| This is the dredge boat Ohio, in October, 1884, cleaning out the channel at the Warsaw Bar, about a mile below town. Note how much of Florence, Indiana is visible. The 1937 flood will eliminate most of what you see on the shore. That line is the river is a wing dam (Wikipedia). It does not go entirely across the river, but only far enough to channel the current. |
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| Riverfront, Warsaw Image is from the Collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County |
Harold Brown and Whitney Payne on the riverfront, 1910. That's the City of Cincinnati at the wharf boat. |
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| The Ohio River, frozen over at Warsaw You're looking South. There's the Eagle Hotel on the left, and the courthouse is behind it. The building on the right is the old Baptist Church. |
This is an old photo, taken from the Indiana side, of the farm of Mr. A. G. Craig. Note the flatboat in the river. Today, there's a giant steel plant on the left. |
| Thanks to Mr. William Davis, Mr. Craig's grandson, for the above two images. | |
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| An icy Ohio River | Warsaw Riverfront, 1964 | The Guy L at Warsaw. Note the coal conveyor on the left. |
Looking Across from Rising Sun
Remember when the Licking River flowed north to Hamilton, Ohio, and the Kentucky River turned northeast at Carrollton and headed for Cincinnati? No? That’s because you were born after the last glacier left the area. Read all about it, here. |
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| A Glimpse of Warsaw, Ky., from Indiana |
An aerial view of Warsaw from Indiana. Image is from the Collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County |
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| These gentlemen stand on frozen ice, c. 1918. A little more info on this picture is here. | Thought to be looking south at the scene of today's Markland Dam. |
| “In the years 1838 and 1839 the river was lower than it had been known to be for years, and much lower than it has ever been since. Then in the dug pass on the falls, the river was a no water mark, and on Warsaw bar there were 17 inches water.” from Vevay's Indiana Reveille, October 2, 1851 |
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| The Rice & Dore Water Circus comes to town. It was a traveling show that went up and down the river on barges. A description of it from St. Louis. | |
| More info on the old and new Ohio River Locks and Dams is here. | The Mail Steamers in 1880, here. |
| “On the splendid mail steamer Major Anderson, from Cincinnati to Louisville, we “rounded to” at Warsaw, Ky., just at dark and were greeted at the wharf by a score of motley individuals who met us to hear the latest news, and the first words that greeted us were demands for the Cincinnati Enquirer, for which our colored news dealer on board soon found a sale for a dozen or more copies. When we remember the strong “Secesh” proclivity of the place where Humphrey Marshal has so long ago led the van, and where the State guard-arms were seized last summer, their particular literary taste may be accounted for.” - from the Cincinnati Daily Commonwealth, December 27, 1861. | |
| Pirate shot in Warsaw, 1889; the short version is here, much more detailed version is here. | A page of steamboat links can be found here. |
| “The river is down to less than four feet by the channel marks
and all of the big sidewheel boats have laid up. The Big
Kanawha, Lizzie Bay, Avalon, Courier - are now running -
all light draught sternwheelers. The bar at the dike at
Florence, Ind. is giving trouble and the Bonanza was hung up
there all Friday and until pulled off by the steamer H. M.
Stanley on Saturday. The Stanley was stuck on the
Gunpowder bar Wednesday.” from the Warsaw Independent, October 1, 1904. |
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