History and Dark Legends of Clarksville, Indiana 

I grew up at Greenwood, Indiana, lived there for over 30 years. Our parents frequently brought us to southern Indiana, and it was like a wonderland of exciting things! When I got a chance to live here, I took it and have never been sorry! 🙂

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Thank-you kindly! I know a lot about Indiana legends, History and tourist attractions, having lived here my entire life. I get the rest from research and talking to local historians / people I meet in these small towns. I can’t know it all, I will miss / fail to mention a fact that someone holds dear. But, for the most part, I end up knowing more than most local people do! 🙂

the school's objective is to brain wash with watery thin history and tall tales of their own lies.

Amen

George Rogers Clark was a patriot, leader and explorer that I’ll always admire. It was a pleasure bringing his story to life!🙂

It really is a shame how our nation has treated our finest patriots, then and now. I’ve never studied Lewis’s life after the Corp of Discovery: that’s very interesting, as well as tragic! The one thing I’ve seen, is that if you didn’t have family, such as grown children, or couldn’t hire help, you were pretty much on your own. That could make a great man consider suicide, when thinking they’ll end up in the street and disgraced. So incredibly sad.

Sadly not much has changed today in the treatment of veterans.

Let these lessons and countless more, stand as a record that the government, and all those in it, left/right, do not care about us. No good deed will go unpunished

@@AdventureswithRoger Sadly great men commit suicide often, even now. That is sad.

I was going to mention this... it's a long standing tradition within our country that we seem to ignore, the more one gives for our country the more the government will take from them... unless of course you go directly into politics from whatever service you provided and bolster the fame to fan the flames of your own glory to bring in contributions and benefits building wealth and power... otherwise the government will just debt you into oblivion for the service that you gave... the Lucky ones can often be the soldiers who died in the heat of battle for they are the only ones who perish without owing the government their entire life... but then they gave their all to protect the people they love... I've been through the encampments of military soldiers who have come back from war to not have a home no money in the bank and no other place to be... some people would ever realize that there was veteran encampments hidden along some highways in the woods where these heroes live in tents surrounded by camouflage mesh pretty much living like they are stuck in a war... some might say they are stuck in a war... every day is a fight to stay alive and not become another one of the 22 a day that takes their own life... or fighting to get food, medicine, and the basic needs in which they need... struggling against PTSD depression anxiety and a host of other physical and emotional scars and trauma that they have endured. These men and women live on the fringe of society still forgotten and other times blatantly ignored... I've sat with many, ate with them, and discussed the things that they've gone through, cried with them and prayed with them... but there was nothing tangible I could do to help... I'm only one man... but if I could I would have... there's soldiers all over who just want to come home... some may be only a short walk from anyone at this moment... always thank a veteran but even more if you have a way talk to ones that you meet and take the time to truly listen to what they have to say...

Sweet name brother

Yeah, its crying shame how the mounds and sacred burial grounds of the First Nations people have been bulldozed and destroyed by colonizers.

I originally started the channel as friends at work were always asking me for southern Indiana weekend ideas. I thought I’d be done in 4 months, and I’m still going after 5 years! I’ve found lots of cool places, and people continue to send me more ideas. All I know is I never get tired of jumping in the car and exploring down here! 🙂

@@AdventureswithRoger I'd love to know more on the history of mccormicks creek if you ever have time to cover it! It's beautiful!

@@xXcandieraindropsXxI was at McCormicks creek filming last fall. I don’t quite have a story, need to return for additional shots.

I'm a local photographer, so if you ever need some cool photos let me know! 😊

I had one viewer from Louisville, upset over this video. Said it made Clarksville look bad. It’s history, good or bad, and the stories are worth retelling.

My pleasure! I’d heard these interesting stories for a long time, hoped to pull them together for everyone else.

Sounds like good times!

I’m a history junkie, you’ve came to the right place!

My genuine pleasure! I started the channel after co-workers, both single and with families, asked me what were places to see and do on the weekend. I thought it would take a few months, tops, to capture all of southern Indiana, but I’m going on 5 years now! I’ve really enjoyed meeting nice people in the small towns, hearing stories, and learning new ways to make these videos. And it seems, I still have more stories to tell! It’s a cool hobby that gets me out of the house. 🙂 Thanks for coming along for the ride! This season is starting out with some awesome finds, and I hope you’ll get as much a kick out of them, as I do!

Both Lewis and Clark as a team, and General Clark, had some interesting journals about what they found on the frontier. Blue-eyed Indians that spoke Welsh, giant skeletons unearthed along the Ohio River, an ancient castle with 75 foot tall walls: were all journal entries that have disappeared.

Thank-you very kindly! My hope is to cover all the exotic, hard-to-reach places while I’m able, historical documentaries, and follow-up with fun travel guides and a book. Lots of behind the scenes things have happened on these journeys! 🙂

Ive lived here in southern Indiana all my 50 yrs of life. Some of your adventures are minutes away from where I live

I’m always finding new stuff I didn’t know about. This channel was supposed to be a 4 month project, and I’ve now been at it 5 years! And the beauty of it: after I publish a video, people give me new ideas!

Thanks Steven! I keep looking for more!

My pleasure! I had collected all kinds of stories, from people, books and online articles, since moving to southern Indiana in 2009. Such a very interesting history that I wanted to preserve. I love driving along the waterfront or just parking the car and watching the world float by, thinking about all the hidden history.

I’d heard lots of great stories over the years, and tried to pull them all together. The one story I wanted to tell, but didn’t, was the legend about the cave that went under the Ohio River, somewhere near the falls. I’d heard it and read about it over the years, how native Americans were using it to get to Indiana, from Kentucky. But could not find it online, when making this one. Hopefully I’ll run into it again!

@@AdventureswithRoger check with the local caving grottos. Surely someone in those circles has heard that one.

I have several contacts with the southern Indiana grottos, all really good people. There are several caves downstream of the falls, on the Kentucky side. One called “Morgan Cave”, the other, “Daniel Boone Cave”. I’ve heard that both are on private property. But, I don’t believe they go back very far. A cave this fantastic would be a huge deal if it were found!

I too was born and raised in that area and never heard half of these stories.

are you related to Ryan?

I tell people that the falls were a big reason why Louisville grew so fast. Boats had to stop at the falls, and people had to either get another ride, downstream, move the boat over land, or just decide it was where they were going to live! It’s fascinating how things work, out of sheer practicality!

Thanks Kelly! I love a good, hidden history!

Thanks Christopher! More fun ahead, as I pull together many loose ends!

My pleasure! So many amazing places in Southern Indiana!

I enjoy these deep dives on history!

I live here. Live two blocks away. Have a bike trail that takes me right to it. It was hard to see it get burnt

Senseless crime, and a shame

@@a_g8751 Makes no sense! 🤬

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There was both a fort along the river, (next door Jeffersonville) and where confederates made a crossing. Seems like both had historical markers at one point, but have been removed since the waterfront revitalization. I’m working on the screenplay of Morgan’s 1863 raid, am reading Lester Horwitz’s “The Longest Raid of the Civil War” to confirm I don’t miss anything. Really well done text.

Lots of good memories along the Ohio River! I didn’t grow up here, but have certainly enjoyed spending time along the river this last decade, since moving here. There’s a peace along the river that is simply wonderful! 🙂

Thanks Tony!

Thank-you, Gina! Lots of great river stories down here.

My pleasure, Gerald! It took a month of re-writes to condense a very rich history. I had no idea what I was getting myself into! 😀

@@AdventureswithRoger Very good work, so sad the way George Rogers Clark was treated, and the cabin just un called for. At least history remembers him as a great man

It’s a shame that Clarksville doesn’t do something more grand, for a man that saved us from British rule. Louisville has a huge statue of Clark on its waterfront plaza. But there is no shrine, statue or movie of any type at Clarksville, to tell what General Clark did. Money is certainly a factor, but I suspect much has to do with his complicated life. He wasn’t perfect, he was very rough, and his life after Vincennes was filled with controversy. But the visitor center at Vincennes did a great job with their film, and the grand memorial is nothing short of Washington DC quality.

@@AdventureswithRoger He really deserves better for sure. Alot of $ for everything else seems to be available. I stayed inside territorial Capitol with Boy Scouts, so long ago I bought Apollo 11 patch downstairs in lobby, lol

I don’t know if schools even do field trips these days, but I know I got a lot out of them when I was a kid.

Clark was an incredibly interesting man to study, a combination of verifiable accounts of his exploits, and legends. There have long been stories of fantastic things “ripped” from his memoirs, as an attempt to solidify his image and separate it from tales meant to sell books. The Filson Society in Louisville, Kentucky has a great deal about him.

So many great places in Southern Indiana alone!

Thanks, Dale! I’m slowly putting together a segment about unusual, Indiana places. Quite a bit to choose from!

@@AdventureswithRoger I'm across the river in Kentucky, but, again really enjoy your videos. A lot of history as well as the strange and unusual on both sides of the river.

@@DaleStreble As they say, “More than a fella can shake a stick at!” 🙂

Well you are in luck, Mike: I’m working on the Prince Madoc movie! A man named Dana Olsen wrote a book on the subject, and was in negotiations with a film company, but something fell through a few years ago. Out of professional courtesy, I didn’t pursue it any further, thinking it would finally come to fruition. I didn’t want to steal his thunder. But, given many years of inactivity, I began filming. I touched upon the Madoc legend in the Rose Island segment, but there’s a LOT more to be told! 🙂 Mysterious Rose Island / Charlestown State Park (Charlestown, Indiana) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aDOot4h2rVU.html A friend of mine researched / visited the Witches Castle, near Utica. The truth behind it, to me, is much more interesting than the local legends. It’s the story about a man that truly loved his wife, and wanted to build her a castle, because she was his “queen”. He went to great trouble and expense to build it, but she would never live there. Maybe it wasn’t her style, too grandiose, she just liked modern places, or perhaps the house was a last ditch effort to save a troubled marriage, I haven’t found an answer. There was a grain of truth in stories that two elderly women lived at the castle, but the morbid stories behind it are probably fiction. For a fact, local kids have went there and spray-painted pentagrams and satanic symbols to make the once chapel look scary. A New Albany girl was tortured if not also murdered there, by girls she knew in school. Incredibly sad story. I wanted to do a segment, telling the tales and what we know, but it is on private property. I’ve done other abandoned property videos, but after people start watching and showing up to investigate, I get letters from attorneys. 😀 But, if it is clearly abandoned, and there are no posted “no trespassing signs”, Indiana law says that there is no laws broken. Like you, I love the history and legends of southern Indiana. I’m glad I’m not the only one! Will love to hear what you think of that Madoc movie, whenever I can get it together!

@@AdventureswithRoger The girl is Shanda Sharer, she's from Jeffersonville, and she was not murdered at the witch's castle. Yes, she was taken there before her murder, but she was killed in Madison

I took my 5 kids there recently, to the dam, and I had to take a kind of weird path to get to it. I was creeped out the whole time.

My pleasure! I keep learning as I go. Sometimes people will watch one of these and ask about something I’d never heard of, or I set up a tripod in a small town, and nice people come by to chat. I love it all! 🙂

I’ve loved this area since Dad took us here, on day trips, from central Indiana. When I got a chance to move to Floyd County, I took it! During the Bicentennial, in 1976, this was where even the schools were taking us, to teach us about our pioneer past, but especially George Rogers Clark!

@@AdventureswithRoger I grew up in New Albany, near IUS, base of the Knobs. A very beautiful scenic area.

Totally agree. And, Jeffersonville / New Albany attractions are only minutes away.

Welcome, badger! Many cool places and legends down here.

Next door Jeffersonville is also an interesting area!

Historic Jeffersonville, Indiana ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4Xn1R3dtzUg.html

Thank you I will check it out.@@AdventureswithRoger

Write these awesome stories down! 🙂

@@AdventureswithRoger Dad's expanded story (and he honestly thought he'd never accomplished much): "My Dad was born in 1913 and he died in 2008 at the age of 94. His mother died when he was five and his father when he was eight. He was raised by his maternal grandparents who were very poor. He quit school at thirteen and went to work to help them make ends meet by working in a shirt factory. Later he worked in a soap factory. At around twenty, he got a job with a crew building a road through his small southern Indiana town. By the time he was twenty-two he was running a crew of his own. He met my mother in 1942 and married her a week before leaving for Army basic training. He eventually went through Officer Candidate School and eventually attained the rank of 1st Lt. He was being mobilized to deploy to support the invasion of Japan when the bomb was dropped and the war ended. He left the Army in 1946 (stayed in the Reserves until 1960) and moved to help my Mom’s father on his farm. My Grandfather died suddenly in 1950 and my Mom and Dad took over the farm. There wasn't any thing my Dad would give a shot on the farm; cattle, hogs, chickens (1000 layers at one time), truck crops, such as tomatoes, turnips, and cabbage. We had seven acres of strawberries at one point. Dad cleared fifteen acres of woods and scrub ground by hand. He would throw nearly 100 pounds of feed on his shoulder and walk a half mile through the snow to feed hogs. Later, in the '60's, he and Mom rented the farm out and he sold insurance. He became one of the top salesmen in the company. He traveled all of Iowa and Illinois and would leave Monday morning and get back on Friday. He and Mom built a new house in '66. He got into land development and nearly lost everything due to several unscrupulous partners. He and Mom then got into Section Eight Housing and built four projects for the elderly and low income families in small towns. That saved them. We had started running the farm again in the early '70's, and Dad would plant or combine all day well into his '80's. Once, in his mid 70's he had surgery for rectal cancer. Two weeks later he was spending ten hour days sitting on a tractor planting corn. He never stopped busting his ass to take care of us" BTW, I remember Dad telling me about helping pull people out of 2nd floor windows in New Albany using a boat during the '37 flood.

@@gw5309 Simply amazing stories! “Hard times make hard men. Soft times make soft men.” Current generation has no idea what people had to do, just to survive. If you failed, you didn’t get a pat on the back and a reset, you died. If these stories aren’t told, what will happen when times get tough again?

Great job! Thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated! 💞👍🏻🤗

Hi Paul! Thank-you for your kind words! Sand Island isn’t underwater, although it does flood. Someone said that when they were a kid, the water was once so low that they just walked to it. I don’t know how sketchy it is to hop a boat and explore it, with the flood gates opening and closing upstream, but can you imagine a metal detector finding?

@@AdventureswithRoger Oh I can! I was just telling somebody I'd love to take a boat out there when it seems safe! I also think I have the silver fever now after your video 😅 I can't wait for the weather to cool down and explore some spots around here, especially New Albany and further out towards the boat.

I remember a friend calling me and saying they’d got a new metal detector, and asking if I’d like to go prospecting! So I went along, and ended up being the guy that helped dig every time that device went crazy! Old wire. Junk. Then we found a sterling silver fork! So technically, I have found silver in Indiana! 😀

It is a vast wonderland of history and legends!

Probably part of the liberals design to destroy history, by one of the antifa type arsonists.

So many great places along the falls!

@@AdventureswithRoger I barely scratched the surface…thank you so much for delving into the historical significance and sharing it in such an engaging way.

@@ehrenbowling my pleasure! Just so much history that’s no longer being taught. My hope is that these humble films interest people enough to explore and learn a little more! 🙂

@@AdventureswithRoger your hope is realized, Roger. I have been sharing your videos with my nephew who’s still in the Bluegrass and he’s been captivated. I thank you and will keep in thanking you for the work and generosity in sharing it freely. Very grateful for you!

Thanks, Roman!

He was a true patriot and treated like a pauper until the end of life.

Thank-you Brian! There is much to see in southern Indiana, but much of it is hidden unless you know where to look. I’m eventually going to do a “best of Southern Indiana” highlight video.

@@AdventureswithRoger Definitely following your channel. I love this stuff. Thank you!!!

I give it my best and truly appreciate your encouragement! Some of these segments eat up weeks if not months of research time. 🙂

Thank-you, Roger!

Have walked the Big 4 and have did a segment on it, calling it the disco bridge! I hounded Louisville’s Waterfront office for several years, to fix the light problem. They said it was some kind of costly relay, but finally got it fixed and the light show is on that video. Haven’t read any of Kevin’s books to date, but have had several people say they are quite good. David Weatherly has a decent book about Indiana Cryptids, “Monsters at the Crossroads”. I’ve been reading it for the last month, off and on, comparing it with my other references. “Weird Indiana” is a nice series of coffee table books to wet your road-trip appetite, I have one for reference. The stories in it are a good synopsis for further reading.

Lots of good stuff could go there as a draw. The Ohio River just gets cranky every few years, and floods more than anyone expects.

As I was telling my brother about Greenwood, where we grew up, “If our parents came back today, they wouldn’t know the place.” Sometimes the changes mean progress, and sometimes it’s only a revision on something that was fine to begin with.

This was a weird fact / folklore bonanza 😀

@@AdventureswithRoger Indeed, it was. So sad about the cabin arson.

I often can’t understand why people do what they do, particularly to historical places.

I’ve completed two Indiana cryptid videos and found nothing about the falls area. However, there’s lots of giant / ancient people legends on both sides of the river. 1800’s geologists E.T. Cox and William Borden found a 17 foot tall wall on the ridge at Rose Island, that was not natural. It was cut blocks of limestone. Local people took the stone for building houses, bridges and other structures. Over the years, legends of European explorers, before Christopher Columbus, have been told over and over, but it could very well be ancient Native Americans like the Adena.

@@AdventureswithRoger I appreciate the reply and will check out more of your videos. I've found information that has mounds in DT Louisville as late as 1836 & a cryptid story of a Giant "Bat-man" that had been seen lurking & flying off the top of the Walnut Baptist church circa 1919ish. This place has an interesting past. Thanks, great job.

I don’t understand why someone would want to destroy any remnant of history, even if it was just a symbol and not the original. The arsonist set fire to several places along the river, it’s unclear what his motive was.

I lived 50 feet from it. It was a homeless guy believe to been on drugs. He had a warrant on him for other stuff he had done too

I lived 50 feet from that Cabin. It was a homeless guy running from cops he had several warrants for other things he had down. I believe he was on drug's at the time. I lived right next to flood wall and I would see him walking back and forth constantly. I also went to George Roger Clark elementary school. My oldest daughter did to. But good ol Clarksville.. HUH. Shut school done and tried a daycare and then office buildings or something. It didn't work. It sits empty

Hey Roger.. Did you know us people that grow up/live in Old Clarksville right next to River are called???? We are (River Rat's). LOL. I went swimming in that river, too many time's to count. Fished there, skipped school on the banks of the river on the fossil beds. Did alot of bomb fires and parting back then in the 80's. Good ol time's!!

@@christinedowdle5721in my travels I met a great fella that called himself a river rat! He lives down in Harrison County and collects arrowheads and strange rocks. One I have to agree looks like a parrot and definitely man made.

The irony is that while I often cover scary history and legends, I’m not a ghost chaser, and generally avoid the paranormal. 🙂

Tons of history and legends in that area. Could have easily been a two-hour segment! Just the engineering behind how the Army Corp of Engineers tamed the falls is a marvel.

As the story goes, large, ancient skeletons were found along the banks of the Ohio River. They were so old that the calcium turned to dust when exposed to air. There was another found in Louisville that did the same.

What’s crazy is that there are many duplicate named towns in Indiana, only differentiated by zip code.

You're welcome

Used to be, by native Americans. Now, it’s a nice waterfront, world class museum, and a fossil bed to explore.

@@AdventureswithRoger In my personal belief the natives couldn't imagine settlers living there successfully because they didn't understand powers and principalities changing hands depending on the dominant religion of the area. But even still I would advise people going there with children to be very vigilant. There are a lot of derelicts hanging out at the Falls and the path we took down to the fossil bed would have made it extremely difficult to get everyone back up quickly with a wagon if the alarms started sounding. When you said that in this video I realized I hadn't even been aware of how dangerous it was.

@@angelmartin7310 I started the channel as a way to help my co-workers, find interesting weekend places to go with their families, that didn’t cost a lot. In that spirit, I try to warn people of trail hazards, in case they bring little ones along. Some people will write comments like, “that trail was nothing, it wasn’t hard at all,” but they aren’t doing it with a baby strapped to their chest. As a parent, I realize that even when you have toddlers that walk, they often get tired and want to be carried: that can turn into a nightmare on some intermediate or rugged trails.

@@AdventureswithRoger Thank you!!! We found that out the hard way when we took our then 4 kids to Mammoth Cave Park...not the actual cave because they were being mask nazis at the time, but the woods above it which are incredible. I was also 6 most pregnant. It really was a risk we shouldn't have taken. Parks do not make it abundantly clear whether trails are stroller friendly the entire length. I learned my lesson and got a jogging stroller after that day. In my experience that is absolutely the best option for a hiking stroller.

I have a pretty wide viewer base, which is awesome! I have young adults checking out Indiana trails for the first time, families looking for outings, and people that are getting older, are active, but can’t do hard trails. I try to make mention of inclines and hazards, but have been kicking around the idea of publishing one about easy trails and outings. There are tons of great places for strollers, wheelchairs and scooters, to get people out of the house and getting fresh air.

It was a senseless crime and loss to history

I’d read that it wasn’t original, but it was sketchy how old it was. One source sounded like it was practically new, and another said it was circa 1856 and moved there. To me, the cabin was a symbol, and the arson was an affront to a great patriot, trying to erase his very memory. If you go to the Lincoln birthplace in Kentucky, there’s a huge shrine on a hill with a cabin inside. It’s been proven that Abraham Lincoln nor his family ever lived in that cabin, but it is on the site where their home did stand. If a person burned that symbolic cabin, it would be a similar disrespect to a great person.

@@AdventureswithRoger Very much agree with you. Either way, great video!

I only wonder if they’ll ever build it back, especially if that was the third one! It’s so far away from town, somewhat remote, that I’m not certain they’ll do it again. I’m a history lover though, would love to see something more grand, even if it required a gate.

@@AdventureswithRoger Agreed, I'd heard shortly after the fire that there was a group "looking for a cabin" to place there. Who knows, it was great to have stood on the front porch of it and looked across to Louisville. Gave you a better understanding of what he was doing, especially while reading a couple of books about him last summer.

You’re spot on! Here was a guy chased by debt collectors, dirt poor, staring at the island where he trained his men for a glorious mission. He really was wronged.

We think alike! A Prince Madoc video is in the works. I briefly touched on it, in the Rose Island video, but there is much more to tell! I was able to film one of the artifacts, earlier this year, and someone has offered me a second, whenever I can get there. There's also a weird place in Perry County, under negotiation, but it may not happen. I try to be discreet on private property videos, but one person watches my video, figures it out,, tells 100 people, and then I get hate mail. So, landowners are often hesitant to let me film, knowing it could bring them unwanted traffic.

@@AdventureswithRoger I haven't seen the Rose Island video yet. I will have to look at it. I did get a chance to see the Brandenburg Stone at the Charlestown library. Maybe you cover that in the Rose Island video. I'll check it out. Thanks

@@randallhoward3231 Haven’t published anything about the Brandenburg stone, but I have the footage.

Is the place you’re talking about in Perry County Flint Island?

There are lots of things in Indiana, that are partially hidden, or hidden on purpose. And, inconvenient histories, that throw long-known narratives into chaos. I know people that have found all kinds of interesting artifacts: what looks like rock carvings of tropical birds, in the Hoosier National Forest. A Viking rune stone. Roman coins. A stone tablet with ancient Welsh writing on it. If you call anyone of authority, the sites will be analyzed and taken away, never to be seen again.

I had briefly read some of that. Really interesting stories from old newspapers! At some point I’m going to dig deeper into the Indiana giant stories, as there are quite a few.

Any surprises from the film? I tried to pack in as many as I could, from the rich folklore and local stories.

I collected a ton of oral histories from my travels, things locals had heard over their lives along the river, stories handed-down for generations, and tried to find several online or library sources to back them up. Some are fairly easy to find at either, particularly the Charlestown Public library, the Filson Society of Louisville and so on, but sometimes not. I had a great story about a supposed cave that ran under the Ohio River, and used by native Americans to commute between Kentucky and Indiana, but didn’t end up using it. I could not find more than one source, perhaps a bedtime tale someone told their kids, or a great campfire story. Then, there’s the folklore about the folklore! Supposedly, General Clark had written in length about some of his amazing discoveries along the river, and a copy written in his own hand was kept at the Charlestown public library for many years. Stories vary, but either the entire manuscript, or the more amazing parts, were stolen. The Filson Society has the bulk of Clark’s artifacts, I would not be surprised if “stolen” was a Hoosier opinion. I’ve tried reading some of Clark’s handwritten notes, and it’s extremely difficult to follow even the most tame content. There’s speculation that Clark told some tall tales in order to make some money, but that’s not been proven, and seems very out of character. Similar story about his brother Williams corp of discovery manuscript, supposedly describing the Mandan Indians as having blue eyes and using old Welsh words: missing.

Had not heard it was Black Hawk. Chief Cornstalk is mentioned loosely in the story I’d read.

Yes they are. Things need to change.

I get that a lot! Then again, I also get, “you pronounced the name of our town wrong.” 😀

Sadly, I don’t know of a single one. Lots of people have done a video or two about downtown Indy, Turkey Run, or such, but move on. I might try a few next spring.

@@AdventureswithRoger please let me know if and when you do. I just came across your channel last night and have been binging.

Find the Colgate Clock (1410 S Clark Blvd), just west of I-65. The building below it, now office space, was the prison.

Thank-you! Totally packed! There were legends that I didn’t use, as I just didn’t have enough information to go on. 🙂

@@AdventureswithRoger Lifelong Hoosier here, always something new to learn about, love History ! [and a number of studies] I look forward to checking out your channel some more ... all good things to you and yours ;-]

Well you have came to the right place! It’s a constant chase for Hoosier history, legends and things to see! 🙂

I heard the skeleton story! And they claim it’s 100% true!

Hey, I went to Parkview in '71 and '72! My friends and I used to play and fish below the dam at the falls. Fun times.🙂

@@iamjsams755 I grew up just south of Indianapolis, and let me tell you: Southern Indiana was the adventure I always dreamed of. Caves, hidden hollows, crystal-clear creeks, Indian legends and so much more.

@@AdventureswithRoger I love your video's. Have you heard anything about the Neolithic mounds that were around Jeffersonville and Louisville at 6th and Cedar? I saw a story about how there were several in the area. It's possible Jefferson Park was a lake and they filled it with those mounds in the early 1800's

@@iamjsams755 that was when we could drive our trucks all the way down to the fossil beds.

True, but someone said the replacement was built in the 1850’s, and moved to the site. Whether it was new or old, did not justify burning it to the ground.

Columbus has a legend of a green goblin on their railroad bridge, but I haven’t heard of one at Clarksville. But so much weird stuff has happened down here, who knows?

Jeffersonville has some pretty dark gangster history too. Al Capone both conducted business there, and had a safe house along Silver Creek, where he stayed on occasion. Dillinger brought a girlfriend to Jeff, and they gambled at a gangster ran illegal casino. Local law enforcement was paid to look the other way, and it’s said no judge would prosecute the gangsters, being afraid or paid off. It wasn’t until Indiana State Police did a crackdown, that anything changed. There were a lot of Chicago style murders, of anybody that gave the mobsters trouble.

@@AdventureswithRoger I know, my great uncle ran and owned the greyhound park where dog races and gambling was going on. They lived in Louisville and my great aunt olive told me that many movie stars used to come to her house. My great uncle dean, was a gambler himself. My mom and her brothers and sisters each received shares from one of my uncle deans poker nights in which he had won oil rights to I think to remember was Georgia.

@@pennypincher5516 You have got some sensational history behind you! Until I was over at the Clark County Museum, a few years ago, I had no idea about the dog racing.

@@pennypincher5516 in the 70s my family used to shop in the old Greyhound grocery store that occupied that dog track building before they tore it down. I've seen historical photos of monkeys riding like jockeys on the race dogs

I would’ve loved to have seen that!