Preserving Your Heritage: Murder On the Ohio Belle

Program Type:

Genealogy, Local History

Age Group:

Adults
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Program Description

Event Details

Our library history and genealogy programming promotes an awareness of and interest in local heritage. Cindy's presentations are different every month, covering a wide variety of topics, and we often welcome special guests! Intended for ages 18+.

 

In August, we're joined by Stuart Sanders, Director of Research and Collections with the Kentucky Historical Society! He'll be recounting a macabre scene from 1856 of murder and mayhem aboard the steamboat Ohio Belle, where a drunken altercation turned into a twisted tale of murder and revenge...

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Accessibility

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