I live about 30 east of Indiana...really had zero interest in the state...but this has rapidly become my favorite channel and I really have a deep respect for Indiana history now.

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

I grew up at Greenwood, Indiana, lived there for over 30 years. Our parents frequently brought us to southern Indiana, and it was like a wonderland of exciting things! When I got a chance to live here, I took it and have never been sorry! 🙂

@perseverance5918

9 ай бұрын

KY

@Zizie_sc

3 ай бұрын

Heart of America.

I wish the school's would have your passion for history teaching. It's truly amazing how you present your knowledge and I feel very fortunate to be a part of you're teaching. Thank you

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you kindly! I know a lot about Indiana legends, History and tourist attractions, having lived here my entire life. I get the rest from research and talking to local historians / people I meet in these small towns. I can’t know it all, I will miss / fail to mention a fact that someone holds dear. But, for the most part, I end up knowing more than most local people do! 🙂

@quenton3145

Жыл бұрын

the school's objective is to brain wash with watery thin history and tall tales of their own lies.

@ehrenbowling

8 ай бұрын

Amen

My mom said we were related to General Clark and even desired one of her great grandchildren to have the middle name Clark. But I knew nothing of this history. She would have loved this video. Thank you for studying, researching and sharing 😀

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

George Rogers Clark was a patriot, leader and explorer that I’ll always admire. It was a pleasure bringing his story to life!🙂

I didn't know Clark's cabin was burned! 😡😤 I'm glad I visited it before that happened but... dammit!! I'm so tired of our history being erased!

@Tony78454

Жыл бұрын

Sweet name brother

@artcflowers

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, its crying shame how the mounds and sacred burial grounds of the First Nations people have been bulldozed and destroyed by colonizers.

it feels so nice to see a popular video with footage of somewhere you have been at before.

It's sad that many of our nation's heroes were treated somewhat poorly after they went through great hardship to help our nation. I've been to the Meriweather Lewis burial site on the Natchez Trace and he also died broke beset by alcoholism and creditors. Some say he died of his own hand others say he was murdered. It's a mystery that will most likely never be solved.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

It really is a shame how our nation has treated our finest patriots, then and now. I’ve never studied Lewis’s life after the Corp of Discovery: that’s very interesting, as well as tragic! The one thing I’ve seen, is that if you didn’t have family, such as grown children, or couldn’t hire help, you were pretty much on your own. That could make a great man consider suicide, when thinking they’ll end up in the street and disgraced. So incredibly sad.

@wuznotbornyesterda

Жыл бұрын

Sadly not much has changed today in the treatment of veterans.

@ShootBlueHelmets

Жыл бұрын

Let these lessons and countless more, stand as a record that the government, and all those in it, left/right, do not care about us. No good deed will go unpunished

@primesspct2

10 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Sadly great men commit suicide often, even now. That is sad.

@damienfaust2108

9 ай бұрын

I was going to mention this... it's a long standing tradition within our country that we seem to ignore, the more one gives for our country the more the government will take from them... unless of course you go directly into politics from whatever service you provided and bolster the fame to fan the flames of your own glory to bring in contributions and benefits building wealth and power... otherwise the government will just debt you into oblivion for the service that you gave... the Lucky ones can often be the soldiers who died in the heat of battle for they are the only ones who perish without owing the government their entire life... but then they gave their all to protect the people they love... I've been through the encampments of military soldiers who have come back from war to not have a home no money in the bank and no other place to be... some people would ever realize that there was veteran encampments hidden along some highways in the woods where these heroes live in tents surrounded by camouflage mesh pretty much living like they are stuck in a war... some might say they are stuck in a war... every day is a fight to stay alive and not become another one of the 22 a day that takes their own life... or fighting to get food, medicine, and the basic needs in which they need... struggling against PTSD depression anxiety and a host of other physical and emotional scars and trauma that they have endured. These men and women live on the fringe of society still forgotten and other times blatantly ignored... I've sat with many, ate with them, and discussed the things that they've gone through, cried with them and prayed with them... but there was nothing tangible I could do to help... I'm only one man... but if I could I would have... there's soldiers all over who just want to come home... some may be only a short walk from anyone at this moment... always thank a veteran but even more if you have a way talk to ones that you meet and take the time to truly listen to what they have to say...

Roger, another great video! I truly enjoy the southern Indiana history that your showing. Thank you very much. Blessings!

Sitting across the river in Louisville watching your video. I used to live off Utica Pike, and I concour, it is mysterious over there. So much wonderful and dark history.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I had one viewer from Louisville, upset over this video. Said it made Clarksville look bad. It’s history, good or bad, and the stories are worth retelling.

The falls area from the second street downstream to New Albany was my playground as a youth. Going out on logjams fishing and exploring were huge and truly a treasure to preserve and enjoy. Hard to believe the cretins burned the cabin.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like good times!

I'm 24, always lived in indiana. I always have had this adventurous soul and now I know why. There's so many things to see in indiana! Awesome channel!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I originally started the channel as friends at work were always asking me for southern Indiana weekend ideas. I thought I’d be done in 4 months, and I’m still going after 5 years! I’ve found lots of cool places, and people continue to send me more ideas. All I know is I never get tired of jumping in the car and exploring down here! 🙂

@xXcandieraindropsXx

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I'd love to know more on the history of mccormicks creek if you ever have time to cover it! It's beautiful!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

@@xXcandieraindropsXxI was at McCormicks creek filming last fall. I don’t quite have a story, need to return for additional shots.

@xXcandieraindropsXx

2 жыл бұрын

I'm a local photographer, so if you ever need some cool photos let me know! 😊

Very well done. Thank you for an enjoyable history lesson in this area. - Robert

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I’d heard these interesting stories for a long time, hoped to pull them together for everyone else.

Hey Roger, this is a really interesting place...but then you show us how fantastic a lot of places are in Southern Indiana. Videos like yours are some of the best available on KZread. Thanks for all your hard work producing these top notch videos. You should be writing books to go along with your love of the area. I would love to read all about some of the places you have filmed in a guide book.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very kindly! My hope is to cover all the exotic, hard-to-reach places while I’m able, historical documentaries, and follow-up with fun travel guides and a book. Lots of behind the scenes things have happened on these journeys! 🙂

@christinedowdle5721

2 жыл бұрын

Ive lived here in southern Indiana all my 50 yrs of life. Some of your adventures are minutes away from where I live

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I’m always finding new stuff I didn’t know about. This channel was supposed to be a 4 month project, and I’ve now been at it 5 years! And the beauty of it: after I publish a video, people give me new ideas!

Though the "dark history part" of famous Clarksville, IIndiana is terrible to acknowledge, the times I have traveled up to Indy on vacations...it's fun to me to always think in my mind since the fall of 1966, the famous rock tune: "Take the Last Train to Clarksville" by The Monkees ( which, you may know, as of lately [2022] there's only one Monkee left: Micky Dolenz) when ever I was on I-65. I didn't realize there some history to explore in Clarksville. One of my favorite KZread shows my wife and I enjoy watching is "Traveling Robert". His last episode of his was on the journey of discover of Lewis and Clark Expedition. Great series by Robert to watch. What a tragic ending to General George Rodgers Clark.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Both Lewis and Clark as a team, and General Clark, had some interesting journals about what they found on the frontier. Blue-eyed Indians that spoke Welsh, giant skeletons unearthed along the Ohio River, an ancient castle with 75 foot tall walls: were all journal entries that have disappeared.

Vincennes was founded in 1732. And was part of the reason that Fort Clark was established - GRC set up a base of supply and expansion in the push to take the Ohio and Wabash valleys…. Sorry, my inner nerd just needed to blurt that out.❤

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I’m a history junkie, you’ve came to the right place!

Your stories are a treasure. I can listen to them day and night.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven! I keep looking for more!

I've been to the Clark cabin numerous times. But, it has been a few years. How sad to learn someone burned it down! Thank you for all your informative videos of our great state!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy these deep dives on history!

@a_g8751

Жыл бұрын

I live here. Live two blocks away. Have a bike trail that takes me right to it. It was hard to see it get burnt

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Senseless crime, and a shame

@houseofsolomon2440

Жыл бұрын

@@a_g8751 Makes no sense! 🤬

@johnlescault3737

10 ай бұрын

Antifa

I’ve watched every video you have put out now, I think. Amazing content!! Thank you!!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

My genuine pleasure! I started the channel after co-workers, both single and with families, asked me what were places to see and do on the weekend. I thought it would take a few months, tops, to capture all of southern Indiana, but I’m going on 5 years now! I’ve really enjoyed meeting nice people in the small towns, hearing stories, and learning new ways to make these videos. And it seems, I still have more stories to tell! It’s a cool hobby that gets me out of the house. 🙂 Thanks for coming along for the ride! This season is starting out with some awesome finds, and I hope you’ll get as much a kick out of them, as I do!

Having grown up near Brewersville Indiana, the local giants have always fascinated me. Having worked for Clark County EMS and being an experienced paddler, I can't stress enough how dangerous the Falls and the dam are! We frequently had to recover drowning victims because of those features. Even with decades of experience in canoes, I've gotten caught in eddy currents that were too powerful to outrun and have nearly been pulled upstream into the dam myself.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I tell people that the falls were a big reason why Louisville grew so fast. Boats had to stop at the falls, and people had to either get another ride, downstream, move the boat over land, or just decide it was where they were going to live! It’s fascinating how things work, out of sheer practicality!

I was born and raised right next to the widows walk ice cream place on riverside dr. It was a great place to grow up and I’ll always remember that great view of Louisville from the front door. It’s still my most favorite place. Thanks for making this as I’ve learned some things I didn’t even know.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I had collected all kinds of stories, from people, books and online articles, since moving to southern Indiana in 2009. Such a very interesting history that I wanted to preserve. I love driving along the waterfront or just parking the car and watching the world float by, thinking about all the hidden history.

Just discovered your videos. Love them! Great work!!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christopher! More fun ahead, as I pull together many loose ends!

Super interesting! Thanks for sharing, my friend.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kelly! I love a good, hidden history!

Allan Eckert wrote a book entitled~that dark and bloody River~ It is one of the best and most interesting books I have ever read ,Eckert wrote Wrote many books on French and indian War ,revolutionary War and Civil War He also wrote a book on tecumseh A sorrow in my heart and on Simon Kent called the frontiersman You will not be disappointed!

Great video!.......Thanks for sharing your journeys!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! So many amazing places in Southern Indiana!

I've lived in that area most my life and didn't know many of the things you spoke of. Really enjoyed it!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I’d heard lots of great stories over the years, and tried to pull them all together. The one story I wanted to tell, but didn’t, was the legend about the cave that went under the Ohio River, somewhere near the falls. I’d heard it and read about it over the years, how native Americans were using it to get to Indiana, from Kentucky. But could not find it online, when making this one. Hopefully I’ll run into it again!

@Stangguy96gt

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger check with the local caving grottos. Surely someone in those circles has heard that one.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I have several contacts with the southern Indiana grottos, all really good people. There are several caves downstream of the falls, on the Kentucky side. One called “Morgan Cave”, the other, “Daniel Boone Cave”. I’ve heard that both are on private property. But, I don’t believe they go back very far. A cave this fantastic would be a huge deal if it were found!

@gregoryhodge9452

Жыл бұрын

I too was born and raised in that area and never heard half of these stories.

@cjkitty2360

Жыл бұрын

are you related to Ryan?

Wow, second video of yours today, excellent.

Excellent. Very moving.

Fascinating history of an area I used to live at. As an "Original Transcon RR" fan, these facts you uncover, right in front of our eyes, bear thinking of'. Another area of interest, Civil War era, much to ponder. Reading material: Bret Baier's "To Rescue the Republic", tells of Grant, his history, and the crisis of 1876...quite deep in details. Thank you for an excellent story. Darrell. PS: Pappa John started his franchise near here...I can almost smell his original recipe, before corporate got a hold of it. LOL. 😇

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

There was both a fort along the river, (next door Jeffersonville) and where confederates made a crossing. Seems like both had historical markers at one point, but have been removed since the waterfront revitalization. I’m working on the screenplay of Morgan’s 1863 raid, am reading Lester Horwitz’s “The Longest Raid of the Civil War” to confirm I don’t miss anything. Really well done text.

Very well done! Anxious to check out some of these sites now!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dale! I’m slowly putting together a segment about unusual, Indiana places. Quite a bit to choose from!

@DaleStreble

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I'm across the river in Kentucky, but, again really enjoy your videos. A lot of history as well as the strange and unusual on both sides of the river.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@DaleStreble As they say, “More than a fella can shake a stick at!” 🙂

Quality content, ive been bingeing it lately

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony!

I was raised in Charlestown, Indiana but live in Clarksville now. Thanks for the video!

Great show

„Take the last train to Clarksville“. What a nice music hit of the sixties! By the way: What’s about Sasquatch there? Greetings from Linz Austria 🇦🇹 Europe!

Thank you that was pretty cool and learned some things!!!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I keep learning as I go. Sometimes people will watch one of these and ask about something I’d never heard of, or I set up a tripod in a small town, and nice people come by to chat. I love it all! 🙂

I grew up in Louisville and didn't know many of these things. Thanks for the video.

A great video! Makes me want to do more research on Clark's life here in Virginia.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Clark was an incredibly interesting man to study, a combination of verifiable accounts of his exploits, and legends. There have long been stories of fantastic things “ripped” from his memoirs, as an attempt to solidify his image and separate it from tales meant to sell books. The Filson Society in Louisville, Kentucky has a great deal about him.

Very good! Very interesting!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Roman!

Thank you Roger for yet another fascinating video. So many interesting facts packed into 1 video! Thank you yet again!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Gerald! It took a month of re-writes to condense a very rich history. I had no idea what I was getting myself into! 😀

@geraldmeehan8942

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Very good work, so sad the way George Rogers Clark was treated, and the cabin just un called for. At least history remembers him as a great man

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that Clarksville doesn’t do something more grand, for a man that saved us from British rule. Louisville has a huge statue of Clark on its waterfront plaza. But there is no shrine, statue or movie of any type at Clarksville, to tell what General Clark did. Money is certainly a factor, but I suspect much has to do with his complicated life. He wasn’t perfect, he was very rough, and his life after Vincennes was filled with controversy. But the visitor center at Vincennes did a great job with their film, and the grand memorial is nothing short of Washington DC quality.

@geraldmeehan8942

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger He really deserves better for sure. Alot of $ for everything else seems to be available. I stayed inside territorial Capitol with Boy Scouts, so long ago I bought Apollo 11 patch downstairs in lobby, lol

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if schools even do field trips these days, but I know I got a lot out of them when I was a kid.

Very cool thank you! Amazing history please in the future, show a map where the cities and towns are located. Thank you

I grew up in Jeffersonville.Indiana.I went to Jeffersonville high.we would go shopping in Clarksville .my mom and sister still lives down there.we would sit by the Ohio river and have picnics and watch the barges go by.there's a lot of parks down there.every Sunday after church we would go get food and have picnics and spend half of the day at a park then we would get ice cream them we would get ready for church. They had a ROTC we don't have it where I live here.my daughters didn't get a chance to experience it.I'm glad I have one of my grandsons is going in the military. I love visiting southern Indiana thank you for sharing this vidio

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Lots of good memories along the Ohio River! I didn’t grow up here, but have certainly enjoyed spending time along the river this last decade, since moving here. There’s a peace along the river that is simply wonderful! 🙂

Great job.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Roger!

Roger George Rodgers Clark gave so much and in the end was recognized in a fitting way. what a difficult health and circumstance in between

@AdventureswithRoger

2 ай бұрын

He was a true patriot and treated like a pauper until the end of life.

I’ve been very interested for the last 25 years about the legend of Prince Madoc and the Welsh settlement at the Falls of the Ohio. I’ve heard that when the dam was made workers found a lot of artifacts. There’s another location up river, Indiana side called “The witches house” or something like that and the place looks ancient. It’s said by some to have been a Welsh fortification from the 1100’s and it’s also said that the stones that hold up what’s now a walking bridge across the Ohio River were taken from the same place. The Falls of the Ohio and surrounding area are full of mysteries.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Well you are in luck, Mike: I’m working on the Prince Madoc movie! A man named Dana Olsen wrote a book on the subject, and was in negotiations with a film company, but something fell through a few years ago. Out of professional courtesy, I didn’t pursue it any further, thinking it would finally come to fruition. I didn’t want to steal his thunder. But, given many years of inactivity, I began filming. I touched upon the Madoc legend in the Rose Island segment, but there’s a LOT more to be told! 🙂 Mysterious Rose Island / Charlestown State Park (Charlestown, Indiana) kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3iD0dZtmJXYhrg.html A friend of mine researched / visited the Witches Castle, near Utica. The truth behind it, to me, is much more interesting than the local legends. It’s the story about a man that truly loved his wife, and wanted to build her a castle, because she was his “queen”. He went to great trouble and expense to build it, but she would never live there. Maybe it wasn’t her style, too grandiose, she just liked modern places, or perhaps the house was a last ditch effort to save a troubled marriage, I haven’t found an answer. There was a grain of truth in stories that two elderly women lived at the castle, but the morbid stories behind it are probably fiction. For a fact, local kids have went there and spray-painted pentagrams and satanic symbols to make the once chapel look scary. A New Albany girl was tortured if not also murdered there, by girls she knew in school. Incredibly sad story. I wanted to do a segment, telling the tales and what we know, but it is on private property. I’ve done other abandoned property videos, but after people start watching and showing up to investigate, I get letters from attorneys. 😀 But, if it is clearly abandoned, and there are no posted “no trespassing signs”, Indiana law says that there is no laws broken. Like you, I love the history and legends of southern Indiana. I’m glad I’m not the only one! Will love to hear what you think of that Madoc movie, whenever I can get it together!

@savagemonster5781

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger The girl is Shanda Sharer, she's from Jeffersonville, and she was not murdered at the witch's castle. Yes, she was taken there before her murder, but she was killed in Madison

@angelmartin7310

Жыл бұрын

I took my 5 kids there recently, to the dam, and I had to take a kind of weird path to get to it. I was creeped out the whole time.

That was wonderfully narrated, although I had been here as a child, didn’t remember mush of its History, thanks for sharing. So much injustice went on in our nations past that has carried on to today . Lewis and Clark a pretty deal here in Missouri .

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Gina! Lots of great river stories down here.

I live in Noblesville. I'm gonna support the channel cause this was dope. +1sub

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Welcome, badger! Many cool places and legends down here.

I'm from Indiana and my husband and i like to explore I just found your show nice now we can go places in Indiana instead of out of state to explore thank you

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

So many great places in Southern Indiana alone!

I visited Clarksville back in 1995. It's well worth it. The views of Louisville are great. So is the museum.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree. And, Jeffersonville / New Albany attractions are only minutes away.

What an interesting video! My family had ties to Geo R Clark. We will definitely be visiting Clarksville in the future. Thank you

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

Next door Jeffersonville is also an interesting area!

@AdventureswithRoger

10 ай бұрын

Historic Jeffersonville, Indiana kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zoyik7RslNfghco.html

@cindymarasligiller2115

10 ай бұрын

Thank you I will check it out.@@AdventureswithRoger

Good stuff

We have a nice Devonian collection from The Falls when it was still allowed to bring your Estwing and chip specimens out. Really enjoy your work. I wish I had more wherewithal to study local history while growing up in the Highlands.

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

So many great places along the falls!

@ehrenbowling

8 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I barely scratched the surface…thank you so much for delving into the historical significance and sharing it in such an engaging way.

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

@@ehrenbowling my pleasure! Just so much history that’s no longer being taught. My hope is that these humble films interest people enough to explore and learn a little more! 🙂

@ehrenbowling

8 ай бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger your hope is realized, Roger. I have been sharing your videos with my nephew who’s still in the Bluegrass and he’s been captivated. I thank you and will keep in thanking you for the work and generosity in sharing it freely. Very grateful for you!

Fascinating!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

This was a weird fact / folklore bonanza 😀

@susanlongb4

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Indeed, it was. So sad about the cabin arson.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I often can’t understand why people do what they do, particularly to historical places.

The warden of the prisons house was directly behind the facility right beyond the railroad tracks. Very haunted as well.

The museum is a blast

Rodger all I have is accolades for your research and tenacity and digging out the truth. The entirety of the area is rich in American history.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I give it my best and truly appreciate your encouragement! Some of these segments eat up weeks if not months of research time. 🙂

I grew up in Floyd county... tons of history... known and hidden... along the Ohio river banks... few people know that Indiana once was claimed by the British empire and was officially part of what is now Canada... or that it has the American Revolution connections and US Civil War history... excellent work on your video's... you obviously take great care in research and production! I subbed.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I’ve loved this area since Dad took us here, on day trips, from central Indiana. When I got a chance to move to Floyd County, I took it! During the Bicentennial, in 1976, this was where even the schools were taking us, to teach us about our pioneer past, but especially George Rogers Clark!

@dean828

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I grew up in New Albany, near IUS, base of the Knobs. A very beautiful scenic area.

Hello Roger! My name is Paul and I live around the area and just want to say you've done an awesome job with this video and the dark silver one!!! I've always been intrigued with this areas history and along with the purchase of my new metal detector I'm excited to get out and about and just explore and learn! I wish there was more info on Sand Island...Is it completely underwater? Also learning more about the history of Clarksville a early African American settlements would be cool...I could go on all day about this stuff! Lol

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Hi Paul! Thank-you for your kind words! Sand Island isn’t underwater, although it does flood. Someone said that when they were a kid, the water was once so low that they just walked to it. I don’t know how sketchy it is to hop a boat and explore it, with the flood gates opening and closing upstream, but can you imagine a metal detector finding?

@hoosierdaddy_2092

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Oh I can! I was just telling somebody I'd love to take a boat out there when it seems safe! I also think I have the silver fever now after your video 😅 I can't wait for the weather to cool down and explore some spots around here, especially New Albany and further out towards the boat.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I remember a friend calling me and saying they’d got a new metal detector, and asking if I’d like to go prospecting! So I went along, and ended up being the guy that helped dig every time that device went crazy! Old wire. Junk. Then we found a sterling silver fork! So technically, I have found silver in Indiana! 😀

Sad to see that someone burnt the cabin down and its gone now, seems kind of senseless… I am from Indiana and have lived here my whole life but I live in northern Indiana just north of Fort Wayne so I don’t get down that far south very often, but definitely would like to go someday to see all the cool history in that part of the state! Very cool video!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

It is a vast wonderland of history and legends!

@donnaleveron6511

Жыл бұрын

Probably part of the liberals design to destroy history, by one of the antifa type arsonists.

Great videos. I'm a New England transplant in Knox County and have a business in Vincennes. We get away to Louisville quite often and will look for these places in the future. I have been to Angel Mounds Indian burial mounds in Evansville/Newburgh.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you Brian! There is much to see in southern Indiana, but much of it is hidden unless you know where to look. I’m eventually going to do a “best of Southern Indiana” highlight video.

@brianmoore4995

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Definitely following your channel. I love this stuff. Thank you!!!

That’s perfect .

They're developing a new downtown Clarksville on the other side of the floodwall thats in your thumbnail. I always thought they could put a ice cream parlor or something along that idea where that structure is that holds up the train bridge by the dam.

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

Lots of good stuff could go there as a draw. The Ohio River just gets cranky every few years, and floods more than anyone expects.

Thank you

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

My Dad was born in nearby Georgetown Indiana in 1913. Both his parents had died by the time he was eight, so he was raised by his maternal grandparents. He quit school at the age of thirteen to help them make ends meet. He worked at a shirt factory and at the Colgate plant. (He learned to tell time by reading the clock from the backside).He told me one of the bridges to Louisville (K & I), charged a nickle toll for pedestrians. He would avoid paying the toll by slipping on to a girder under the walkway and going unseen from the toll booth. The only problem was one slip and he would have wound up in the Ohio. RIP Pop (1913 - 2008)

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Write these awesome stories down! 🙂

@gw5309

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Dad's expanded story (and he honestly thought he'd never accomplished much): "My Dad was born in 1913 and he died in 2008 at the age of 94. His mother died when he was five and his father when he was eight. He was raised by his maternal grandparents who were very poor. He quit school at thirteen and went to work to help them make ends meet by working in a shirt factory. Later he worked in a soap factory. At around twenty, he got a job with a crew building a road through his small southern Indiana town. By the time he was twenty-two he was running a crew of his own. He met my mother in 1942 and married her a week before leaving for Army basic training. He eventually went through Officer Candidate School and eventually attained the rank of 1st Lt. He was being mobilized to deploy to support the invasion of Japan when the bomb was dropped and the war ended. He left the Army in 1946 (stayed in the Reserves until 1960) and moved to help my Mom’s father on his farm. My Grandfather died suddenly in 1950 and my Mom and Dad took over the farm. There wasn't any thing my Dad would give a shot on the farm; cattle, hogs, chickens (1000 layers at one time), truck crops, such as tomatoes, turnips, and cabbage. We had seven acres of strawberries at one point. Dad cleared fifteen acres of woods and scrub ground by hand. He would throw nearly 100 pounds of feed on his shoulder and walk a half mile through the snow to feed hogs. Later, in the '60's, he and Mom rented the farm out and he sold insurance. He became one of the top salesmen in the company. He traveled all of Iowa and Illinois and would leave Monday morning and get back on Friday. He and Mom built a new house in '66. He got into land development and nearly lost everything due to several unscrupulous partners. He and Mom then got into Section Eight Housing and built four projects for the elderly and low income families in small towns. That saved them. We had started running the farm again in the early '70's, and Dad would plant or combine all day well into his '80's. Once, in his mid 70's he had surgery for rectal cancer. Two weeks later he was spending ten hour days sitting on a tractor planting corn. He never stopped busting his ass to take care of us" BTW, I remember Dad telling me about helping pull people out of 2nd floor windows in New Albany using a boat during the '37 flood.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@gw5309 Simply amazing stories! “Hard times make hard men. Soft times make soft men.” Current generation has no idea what people had to do, just to survive. If you failed, you didn’t get a pat on the back and a reset, you died. If these stories aren’t told, what will happen when times get tough again?

@SFH1819

8 ай бұрын

Great job! Thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated! 💞👍🏻🤗

I just watched you video, found it by chance. You did a good job researching. By any chance, through your research did you come across any cryptid legends & or info about the city being old than originally thought? I'm researching the history of the Falls of the Ohio & Louisville and it's a weird place. Great video!!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I’ve completed two Indiana cryptid videos and found nothing about the falls area. However, there’s lots of giant / ancient people legends on both sides of the river. 1800’s geologists E.T. Cox and William Borden found a 17 foot tall wall on the ridge at Rose Island, that was not natural. It was cut blocks of limestone. Local people took the stone for building houses, bridges and other structures. Over the years, legends of European explorers, before Christopher Columbus, have been told over and over, but it could very well be ancient Native Americans like the Adena.

@MegaFrankgarcia

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I appreciate the reply and will check out more of your videos. I've found information that has mounds in DT Louisville as late as 1836 & a cryptid story of a Giant "Bat-man" that had been seen lurking & flying off the top of the Walnut Baptist church circa 1919ish. This place has an interesting past. Thanks, great job.

I was stunned to learn that Clark's cabin at Clark's Point had burned down last May! Somehow I missed that story when it was in the news. I live about an hour from Louisville and had visited that cabin one three occasions, the last time in March of 2020, and I took many pictures there. I know it was a vintage cabin relocated there and not the 1803 original, but it is very sad that someone would do that to a piece of our history. I wonder if the guy arrested for the arson was a random pyro-pervert or was motivated by "woke" ideology against G.R.C.? I am very glad I visited the old cabin while it was there.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why someone would want to destroy any remnant of history, even if it was just a symbol and not the original. The arsonist set fire to several places along the river, it’s unclear what his motive was.

@christinedowdle5721

2 жыл бұрын

I lived 50 feet from it. It was a homeless guy believe to been on drugs. He had a warrant on him for other stuff he had done too

@christinedowdle5721

2 жыл бұрын

I lived 50 feet from that Cabin. It was a homeless guy running from cops he had several warrants for other things he had down. I believe he was on drug's at the time. I lived right next to flood wall and I would see him walking back and forth constantly. I also went to George Roger Clark elementary school. My oldest daughter did to. But good ol Clarksville.. HUH. Shut school done and tried a daycare and then office buildings or something. It didn't work. It sits empty

@christinedowdle5721

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Roger.. Did you know us people that grow up/live in Old Clarksville right next to River are called???? We are (River Rat's). LOL. I went swimming in that river, too many time's to count. Fished there, skipped school on the banks of the river on the fossil beds. Did alot of bomb fires and parting back then in the 80's. Good ol time's!!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

@@christinedowdle5721in my travels I met a great fella that called himself a river rat! He lives down in Harrison County and collects arrowheads and strange rocks. One I have to agree looks like a parrot and definitely man made.

If you ever want to read some good books on this time period, go read Alan W Eckert's Winning of America series which are all based on historical fact. I loved the Frontiersmen. He was a great story teller. I remember reading this and imagining I was back there in time with Clark, Simon Kenton and Tecumseh.

Home town ❤

A friend of mine worked most of his adult life and retired from Colgate in the late 1980's. It wasn't until years later I discovered it had once been a prison as it shows it being such in the Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. And even from 31 you can still see iron bars on the windows of some of the buildings now.....but another oddity I discovered on those same two pages is that St. James Court in Louisville? That fancy neighborhood had at that time been an Army livery stable, LOL! That 14th St. bridge abutment truly is pretty neat. I wondered if it had originally been some sort of security building or something or if it were purely decorative. Both times I've been to the fossil beds there the interpretive center was closed for whatever reason as they were both purely random dates I went there. Have you walked across the Big Four Bridge? Me and my Mother went about a year or so ago. I'd wanted to cross it since the first time I saw it up close in the early 70's when we had went there for some driftwood for a project. Never thought I'd ever get to as it was just cut off on both ends back then. I wish the City would buy the K&I bridge back from Norfolk Southern and repair and re-open it to light vehicle traffic. We went across it in a car in about 1974, a couple years before that overloaded truck fell through a portion of it and they closed it to car traffic. Don't know if you've read any of Keven McQueen's books or not but I'd recommend Dark Tales of Southern Indiana, Murder and Mayhem in Indiana, Forgotten Tales of Indiana, etc. He has quite a few books out both of IN and KY.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Have walked the Big 4 and have did a segment on it, calling it the disco bridge! I hounded Louisville’s Waterfront office for several years, to fix the light problem. They said it was some kind of costly relay, but finally got it fixed and the light show is on that video. Haven’t read any of Kevin’s books to date, but have had several people say they are quite good. David Weatherly has a decent book about Indiana Cryptids, “Monsters at the Crossroads”. I’ve been reading it for the last month, off and on, comparing it with my other references. “Weird Indiana” is a nice series of coffee table books to wet your road-trip appetite, I have one for reference. The stories in it are a good synopsis for further reading.

My Beloved Mother grew up in Brown County....I remember when I was in my early teens my mom took me and my three brothers to her aunt's house... My great aunt lived in a two story log house... There's a couple of small towns with funny names...(Gnaw Bone and Bean Blossom,) the Sad part of my little story was my last visit about twenty years later, it's all gone... There's strip malls and motels where the trees and creek used to be.💔😞

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

As I was telling my brother about Greenwood, where we grew up, “If our parents came back today, they wouldn’t know the place.” Sometimes the changes mean progress, and sometimes it’s only a revision on something that was fine to begin with.

Thank you, Roger! I will be sure to stay out of Southern Indiana!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

The irony is that while I often cover scary history and legends, I’m not a ghost chaser, and generally avoid the paranormal. 🙂

Video super 👍 bro🇰🇿 🤝🇺🇸

First the borden mesuem now the bridge my delinquent ass used to get stoned under as a teen. Bro love this channel

Wow, you found out more than those of who were born there and grew up in Clark County ever heard about.GRC name is all over schools roads, etc but we never heard all this. Only about the trip he made with Lewis. I never even heard about Sand island! So what happened to those large skeletons?

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

As the story goes, large, ancient skeletons were found along the banks of the Ohio River. They were so old that the calcium turned to dust when exposed to air. There was another found in Louisville that did the same.

Two things that could have been added. First was the Buffalo herds following the "Buffalo Trace" and crossing the Ohio River at the falls. Second was the Canals built to bypass the rapids.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Tons of history and legends in that area. Could have easily been a two-hour segment! Just the engineering behind how the Army Corp of Engineers tamed the falls is a marvel.

To follow up on the Sand Island giants, why don't you do a story about Prince Madoc from Wales? Those were his people that were found there. They also inhabited Rose Island up river, near Charlestown Indiana. As a matter of fact, there is a statuette of him at The Falls of the Ohio Museum.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

We think alike! A Prince Madoc video is in the works. I briefly touched on it, in the Rose Island video, but there is much more to tell! I was able to film one of the artifacts, earlier this year, and someone has offered me a second, whenever I can get there. There's also a weird place in Perry County, under negotiation, but it may not happen. I try to be discreet on private property videos, but one person watches my video, figures it out,, tells 100 people, and then I get hate mail. So, landowners are often hesitant to let me film, knowing it could bring them unwanted traffic.

@randallhoward3231

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I haven't seen the Rose Island video yet. I will have to look at it. I did get a chance to see the Brandenburg Stone at the Charlestown library. Maybe you cover that in the Rose Island video. I'll check it out. Thanks

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@randallhoward3231 Haven’t published anything about the Brandenburg stone, but I have the footage.

@rachelchapman6966

Жыл бұрын

Is the place you’re talking about in Perry County Flint Island?

My grandson used to live ther with his wife. They moved away from there closer to his Mother and family.

I lived in Noblesville IN for 3 yrs and there was a small town near by with the same name Clarksville IN.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

What’s crazy is that there are many duplicate named towns in Indiana, only differentiated by zip code.

1021 Harrison Ave. Clarksville, IN . Clark's cabin

I live in Marion Indiana right outside of Wabash indiana, Muncie indiana, and Jalapa Indiana. I truly believe that our Past History definitely when it comes to Native Tribes has been not only White Washed but just absolutely deleted. Yes with today's tech we can obviously find anything with a few clicks but to actually see the evidence of a pre history civilization is widely unknown to many. Yes theres the Indian cemetery in Jalapa where theres a 1812 Mississinewa Reenactment every year but most people really dont realize they are standing and walking on Native American lands these weren't small tribes the Cherokee, Sioux, Miami, and even the Seminoles Tribes all lived in Indiana. These Tribes fought not only with each other but fought English settlers and skirmishes against the U.S Military right here in Indiana. There's a ton of Ancient Native Artifacts that get overlooked or they are on private or state run lands and we can't trespass to see them or dig them up but these artifacts prove not only that Indiana was occupied by Native Indian Tribes but also was occupied by really Tall White, Red, or Black Skinned Warrior Natives. My Family was started by Cherokee and Blackfoot Indians and theres an Old Story about how the Indian children weren't allowed to leave the Tribe and go play or Explore in the woods because either the Evil Spirits of the Forest would take them or the Tall White men with Hair like the Morning Sun would take them and Feed them to their Tribe. Now if this is a True Story or Real Account of Tall Giant White Cannibals idk but still kind of Weird when you see these Old Newspaper Articles of Giants Bones being Uncovered and how some of the Bones had Arrowheads still Stuck in them from a Battle they had Fought against fellow Native American Tribes.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

There are lots of things in Indiana, that are partially hidden, or hidden on purpose. And, inconvenient histories, that throw long-known narratives into chaos. I know people that have found all kinds of interesting artifacts: what looks like rock carvings of tropical birds, in the Hoosier National Forest. A Viking rune stone. Roman coins. A stone tablet with ancient Welsh writing on it. If you call anyone of authority, the sites will be analyzed and taken away, never to be seen again.

Sad that the Clark cabin was burned down this year.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

It was a senseless crime and loss to history

I go to Clarksville every month, it'd about 40 mins from me here in Southern Indiana. I LOVE Clarksville and Louisville. I didn't realize Indiana was considered cursed also. But whenever I go to the Falls of the Ohio riverfront it feels incredibly dark and creepy even on a sunny day.. I took my kids there and the whole time I was on high alert and I didn't know why.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Used to be, by native Americans. Now, it’s a nice waterfront, world class museum, and a fossil bed to explore.

@angelmartin7310

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger In my personal belief the natives couldn't imagine settlers living there successfully because they didn't understand powers and principalities changing hands depending on the dominant religion of the area. But even still I would advise people going there with children to be very vigilant. There are a lot of derelicts hanging out at the Falls and the path we took down to the fossil bed would have made it extremely difficult to get everyone back up quickly with a wagon if the alarms started sounding. When you said that in this video I realized I hadn't even been aware of how dangerous it was.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@angelmartin7310 I started the channel as a way to help my co-workers, find interesting weekend places to go with their families, that didn’t cost a lot. In that spirit, I try to warn people of trail hazards, in case they bring little ones along. Some people will write comments like, “that trail was nothing, it wasn’t hard at all,” but they aren’t doing it with a baby strapped to their chest. As a parent, I realize that even when you have toddlers that walk, they often get tired and want to be carried: that can turn into a nightmare on some intermediate or rugged trails.

@angelmartin7310

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Thank you!!! We found that out the hard way when we took our then 4 kids to Mammoth Cave Park...not the actual cave because they were being mask nazis at the time, but the woods above it which are incredible. I was also 6 most pregnant. It really was a risk we shouldn't have taken. Parks do not make it abundantly clear whether trails are stroller friendly the entire length. I learned my lesson and got a jogging stroller after that day. In my experience that is absolutely the best option for a hiking stroller.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I have a pretty wide viewer base, which is awesome! I have young adults checking out Indiana trails for the first time, families looking for outings, and people that are getting older, are active, but can’t do hard trails. I try to make mention of inclines and hazards, but have been kicking around the idea of publishing one about easy trails and outings. There are tons of great places for strollers, wheelchairs and scooters, to get people out of the house and getting fresh air.

The Clark cabin that was burned was a reproduction and was originally built in the 70's. I believe it was the 2nd or 3rd cabin at the site.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I’d read that it wasn’t original, but it was sketchy how old it was. One source sounded like it was practically new, and another said it was circa 1856 and moved there. To me, the cabin was a symbol, and the arson was an affront to a great patriot, trying to erase his very memory. If you go to the Lincoln birthplace in Kentucky, there’s a huge shrine on a hill with a cabin inside. It’s been proven that Abraham Lincoln nor his family ever lived in that cabin, but it is on the site where their home did stand. If a person burned that symbolic cabin, it would be a similar disrespect to a great person.

@Fitch93

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Very much agree with you. Either way, great video!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I only wonder if they’ll ever build it back, especially if that was the third one! It’s so far away from town, somewhat remote, that I’m not certain they’ll do it again. I’m a history lover though, would love to see something more grand, even if it required a gate.

@Fitch93

2 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Agreed, I'd heard shortly after the fire that there was a group "looking for a cabin" to place there. Who knows, it was great to have stood on the front porch of it and looked across to Louisville. Gave you a better understanding of what he was doing, especially while reading a couple of books about him last summer.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

You’re spot on! Here was a guy chased by debt collectors, dirt poor, staring at the island where he trained his men for a glorious mission. He really was wronged.

I live right next to that area!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Any surprises from the film? I tried to pack in as many as I could, from the rich folklore and local stories.

How does one get there? Take the last train to Clarksville. I'll meet you at the station.

Huh, I live in Indiana, imma check this stuff out.

We are from the Government and are here to help you! Yeah.

Such a sad ending for an honorable man. May he RIP

European Indians: Utah and several other states have similar stories about blue eyed giants which were attacked and killed by the other natives.The Utah giants were also cannibals.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I had briefly read some of that. Really interesting stories from old newspapers! At some point I’m going to dig deeper into the Indiana giant stories, as there are quite a few.

I Live here and didn't know this

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I get that a lot! Then again, I also get, “you pronounced the name of our town wrong.” 😀

Where was the prison located? What area of Clarksville

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Find the Colgate Clock (1410 S Clark Blvd), just west of I-65. The building below it, now office space, was the prison.

I'd love to see sources cited for the Dark land story.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I collected a ton of oral histories from my travels, things locals had heard over their lives along the river, stories handed-down for generations, and tried to find several online or library sources to back them up. Some are fairly easy to find at either, particularly the Charlestown Public library, the Filson Society of Louisville and so on, but sometimes not. I had a great story about a supposed cave that ran under the Ohio River, and used by native Americans to commute between Kentucky and Indiana, but didn’t end up using it. I could not find more than one source, perhaps a bedtime tale someone told their kids, or a great campfire story. Then, there’s the folklore about the folklore! Supposedly, General Clark had written in length about some of his amazing discoveries along the river, and a copy written in his own hand was kept at the Charlestown public library for many years. Stories vary, but either the entire manuscript, or the more amazing parts, were stolen. The Filson Society has the bulk of Clark’s artifacts, I would not be surprised if “stolen” was a Hoosier opinion. I’ve tried reading some of Clark’s handwritten notes, and it’s extremely difficult to follow even the most tame content. There’s speculation that Clark told some tall tales in order to make some money, but that’s not been proven, and seems very out of character. Similar story about his brother Williams corp of discovery manuscript, supposedly describing the Mandan Indians as having blue eyes and using old Welsh words: missing.

Sounds spooky 👻 is it near Delphi?

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Only about 192 miles away

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Wow, thanks

I live in Clarksville

I guess things still haven’t changed. Veterans are still treated like crap!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are. Things need to change.

Always love the story behind the arch it was symble of men enhabating the canter of the country

The way Lewis died was awful too

Anyone know of any channels that deal with northern Indiana, by chance?

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, I don’t know of a single one. Lots of people have done a video or two about downtown Indy, Turkey Run, or such, but move on. I might try a few next spring.

@johndickerdown9225

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger please let me know if and when you do. I just came across your channel last night and have been binging.

Im from Clarksville. I can say just for reference that though the cabin was burned, it wasn’t the original. It’s a misnomer. The real one was destroyed hundreds of years ago

@AdventureswithRoger

7 ай бұрын

True, but someone said the replacement was built in the 1850’s, and moved to the site. Whether it was new or old, did not justify burning it to the ground.

The chief defeated at Sand Island was called Yellow Hair by the Shawnee. A chief named Black Hawk allegedly was the one who killed him.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Had not heard it was Black Hawk. Chief Cornstalk is mentioned loosely in the story I’d read.

Take the last train to Clarksville!!!

TYVM, very well done ... you got 10lbs worth in the 5lbs bag ;-D Excellent content !

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you! Totally packed! There were legends that I didn’t use, as I just didn’t have enough information to go on. 🙂

@AAABTonto

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Lifelong Hoosier here, always something new to learn about, love History ! [and a number of studies] I look forward to checking out your channel some more ... all good things to you and yours ;-]

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Well you have came to the right place! It’s a constant chase for Hoosier history, legends and things to see! 🙂

I have a hard time following at times. You show general George Rogers Clark and talk about him dying at his sister's. I thought that was William Clark. I could be confused. George Rogers captured Vincennes from the French and William Clark led the Corp of Discovery with Merriweather Lewis. I thought Clarksville was named after William Clark. I guess I was mistaken.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

No worries. George Rogers Clark did die at his sister and brother-in-laws place, called Locust Grove. It’s at Louisville. He was buried there for some time and then was dug up and transferred to a tiny plot at Cave Hill Cemetery, also in Louisville. It’s kind’ve sad and an insult to a great man. William Clark, George’s younger brother, conducted the Lewis and Clark expedition as you mentioned, and died in St Louis, Missouri, where he was also buried. In life, William was much more successful than George, was married, had kids, and became Governor of Missouri Territory.