Collision Headline

ID: 2108
This file appears in: Great River Tragedy

This headline concerning the tragic disaster appeared in the December 6, 1868 edition of the "Louisville Courier Journal." Photograph courtesy of Tim Talbott.

This file appears in: Great River Tragedy

By Tim Talbott
Historical Marker #720 in Gallatin County notes the tragic steamboat collision between the "America" and the "United States" on the Ohio River in 1868. The disaster, which occurred near Warsaw,…