Filson Friday - Flowing Stories of the Ohio River and Its People

Name: Filson Friday - Flowing Stories of the Ohio River and Its People
Start: 2024-07-12T13:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-07-12T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Belle of Louisville

Schedule

Fri Jul 12 2024 at 01:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Belle of Louisville | Louisville, KY

Sponsored by Dinsmore and Shohl, LLP and held in partnership with the Belle of Louisville.
The Ohio River is one of America’s major transportation routes. During the frontier era it was one of the major routes for traders, surveyors, soldiers, and settlers to the First American West. What was travel like during that period? What were the advantages and disadvantages of traveling down the Beautiful River as the French dubbed it. The Ohio served as the first water leg of a journey that stretched across the continent to the Pacific for the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 to 1806. It traveled its entire length from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi. What was journeying down the Ohio in 1803 like for this group of intrepid explorers heading down the river and into history? What occurred at the Falls of the Ohio that makes it one of the expedition’s major sites? Filson curator and Lewis and Clark historian Jim Holmberg will discuss early river travel and the Ohio’s expedition connection aboard the Belle of Louisville’s afternoon cruise on Friday, July 12.
Tickets must be purchased at belleoflouisville.org. Click on “Our River City” and choose the July 12 cruise. Filson members can use the promo code PARTNER to receive a 15% discount. Boarding begins at noon, cruse is from 1-3pm. Food and drink are available for purchase. Filson members and their guests have exclusive use of Captain’s Quarters on the Texas Deck.