Pell's Store
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This early-twentieth century photograph shows Pell's store and the Bank of Lewisport, which were on Front Street in that Ohio River town. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.
This file appears in: Union Steamboat Captured/Site of Front Street
Union Steamboat Captured/Site of Front Street
Historical Marker # 1935 in Lewisport (Hancock County) commemorates the December 1864 capture of a Union mail packet steamboat at this Ohio River town by Confederate guerrillas.
A sharp rise in pro-Confederate guerrilla activity in Kentucky…