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'Swan Lake' is a lake in Ballard County, Kentucky. At , it is the largest natural lake in Kentucky. It is part of a twelve-lake ... More on Wikipedia

'Shelby Lake' is a natural lake in Ballard County, Kentucky, and is one of only three major natural lakes in the state. It is part of the Ballard County Wildlife ... More on Wikipedia

'Horseshoe Lake' is an oxbow lake in Alexander County, Illinois. It is the site of Illinois's Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area, a state park in size. A remnant of a large meander of the Mississippi River, it is today ... More on Wikipedia

Inscription. The beginning of, the Third, Principal Meridian, is located, in the Ohio River, 1,810 feet, directly north, of this point. In November, 1803, this was the mouth, of the Ohio River. At this location, the Lewis & Clark, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. William B. Duncan, Chairman of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, presented this Rodman smooth bore cannon to the city of Cairo as a gift, May 27, 1905. The gun saw action for both sides of the Civil War at Fort Morgan, Mobile, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Completed November 11, 1933, Freed of Tolls November 11, 1948, by, The Cairo Bridge Commission, The Ohio River Bridge was conceived and built in the public interest by the Cairo Bridge Commission with the cooperation ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix, a French Jesuit, reported as early as 1721 that the land at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers would be a strategic location for settlement and fortification. Nearly ... More on HMDB

The Ohio River originates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River. It flows 981 miles southwest and inters the Mississippi near Cairo, Illinois. It serves as a boundary between the ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Inscription. For Capt. Bland Ballard, 1759-1853. Born in Va. Came to Ky. in 1779. Devoted life protecting frontier. Scout for George Rogers Clark's Ohio expedition, 1780. '82; Wabash campaign 1786. In the battles of Fallen Timbers, ... More on HMDB