Ohio River Playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dm81ynWvUsM.html Indiana Playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UG_LYmNA6DQ.html USA Small Towns Playlist: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dm81ynWvUsM.html Intro 0:00 - 0:48 Milton, Kentucky 0:48 - 5:03 Madison, Indiana 5:03 - 22:40 Hilltop Madison 22:40 - 28:44 Hanover, Indiana 28:44 - 35:29 ==================================================================== EVERYTHING THAT I USE IN THE FIELD: Main Camera: amzn.to/3iS4vvF Side Cameras: amzn.to/2WuCYIs Media Mod for Camera: amzn.to/3j7CMGF Lav Mic: amzn.to/3lsMkz9 Drone: amzn.to/3ITcKBV SD Cards: amzn.to/3C2co9O Camera Mounts: amzn.to/2UXVR6p Cables Required for Longer Recordings: amzn.to/3BYnr3Q Computer: amzn.to/3787b2j External Hard Drive: amzn.to/3lb23Tf WHAT I USE AT HOME: Computer: amzn.to/3rKIdiN Sound Mixer: amzn.to/3C15Ubx Microphone: amzn.to/2VaCjvo Microphone Accessories: amzn.to/3v7A35Z INTERACTIVE MAP that shows you all of the places that I've made videos on: (Doesn't always work on mobile devices. Will always work on PC.) www.google.com/maps/d/u/2/edit?hl=en&mid=1Lhzf04ocimPu-ROkg4cfXEYEvKMNnlI5&ll=43.06219876674538%2C-83.82163216337808&z=10 SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO: Email: ChrisHardenYT@Gmail.com On Twitter: twitter.com/Chris_Harden55 On Instagram: instagram.com/c_harden7/?... On Facebook: facebook.com/ChrisHardenYT/ DISCLAIMER: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with the links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. As an Amazon Associate I do earn a small commission on qualifying purchases. As always, thank you for supporting my channel!
I love Indiana after living in California for years the people in Indiana are awesome. You could actually say hi to them and have a conversation with them.👍 I am loving it in Carmel
You don’t miss the Cali diversity, food and ability to go to the beach, mountains or desert? Women can control their own body in Cali as well. Indiana politics are oppressive! And legal weed.😊
I visited Madison first time in 1996. Fall in love with town. I visited twice more 2003 and 2014. Always pleasure. A lot of historical places to see. I brought from Madison beautiful prints of mansions and framed them. 10 of them are still on my dinning room wall and everyone asks about them.
Keep following the magic. Great kick in the butt for us visually impaired folks who have driven these roads and can no longer. The way you are shooting this is easy on glaucoma eyes. I can almost literally restore memories of what it looked like over time. Then add that to what you are shooting and get a deeper appreciation for these parts of the world. Once again the character of the people is still there. Cheers!
Thanks for doing this video! Great insights, fabulous shots of old town and campus of Hanover College! My dad was the minister at the Lutheran Church in Milton KY in the mid 1990's. Loved the comments about the KY side of the river, super rural place. Thanks!
This is one of the top videos you have made! Thank you for this video and also the funny commentary! I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thumbs up! Oh and greetings from Canada!!
Nice work Chris! I spent four years at Hanover College in the 70's (avoiding getting drafted, btw) and I was amazed at how little the Madison/Hanover area has changed. Your video techniques and presentation skills have greatly improved over the past year! Keep up the good work! Another Indiana area your viewers might find interesting is Lafayette/West Lafayette. Huge industrial infrastructure (Caterpillar, Subaru, Alcoa, etc. etc.), a huge university (Purdue) and a really attractive area in general. Indiana stands in contrast to the decay and destruction of Illinois due to the vast differences in taxing structures.
Yeah Madison is an unexpected jewel worth seeing. I am kicking myself for not seeing Hanover college when I visited the area. Great humor especially bikers running red light while you play Bad song in the background!
I mostly have watched your channel for Illinois, but am glad I watched this one. Much of Kentucky has interesting scenery, especially as you get further east. The hills & curves along Indiana 43 between Cincinnati, IN & Spencer, IN may interest you. I experienced putting my car in neutral near 0 at the top of one those hills & got to 40mph before having to break for the next curve. Also, I've heard Hoosiers call Brown County Indiana at its most scenic.
Nice video, but wish you would slow down along some of the area. Like to have seen the eating place along the river. And the cemetery. And the mention of Frank Sinatra, Shirley McLaine and Dean Martin being in town to film the movie "Some Came Running." And Hinkle's Sandwich Shop.
You didn't mention nearby 50,000 acre Big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge. It was formerly Jefferson Proving Grounds and was in operation from the 1940s to the 1990s. It became a wildlife refuge because of all the unspent bombs and missiles laying around made it too dangerous for development.
Aka there was some homes back in there and, they did have a restaurant put back in there in that was in the early 2000s! And, it wan’t shut down till the early 2000s because, that’s when, the military would only be utilizing it here and there then, till they shut it down completely! I know this because, I didn’t live too far from there! It could be because, a portion of the property is in Versailles!
There is a street in Madison, IN that is named after Larry Humes, a star basketball player that played for the Evansville College Purple Aces (now the University of Evansville) and helped lead his team to two consecutive national titles in 1964-65. He was inducted into the basketball hall of fame. Watched him play during my childhood
For those who boat the Ohio River, especially in the roughly 160 miles between Cincinnati and Louisville, it's a popular place to make a day run to spend a night or two. There are a few really nice restaurants in Madison that are better than bar food pubs. In the Cincinnati and Louisville region, the farm to table movement is pretty strong and there are a few places in Madison that offer interesting and quality foods of this sort. The river festival does bring a number of boaters to town too. As you mentioned, there are a number of interesting shops in the downtown area too. All these are an easy walk from the boat docks on the river. It is a pleasant place to make a river stop.
I have to say this is your most comprehensive video to date. The facts, figures, editing and execution were superb and you even threw in many personal observations. Note to self: Watch out for scooter-biker gangs.🤣You should have more subscribers. Well done Chris! Keep them coming👌
I grew up in North Vernon and Greensburg. I always thought that Madison would be a nice place to live. John Mellencamp made a film about it, focusing on the Regatta.
I grew up in western IL near Burlington Iowa then in Peoria IL. Both river cities of 25k & 250k metro area...My Grandmother lived in Madison for yrs. From the 60s or earlier up until 95 when she passed away. My dad lived there off & on for many years. I've visited Madison several times on holidays and lived a few months there in 93....It's actually a pretty nice town. The geographic layout is similar to Burlington. I'd say there's more to do in Burlington 25k but also more crime. Madison does have a really nice vibe to it & clean, low crime, little warmer than Burlington. But not as much to do. Sometimes I wish I could buy my Grandmother's then became father's house back, that's on Ross St. He sold it for much less than it was worth. I wouldn't mind living there if still had friends or relatives there.
Is Adamm's Marina still in business , I built a boat there, that is still in service on Lake Michigan, had my first Buffalo wings at the Hilltop restaurant in the Hotel Madison, 1980s circa.
Did Milton a big disservice. The road you went down is hands down the worst one you could have went down. the downtown is known to flood and that is why it is basically a trailer park. Ontop of the hill you have beautiful countryside land where most the people live.
I was going to comment same thing... go up the hill and see Milton!!!! Also the part about the casino. I thought was funny because they turned one down ironically and vevay rising sun and Lawrenceburg all have o e right down the river.
Nope, went on to mock Hoosiers and our love for high school basketball…see now why there are only a few dozen comments. Try not to make fun of the areas you travel to.
Love Driving on US 421 aka Michigan Rd which Side by Side from Madison to Shelbyville which 421 shares with I-74 till you Hit I-465 in Southeast Indianapolis 421 Used to be Southeastern Ave /Michigan Road
I lived in Carrollton Kentucky, Milton Kentucky and Madison Indiana are both beautiful cities. Please don't disclose them as lame places. There are many jobs and places to work with great pay for the area. Just because they look run down doesn't mean they're bad.
There are more allergy doctors located in the Ohio Valley than any other location in the world. If you suffer from this malady, stay away during the Spring and Fall seasons, it is horrendous.
Like to think you, great video and information, I’m from Northern Indiana, been looking for a place to go with my daughter, if she get a Harley, plans to ride down Highway 1 to Lawrenceburg, to start the trip to Madison, then up threw Salem or Brownstown, to Nashville Indiana, then back up North, we normally take a trip on Memorial weekend together on my bike, this is her senior year in high school, off to college next fall 2022, you been a big help, thanks again
You literally picked the worst part of Milton to drive through. Most people that live there only drive through old school hollow road to avoid traffic on the hill. 😆
Stop pimpin college. My whole life, I have been surrounded by people with student loan debt, making less money than I do. If your goal requires college, then go. Otherwise, you are wasting your money.
My guess is that Madison probably annexed all the land after people moved away from town so that they could keep the tax dollars rolling through the city.
You could sort of call it "two towns." The part of Madison below the hills and close to the river, is the oldest part, dating back to 1809. The part "up on the hill," as we say here, has only been an official part of Madison since the early 1950s, when it was annexed. Little local history for you there.
More headaches than what it’s worth and it would create a lot of problems no one wants, one if you separate Madison into different towns, first of that would cause them to have 2 Separate Governments with 2 different set of laws, and 2 different set of police! I live in Greendale right next to Lawrenceburg,both are part of the same county and have the same zip, 2 Separate Governments 2 different Set of Police even though they kind of team up together, then, not to mention it would raise the amount you pay on taxes, this is just a few things, you have no knowledge about! Greendale and Lawrenceburg are more separate from each other and not to mention the other smaller towns that are close by, but Madison isn’t, it’s all what makes one nice town and makes it unique, so why would you want to see it be any different, it’s also what more than likely keeps it nice and peaceful! If you really think about it, it also changes the amount of funding and help they can get from government agencies, it could end up being a whole host of issues that would have created more trouble than what it’s worth!
My family had been thru Madison and Milton (mostly in the 50's -70's) many times from Indiana going to visit relations in southern Kentucky where I was born. Even at that young age I thought I would love to live in this town (Madison).I remember the huge strawberry fields along 421 in the Milton area. I can see how you could trun people off by your not so funny commentary. Borders on the line of cringe. I have traveled and visited a large portions of the United States and I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My advise for you is to get your eyes checked and find another profession.
I hope no-one uses your narrative of Madison or Milton to decide whether they visit, you do the town a great dis-service with your comments and assertions. But then again you can say what you wish as you're behind the computer.
Lol I came here because we’ve planned a trip to Madison and the first few moments of this video you’ve spent a good deal of time mocking country folk…hope it gets better…
Maybe you didn't enjoy my video but you'll enjoy Madison. It's a nice small town along the river. Not every town on the Ohio River has the charm that Madison has.
