Moment of Indiana History
Posts tagged Ohio River
January 7, 2013
A Founding Justice And His Scenic Overlook
Overlooking the Ohio River at Aurora, Veraestau was built as the home of a member of the state's first Supreme Court and a founder of Franklin College.
February 20, 2012
Taking The State From Below
In 1840, Indiana's population was so concentrated in the south that one-half of the settlers lived within seventy-five miles of the Ohio River.
February 13, 2012
Steamboat Dreams
New Albany promoted itself as the "real head of navigation on the Ohio-Mississippi system". But merchants never realized their steamboat dreams.
December 5, 2011
Rolling–And Journalling–On The River
Faced with limited local and regional markets for their grain and livestock, enterprising Indiana farmers shipped their products by flatboat to New Orleans.
October 24, 2011
Drawing A Line In The Riverbed
Where does Indiana end and Kentucky begin? The answer seems simple enough: the Ohio River. But it’s not that simple.
July 4, 2011
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The Petrified Man Hoax
On viewing the stone man, Governor Durban proclaimed it a genuine petrified human being, pronouncing: “It is the most wonderful thing I have ever seen.”
November 22, 2010
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From Evansville to Normandy
In 1942, the construction of a shipyard on the Ohio riverfront heightened Evansville’s stature as a manufacturer of military equipment.
August 4, 2008
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100 Year Flood
When purchasing home insurance one anticipates every contingency, including such events as a “100 Year Flood.” In June 2008, Hoosiers in south-central Indiana learned exactly how formidable that event could be. The state’s hydrologist officially termed the 2008 deluge a “100 Year Flood” when water levels broke records set during the Great Flood of 1913. […]
November 19, 2007
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Colgate-Palmolive
In early 2006, Colgate-Palmolive announced that its toothpaste plant in Clarksville, Indiana would relocate to Morristown, Tennessee by 2008. Another indication of Indiana’s shift from a manufacturing-based economy, the news came as a blow to the plant’s 500 employees, along with economic forecasters in Southern Indiana.
