• Not much remains in downtown Cavallo today. (Photo by Mark Jordan.)

  • The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California, as seen from Fort Baker, which sits atop Point Cavallo.

  • This 1871 map shows Rochester in decline, but still with several buildings. Today, only a few remain.

  • 1871 Coshocton County atlas showing the Rochester area. Cavallo was by this time shifting across the river to the south side of Rochester.

  • Cavallo no longer commands an official road sign, but someone prepared this one to mark the spot.

  • Using a Google Maps image of the area, I have overlain the approximate locations of Rochester and the two iterations of Cavallo. The river is here the border between Knox and Coshocton counties.

  • This undated vintage postcard image shows Cavallo closer to its boom days.

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