Rose Island
Posted by: 
geoczar1
N 38° 26.945 W 085° 38.750
16S E 618165 N 4256512
Nearby is the site of two popular regional resort areas (both long gone). At the entrance to Charlestown State Park, before the admission building.
Waymark Code: WM7Z73
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2009
Views: 9
Fern Grove and Rose Island were the site of two recreational areas north of Charlestown, IN on the Ohio River. Rose Island was in this area in 1923 and did not reopen after the 1937 flood, the record flood ever recorded on the Ohio River. The area could be reachd by suspension bridge from the Indiana side and steamboat from the river side.
County: Clark
Year Placed: 1999
Name: Fern Grove and Rose Island Resort
ID#: Not listed
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