Fosters, Ohio
Fosters (sometimes given as Foster) is an unincorporated community in southern Warren County, Ohio, United States.[1] It straddles the Little Miami River in Deerfield and Hamilton Townships. It is located about two miles southwest of Hopkinsville, two miles west of Maineville, and two miles northeast of Twenty Mile Stand just off U.S. Route 22/State Route 3, the 3C Highway. (In the 1930s, the State of Ohio erected a new high bridge over the river that bypassed the community.) The community is in the Kings Local School District and is served by the Maineville post office. The settlement was originally called Foster's Crossing.[2] The community was named after the local Foster family.[3]
The Little Miami Bike Trail, which runs from Milford to Spring Valley, runs through the community on the eastern shore of the Little Miami River.
Arts and culture
[edit]The Monkey Bar and Grille, also known as the Train Stop Inn, is located on the east side of the Little Miami River and was once a three-story hotel called The Blue Danube.[4][5] It stood next to the Little Miami Railroad, which is now a bike trail. The hotel was located at Foster's train stop and covered bridge. Train passengers traveled north and south while horse and wagons passed east and west, hence the reason "Foster's Crossing" got its name. Years later, around 1975, the hotel became a tavern and a local favorite "watering hole" which featured a cigarette-smoking, beer-drinking chimp named Sam.[6]
Fosters Earthworks (private property) is located on a wooded hilltop site on the west side of the river across from the Monkey Bar and Grille. In 1890, archaeologist Frederick Ward Putnam investigated here. He called it “a singular ancient work” of the Hopewell culture, because he found that the walls were loaded with heavily burned stone, earth, and clay. Evidence collected from this site post dates earthworks at Fort Ancient located twelve miles up river.
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fosters, Ohio
- ^ Overman, William Daniel (1958). Ohio Town Names. Akron, OH: Atlantic Press. p. 46.
- ^ "Warren County, Ohio Place Names". Warren County Genealogical Society. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
- ^ Bogan, Dallas R. (1997). Warren County, Ohio and beyond. Bowie, Md: Heritage Books. p. 135. ISBN 0788406787.
A long-standing tribute to the past was the home of the "Blue Danube Tavern." Long before the turn of the century, it was a fashionable three-story hotel and restaurant. Earl Maag said his aunt, Theresa Englert, operated the building as a summer resort from 1892 to 1907. During the flood of 1913, a big log reportedly washed downstream and knocked out one end of the building. The old wooden bridge was also washed away in the flood. It retained the Blue Danube Tavern name from 1934 until the tavern was purchased in 1975 and completely remodeled. The building, which sits next to the new bridge structure (the George Terwilleger Bridge), is now known as "The Train Stop Inn."
- ^ Porter, Marella (May 3, 2023). "Historic Monkey Bar eager to bounce back after fire, with strong community support". WKRC. Archived from the original on May 19, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
- ^ Hrinda, David Alan (February 25, 2017). "Trial over smoking chimp was no monkey business". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. Archived from the original on February 26, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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