There was indeed, a ferry, which ran across the Ohio River between Cannelton and Hawesville. I remember well traveling that way for many years as we visited family up in Breckinridge County. I remember being somewhat disappointed when the bridge was built between those areas. Oddly enough, I remember, as a child, wanting to be sure I got a small paper cup on the ferry and enjoyed the water they provided. I thought those paper cups were very special and a drink of water tasted better while "crossing the river" ! Even though I am positive that I crossed the river many times, I don't remember the ferry from Rockport area to the Owensboro area, however, I do remember the first time we traveled across the bridge from Spencer County to Owensboro. I was slightly concerned as we got into the middle of the river. It had to be the 8th wonder of the world! Now, I smile when I cross remembering the magnitude of my memory's bridge. >From all the wonderful descriptions of the area, I am getting a better picture of how the ferry crossed the Ohio down in the Newburgh area. Does anyone out there have any knowledge of ferries across the river in the mid-1800s or how one could find out about locations of ferries? Perhaps locations of river travel did not change over those years from the mid-1800s to the 1840s or so as far as crossing the river. I come from a line of river"men" who plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, first carrying salt and other goods down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Ohio state to New Orleans. Starting in the 1810 to 1820 time frame, they first went by flatboat and then gradually graduated to steamboats. A history of Vanderburgh County, IN states that another ancestor was one of the first operators of a ferry across the Green River..not sure if he crossed the Ohio River..that would have been in the 1820 to 1825 time frame. Marilyn