Confluence of the Kentucky and the Ohio Rivers, c. 1910

 

 

Ele Bowen's 1855 Sketch of Carrollton
Bowen went down the Ohio in 1855 and wrote about most of the
places he passed.  Read his description of Carrollton here.
 

Ohio River Bend, Carrollton

 The Mouth of the
Kentucky River, 1908		 The Mouth of the
 Kentucky River, 1908


 

 

Foot of Fifth Street,
 Carrollton

View from Pineview,
home of W. E. Fisher

Coal Barges
near Carrollton

A big crowd collected on the river bank to see the elephant swim the river, but it was ferried over. Eight little boys, however, fell over the bank and were rescued with difficulty.  The Commonwealth, October 18, 1877, reprinting an item from the Carrollton Democrat.

Fifth Street Landing, 1908
to Mrs. Forest More, North Vernon, Indiana. 
"You ought to see the different
kinds of people over here"

Confluence of the Ohio & Kentucky Rivers, 1937 Flood

In 1879, flooding wasn't nearly the problem on the river that ice was. 

Nothing scared and worried the old river men more than ice. When the ice gorges broke, and they always broke, it was absolute terror to be on the river. You can get a real flavor for why in this account of the ice of 1877. The Carrollton  Democrat's account of the ice jam breaking loose two years later is here.

More info on the old and new Ohio River Locks and Dams is here.

"Carrollton, Ky., Nov. 26, - The Kentucky river came out on one of her greatest tears.  The barges at the coal yard of the Grobmyer Coal Co. and 200 fine saw logs belonging to the Adkinson Bros. were carried away." 
 from Maysville's Daily Public Ledger, November 26, 1900

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