Ferry and Wharf, Ghent
Image from the Collection of the Public
Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Ghent Wharf
Martha A. Graham, at Vevay
The Robert T. Graham, built in 1918, destroyed by ice, 1942
Boarding the Robert T. Graham
| The Ghent ferry Robert T. Graham coming up U. S. 42 near the Virginius T. Craig farm (later Albert G. Craig farm) during the 1937 flood. The ferry picked up cattle on the Craig and Gex farms and carried them to higher land. Thanks, to Bill Davis for this one! |
The Martha A. Graham
| Two of the most clever and accommodating gentlemen to be found anywhere are the Graham brothers who operate the steam ferry Eva Everett between Ghent and Vevay. Capt. Jack Graham pilots the boat and Capt. Everett Graham entertains the passengers and looks after the cabin. Both are pleasant gentlemen and being experienced river men assure the travelers of a safe and speedy trip across the Ohio." from the Warsaw Independent, 5/20/1905 |
A few more words on Captain Jack Graham are here.
| "Oliver Tyson has just finished a neat little gasoline launch for Capt. John L. Graham and brother Everett Graham. The boat is about twenty feet long and five feet beam and was launched Tuesday, IT is being fitted out with a good gasoline engine and the Graham Bros. expect to make the trip in the boat to St. Louis about Sept. 20th to attend the world's fair, and are now making preparations for a pleasant journey." from the Warsaw Independent, July 3, 1904. |
1908 Tobacco boycott drives tenant farmers to Indiana, here.
The First Auto to Cross the Ohio River on Ice,
Between Ghent and Vevay, Jan 1, 1918
The Vevay Ferry
...and a quartet from Vevay
(PS: It's pronounced vee-vee, not vee-vay)
The City of Vevay, ran 1888-1895
Steamboats at Vevay; Ghent in background
The Cincinnati and The Louisville each left their namesake towns
and
met at Vevay from 1899 thru 1917. They exchanged passengers, mail, and
freight, and headed back to their respective cities. Both boats were
destroyed in the ice of 1917.
The Cincinnati Reds play Vevay
