Falls of the Ohio

ID: 2380
This file appears in: Evan Williams, 1755-1810
Falls of the Ohio

Photo of the Falls of the Ohio.
Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Evan Williams, 1755-1810

By Kate Sowada and Christopher Beebout
Historical Marker #2445 commemorates Evan Williams (1755 – 1810), an early Kentucky whiskey distiller in Jefferson County. A native of Wales, Williams came to Kentucky around 1780. He settled in Louisville, which had been established two years…