EARLY SHIPPING POINT/ CLOVERPORT, KENTUCKY
N 37° 50.205 W 086° 38.186
16S E 531990 N 4187764
EARLY SHIPPING POINT ON U.S.60 IN CLOVERPORT, KENTUCKY
Waymark Code: WM638R
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2009
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Cloverport, an important shipping point beginning in 1798 when Joe Houston came from Va., built home and started trading and shipping business. Flatboats carried Ky. tobacco, other goods for sale in New Orleans. Boats sold as lumber. Men came back over Natchez Trace. Houston operated first ferry here in 1802. Shipping increased and steamboats came into use, 1820.
Marker Name: EARLY SHIPPING POINT
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 850
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY...KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
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