The Ohio River near Owensboro, Daviess County

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This file appears in: Daviess County, Kentucky

A postcard image of the Ohio River near Owensboro, Daviess County. The county was named for a War of 1812 veteran. Courtesy the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Daviess County, Kentucky

By Sanders
Some historians consider the Battle of Tippecanoe, fought in Indiana in November 1811, to be the unofficial beginning of the War of 1812. A casualty from that battle, Kentuckian Joseph Hamilton…