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| Scene near Petersburg, September, 1884. This is a dredge building up what's called a wing dam. It doesn't dam the river, it merely channels the current. |
River Scene near
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The Sachem today sits rusting near Petersburg.
The story of it's colorful past and current demise is here.
| “The Marshall of the State of Kentucky will sell at public sale on the 25th day of August, at Petersburg, Ky., the steamer David Gibson, her tackle, furniture &c, as it lies in the Ohio river.” Indiana Reveille, August 17, 1859 | “The steamer Madison, which
was sunk on Monday at Aurora, by coming in collision with the
steamer Iowa, was one of the Cincinnati and New Orleans Packet Line,
recently established between the two cities, and was valued at
$12,000, on which there was insurance of $8,000. Her cargo
consisted of 405 hogsheads of sugar, 1,050 barrels of molasses, 95
tierces [1 tierce = 159 liters, or 1.33 barrels] of rice, and 5 tuns
[1 tun = 8 barrels] of wire, valued at $65,000, principally insured
on open policies in Cincinnati offices. Part of the molasses
can probably be saved, but the remainder of the cargo, together with
the boat, will prove a total loss.” from Vevay's Indiana Reveille, January 12, 1859 |
| The Nathaniel Holmes was a 215 ton sternwheeler built in Steubenville, Ohio in 1856. The David Gibson was a 414 ton side-wheeler built in Murraysville, West Virginia, in 1854. The collided at Petersburg on March 28, 1859. 15 lives were lost. | |
| Forty-two lives lost as steamers Nathanial Holmes and David Gibson wreck near Petersburg, 1865. | |
| Steamer Pat Rogers burns, across from Petersburg, more here, and here and here. | Underwater cable connects Petersburg's phones to Aurora's in 1901 |
| Petersburg in the Flood of 1883. | Petersburg in the Flood of 1884 |
| Biggest problem from the 1883 flood? Enough to eat. | |
“The James Park, on her recent upward trip, passed the small steamer James Watt, loaded with pork, from Madison for Wheeling, sunk in the channel opposite Petersburg, Ky. She lies with the water up to her boiler deck, and from appearances was broken in two. The Watt was probably worth from $3,500 to $4,000, and formerly ran on the Muskingum River, and from Marietta to Wheeling. Capt. Harris is her commander.” Louisville Daily Courier, March 5, 1855 |
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Boone County Recorder, October 7, 1908
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| Moody's Wharf Boat, Petersburg | Riverfront Scene, Petersburg |
Elephants swimming in the Ohio? Read about it here.
And then there's this:
“A young alligator, fifteen inches long, and weighing two pounds,was caught in the Ohio, at
Petersburg, Boone county, a few days ago.” Louisville Daily Courier, November 7, 1855
The Aurora-Petersburg Ferry in the Ice of 1910
from a Facebook post by the Dearborn County Historical Society
Petersburg River Beacon, June 20, 1928
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| The Everett Lee at Petersburg, April of 1964. It ran earlier at Warsaw. Thanks to Jim Leach for sending us these. | The Pauline, of Petersburg | Steamer with the Kentucky hills | |
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Steam Barge on the |
Steamers Bonanza and |
Excursion Boat near |
Cincinnati Daily Commercial, June 15, 1861
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| View of Three States from Aurora, Indiana |
Aerial View of Lawrenceburg, Indiana and Eastern Boone County in the 1937 Flood |
Looking across the Ohio from Aurora, c. 1910 |
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| The Dart, at Stoney Point, opposite the mouth of the Miami River, September 20, 1896 | Steamer Louisville at Aurora, 1911 |
Hauling Water - if you didn't live near the Ohio River
January 19, 1911
For substantial portions of the Northern Kentucky Views Petersburg images,
we are indebted to the E. Y. Chapin
Library in Petersburg, and to Ms. Bridget
Stiker, at the Hebron Branch of the Boone County Library.
