Title	Ice on the River
Subject	Ice; Transportation; Tobacco; Rivers; Ohio River
Description	Before the locks and dams were built along the Ohio, a frozen river and ice build-up were big problems for navigation. This happened often. It was said that farmers in Trimble County, Kentucky, waited for the river to freeze so they could drive their tobacco across to the Madison, Indiana warehouses. In warmer weather, they had to pay for a ferry ride. The winter of 1917-1918 was a particularly bad one. The river was frozen for several weeks, which contributed to a shortage of almost everything from bread to coal. Roads were actually built across the river for easier commerce between Madison and Milton. People from Milton drove or walked across the ice to do their Christmas shopping.
Creator	Unknown
Contributors	Jefferson County Historical Society; Madison-Jefferson County Public Library
Date	Photograph taken February 12, 1936
Type	Photograph
Format	Original: tif, scanned at 1200dpi with a MicroTek ScanMaker 9800XL. Online: jpg, saved at 72dpi.; Scan of 7 x 11 photograph
Identifier	"MJCPLriver5042-deepice"
Source	MJCPL Local History Files The Madison Courier
Rights	Permission to reproduce this image for other than personal use must be requested from the Director of the Madison-Jefferson County Public Library. Please contact at 420 W. Main St., Madison, IN 47250 (812) 265-2744.