The Riverfront, 1906
Maysville Riverfront
Front Street, June and December
Looking up river, circa WWI
The Old Swimming Hole
Moonlight on the Ohio
Ohio River Scenes with Wharf Boat, 1912
Maysville, 1968
Lock & Dam No. 33, August 1, 1918
under construction
Lock and Dam No. 33, opened
Floodwall Construction, 1953
These two drawings are from 1821 !
They're from Adlard Welby's A Visit to North
America and the English Settlements in Illinois.
You can find the entire text on the Library of Congress' site, here.
You must search for Maysville, Kentucky or Adlard Welby when you get there.
| Remember when the Licking River flowed north to Hamilton, Ohio, and the Kentucky River turned northeast at Carrollton and headed for Cincinnati? No? That’s because you were born after the last glacier left the area. Read all about it, here. |
Scene of the Grand Union Barbeque, Maysville, 1861
Read all about it, here
Upriver from Mason County used to be Ohio River Islands, 1887
This 135 acre island was actively farmed for over 40 years by
Manchester's Frank Cooley.
More info on the old and new Ohio River Locks and Dams is here.
Tom Cawvel has a nice site with current steamboat pictures,
here,
and a page of steamboat links can be found
here.
