Frozen Ohio River
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This photograph shows the frozen Ohio River at Warsaw, Kentucky. During the winter months captains and pilots had to be on lookout for heavy blocks of ice; yet another hazard to steamboat river travel. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Great River Tragedy
Great River Tragedy
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,…