First United Methodist Church and music maven|newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=January 16, 2015|access-date=January 3, 2017}}</ref> Clermont's [[progressivism]] created a climate of political independence. Despite recent [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] prevalence in its offices, heavy [[nonpartisanism|nonpartisan]] and [[labor union|union]] influences exist. Clermont's growing population as well as [[environmentalism]] have contributed to this climate.
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