View of the Ohio River
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The City of Louisville steamboat passes the Ghent wharf and wharf boat. ca, 1910s.
Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society
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Lincoln Acquitted
Historical Marker #667 in Hancock County designates the location of Abraham Lincoln's first law case in which he successfully defended himself against charges of operating a ferry without a license.
In the fall and winter of 1826-27,…