Steamboat Kentucky
This file appears in: Captain John W. Cannon
The steamboat Kentucky, shown here, was constructed in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Several southern Indiana towns such as Jeffersonville, Madison, and New Albany, where the Robert E. Lee was constructed, specialized in building steamboats. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Captain John W. Cannon
Captain John W. Cannon
Historical Marker #1756 in Hawesville (Hancock County) cites the birthplace of noted steamboat captain and builder John W. Cannon. Cannon captained steamboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers during much of the nineteenth century and became…