Ohio River Archives - History in Your Own Backyard

The Former Applewood Restaurant, Aurora, Indiana

Do you remember the Applewood Restaurant in Aurora? In this episode of “History In Your Own Backyard” we speak with Doug Holland owner of the Applewood about this historic Indiana landmark…[View More]

Historic Marietta, Ohio

In this video I interview Marietta historian Harley Noland who probably knows more about the city than anyone else alive. I spent two days with Harley as he gave me a private tour of the beautiful his…[View More]

Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen, Marietta, Ohio

The Sons and Daughters of Pioneer Rivermen was established in 1939 to perpetuate the memory of Pioneer Rivermen and for the preservation of river history. This museum features three buildings of exhib…[View More]

17 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Historic Aurora, Indiana

Aurora, Indiana is packed with historic buildings and sites. Everywhere you turn you’ll see something of historic significance. In this video we covered 17 historic sites and stories that you pr…[View More]

Eden Park Reservoir, Cincinnati, Ohio

The land that Eden Park occupies today was originally owned by Nicholas Longworth, a prominent Cincinnati landowner who previously used the area as a vineyard and called the estate “the Garden of Ed…[View More]

Historic Vevay, Indiana

Three words describe Vevay, Indiana: Architecture, Architecture, Architecture! This town of 1700 people sitting on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River has more styles of historic architecture from t…[View More]

Brent Spence/I-75 Bridge, Covington, Kentucky

Built in 1963 the Brent Spence Bridge is now considered to be “functionally obsolete” as it carries almost twice the amount of traffic that it was originally designed for in the 1960s. Als…[View More]

Historic Lawrenceburg, Indiana

Founded in the early 1800s, Lawrenceburg, Indiana is the river town that wouldn’t give up. Battered by multiple floods in the 1800s and early 1900s, this town has come back and is now a historic…[View More]

Historic Ghent, Kentucky

Ghent, Kentucky is Carroll County’s most historic town.

Purple People Bridge

Built in 1872 this is the first railroad bridge to span the Ohio River. The bridge was multipurpose as it was used not only by trains but also by street cars, automobile…[View More]

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