A Moment in Kentucky History: Steamboats Collide on the Ohio River

WEKU | By Samantha Morrill

Published January 21, 2020 at 8:15 AM EST

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about? a steamboat collision on the Ohio River.

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