J. Proctor Knott

ID: 2109
This file appears in: Great River Tragedy

Future Kentucky governor J. Proctor Knott, then a congressman, was on board the "America" when the collision occurred. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

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,…