Ohio River Today

ID: 2624 ~ Source: Jeffersonville Township Public Library ~ Creator: Jen Weidner ~ Date: 2020

This file appears in: Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township

The view from the banks of the Ohio would have looked very different during the lives of Ben and Venus McGee. The bridges, locks, and Louisville skyline all appeared much later.

This file appears in: Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township

Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township

By Diane Stepro

Falls of the Ohio State Park’s George Rogers Clark Homesite in Clarksville, Indiana is located near what was Guinea Bottom, an early Black settlement established for the convenience of the wealthy, powerful, white Clark County residents who came to…