There were ferries at Ghent and Warsaw, Kentucky until the mid-1970's, when a highway bridge was constructed over the Markland Dam. There had been a ferry in operation at Ghent since the town was founded, perhaps before. The loss of the ferry cut off the historical ties between Ghent and Vevay. I have seen newspaper articles giving a history of the ferry at Ghent. I have copies somewhere. I believe there was a teacher in Vevay who was gathering information on Ferry history. I don't recall her name. The only ferries in operation that I know of on the Ohio River is one west of Cincinnati and one at Augusta, Kentucky. Perhaps there are others. What is your interest in the local ferries? Bill Davis ******************************************************************** ** wmadavis@kih.net ** P.O. Box 337 * Ghent * KY * 41045 ** ******************************************************************** http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=wmadavis ******************************************************************** ** Sharing images online at http://photos.yahoo.com/wmadavis ** ********************************************************************

Don't know if you are talking to me, but had family married in Switzerland Co. Indiana and living in Trimble or Carroll Counties and was just curious as to why they would go all the way from there to Switzerland with Madison so handy. If there was a ferry that could explain it. Thanks. Still trying to figure out Dunn/Foster/Starkey/Morrison/Harman/Coghill/Cox/Littlejohn/Williams/Chappell families. Roslyn