Editing Harrison, Ohio (section)

==History==
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[[File:Hugh Campbell Barn.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hugh Campbell House]] barn]]
Harrison was laid out in 1810, named in honor of [[William Henry Harrison]], a decorated general and state legislator and afterward the ninth president of the United States.<ref>{{cite book |last=Overman |first=William Daniel |title=Ohio Town Names |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=74 |year=1958 |publisher=Atlantic Press |location=Akron, OH |page=58}}</ref> It was incorporated in 1850 and became a city in 1981.

Harrison Township was established in 1853, formerly part of Crosby and Whitewater Township.<ref>Ford, H. (1881). 	History of Hamilton County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches. Williams, L.A. & Co.  Retrieved 05/29/2023 https://digital.cincinnatilibrary.org/digital/collection/p16998coll15/id/10302</ref> Among the [[historic site]]s in the city's vicinity is the [[Eighteen Mile House]], which was built during the earliest years of the nineteenth century.<ref>{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>

Harrison was the home of Ohio's fifth governor [[Othneil Looker]]. It was one of the few stops in Ohio on the [[Whitewater Canal]], built between 1836 and 1847, which spanned a distance of {{convert|76|mi}}.

On July 13, 1863, [[Morgan's Raid]]ers, a [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] cavalry force, invaded. The column passed through taking fresh horses and burning the bridge over the [[Whitewater River (Great Miami River tributary)|Whitewater River]] near the southwest part of the town. The first train came to Harrison Township in 1864. In 1882 Harrison Depot was built at West Broadway and Railroad Avenue. It later burned to the ground.

Harrison Village Park is the final resting place for a small number of veterans of the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. In the center of the park is a [[bandstand]], built in the early 1930s on the site of a fountain that had been drained and filled in. It seems many children came down with cases of [[impetigo]] after spending a hot summer swimming in the fountain full of untreated water.

In 1940 the [[greyhound racing|dog track]] in West Harrison closed due to pressure from the [[horse racing]] circuit. Monkeys in silk jackets had been used as jockeys for the dogs. The track had originally opened in 1932, when [[parimutuel betting]] was illegal in Indiana. However, during the Depression, heads were turned as the track attracted revenue to the area and was one of the highest paying local jobs at $12 a week.

Parts of the city [[Lower Ohio Valley tornado outbreak of June 1990|were devastated]] on June 2, 1990, by an [[Fujita scale|F4]] [[tornado]], but were quickly rebuilt.

Harrison is home to the headquarters of the [[American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute]].

Since 2023, Harrison has a city partnership with [[Meckesheim]] in Germany.