In 1851 this view of the Little Miami River inspired a young Cincinnati artist named Robert Duncanson.  Born in New York in 1821 to an African-American mother and a Scotch - Canadian father, Duncanson spent his childhood in Canada.  By 1842 he was settled in Cincinnati where his paintings caught the attention of Nicholas Longworth, a prominent citizen whose commissions aided the young artist's success.

 Duncanson traveled widely in the United States and Europe to find subjects for his paintings.  He died in Detroit in 1872.  The picture he painted of this spot is called "Blue Hole, Little Miami River," and is now in the Cincinnati Art Museum.