I grew up in Chrisney Indiana which is 8 miles up the road from Rockport. My grandfather was born and raised in Buffaloville not far from Lincoln state park.He later moved to Lincoln city and lived about a quarter of a mile from Nancy's grave site. My 3 great grandfather moved to pigeon creek from Kentucky about the same time as the Lincoln family did. I really enjoyed this video it means a lot more to me than most. Wish the kids today would want to know more about this kind of history.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Steve! When I was in grade school, it was the bicentennial of our country, and history was a huge topic. All those history lessons and field trips made an impact on me, and I carry it with me, today! Hopefully, some of these videos will spark curiosity in others, that will carry on a tradition of learning and exploring our exceptional history!

My family is from Rockport..Though my mom moved us to Indianapolis, I loved going back down there to visit as a kid..my grandmother went to school with Florence Henderson and I got a kick out of hearing stories about the Brady Bunch mom..I truly love Indiana and these videos as well..Thanks for sharing with us!

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

Over 6 years ago, I vowed to document all of Southern Indiana. Rockport was a town that a friend told me about, I’d never even heard about it! To find that pioneer village and museum, as a Lincoln fan, was like finding a lost treasure. Really nice people at the museum, and a wonderful memory! 🙂

Great history!

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

This was a huge project, but I was glad to help promote a great place!

Thank you so much for the history. I love the history of America its priceless.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Steven!

Love these vid’s!! Gaining knowledge of history at the same time entertaining!! Not to mention I’ve never realized how beautiful Indiana is? Thanks for all the time an energy you put into these

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, kindly! Much more beauty to come, in these upcoming videos, perhaps some of the best.

According to our family history books James Lankford and his family are my great great great great great grandparents. My sister and I just went to the cave this past weekend. It was fascinating to see some of our ancestor’s homes especially the cave! According to the family history books he had 9 children, 7 girls and two boys. James Lankford was a farmer and a saw mill operator.

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

Lots of brave people left their comfort zone to find a better way, on the dangerous and unpredictable frontier, and James was one of the first! I always love to hear about family history and memories, that come to mind, from a video I’ve created! When I was at the cave, I tried to visualize what it was like to be all alone, looking out at the Ohio River, no other buildings, people or sounds of civilization. You lived or died by your own efforts: it was up to you to create a life worth living, and no one else to blame! In modern times, with so many conveniences and competing noises, it’s difficult to get a true sense of what these brave pioneers had to endure and what kept them going. Just a wonderful piece of our Indiana history!

@william1863

Жыл бұрын

The Lord our God your God bless you in Christ Jesus Savior of the World 🌎 Thank you and soon we'll all be together in Paradise. 👍✝️ Looking up always ✌️

@william1863

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Hang in there Roger we'll make it through this tribulation in the shadow of the wings of the Almighty. 👍✝️✌️

Excellent job detailing the history of this town and the early life of "Old Honest Abe. "

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Michael! I didn’t know this place existed until a friend mentioned it. It’s a real gem from another time, and wanted to do it justice. But man, did it ever take some time to get the histories nailed down!

Toward the beginning of this video I noticed and was reminded how we use to be under a yellow sun in our skies back years ago when I was a kid and now a different sun that is white and blinding and really sucks. A great video like always thank you.

Wonderful! So informative. Thank you...

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Yes they my kinfolk..I was just down there little while back

I used to visit my friends in Rockport. I had a friend who lived really close to the river. That's where we used to sneak to drink beer because we weren't old enough to buy it yet 19 years old. Old enough to go to jail but not old enough to buy it legally. Oh man those were good times. That was also the first time I saw a trailer house on stilts. 😁 I'm really glad I found your channel.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a good time exploring towns I’d never seen before, but have really enjoyed stories like yours, that tell about the good times people had there. It’s like discovering a new world with every new story! 🙂

So glad I found this channel.

What a great video! I loved pictures and the history.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, Lloyd!

I just found your channel, so well done, a real gem, binge time

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Welcome to the adventure! 🙂

Oh now im hooked watching your delightful and informative videos and listening to your voice. Thanks for a great quite Saturday evening.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Hey Kelly! I was earlier on the road, couldn't type much, but wanted to give you a good answer on things to do in Indiana, particularly Southern Indiana. The closest thing you have at Batesville is Metamora, and they took out the coolest thing in it: one of the last canal boat rides. It is hands down one of the most relaxing things to ever do, and I hope they get it back next year. But onto other things. When it comes to Indiana, people from other states have some blanket assumptions: it’s flat, has lots of corn, and outside of the Indy 500, there is nothing to do see or do here. Allow me to let you in, on a very well-kept secret. While southern Indiana certainly doesn’t have all the cool stuff Indiana has to offer, it has the most of it, condensed into the lower 25% of the state. The reason being: it was once where the Indiana State Capitol sat, until it was moved to Indianapolis. People in the know, come here to retire, as it offers amenities of the big city, within a short drive, and some of the most beautiful and interesting places you can imagine. It is completely different from the rest of Indiana, and nearly hidden if you don’t know where to look. If you live near Indianapolis, you have many fine museums, such as the Indiana State Museum, Eiteljorg Museum of Native American Art, the World War 1 Museum, Indianapolis Childrens Museum, Indianapolis Childrens Museum, Conner Prairie pioneer village, Metamora’s canal town and train. You even have the Indianapolis Zoo. And within an hour or so drive northeast, you have Mounds State Park, the Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo, Fort Wayne Science Central, and Sweetwater Headquarters, the largest musical instrument retailer in the United States. But then, it is pretty spread out. A further drive northeast will get you to the Cord Deusenburg Museum, and even further to Amish country. Go far West of Inday and you’ll find Turkey Run and Shades State Parks which are amazing, and Parke County, with over 30 covered bridges: the covered bridge capital of the world. But then you hit a roadblock. The interesting places are really spread out, and unless you were headed that way in the first place, you might not think they are worth the drive. Southern Indiana doesn’t do that to you. If I could summarize Southern Indiana in my own blanket statement, it would be: tallest waterfalls in the state at Clifty State Park, beautiful 1800’s Ohio River mansions, the disco bridge light show, Oldest Devonian era fossil bed in the world at Clarksville (plus museum), 4 of the coolest showcaves on earth, Indiana’s territorial capitol at Corydon, ancient native American rock shelters and Angel Mounds State Park, Spring Mill State Park village time capsule, Santa Claus’s famous post office and Holiday World, Abraham Lincolns Indiana homestead and museum, George Rogers Clarks amazing Vincennes Memorial, Gambling and pizza in the country at West Baden and French Lick, many many wonderful museums, and so many little towns that are time capsules to the 1800’s, especially Madison. On my KZread channel I have so far covered over 150 unique and interesting places, and there’s still plenty to go at that. There are rolling hills, deep valleys, charming hollows, and high up vistas of the Ohio River that will make your jaw drop. And all of this stuff: usually no more than hour from where you are. Southern Indiana is truly the best kept secret in travel destinations! And this doesn't even speak about the the friendly people and silly scavenger road trips we do, finding landmarks, ice cream places, weird grave stones and creepy places of legends.

Thank You very interesting. I visit rockport often. More there than I realize

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, David!

When I lived on Madison, we would go down and watch the Rigata. Went to Madison Consolidated. We use to go across the Ohio Bridge to Kentucky. They have the best 🍓. My husband use to water-ski on the Ohio River.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Entire Ohio River is a fascinating place! I love Madison, Jeffersonville and Newburgh’s waterfronts. I’ll leave you a link below to play the video about Madison. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zmmb1bhwgLLIe84.html

Thank you so much for your kind reply. My dad always claimed to be a history buff but he never really wanted to show me all these fantastic places. Getting him out and about was like pulling teeth. Unless there was a gun show exhibit. Then he would beg me to come along and see everything. It wasn't quite my cup of tea but I never wanted to hurt his feelings so I would go with him. Thank you for all the history. Btw do you know if the drive in movie is still going. 🤔 I think it was called the holiday drive in.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Holiday Drive in is still there and in operation on 161! There’s actually quite a few drive in movie places, still going in southern Indiana. Last year, I started making a feature about the drive in ice cream places, but several closed for the season, before I could finish them all. I can’t tell you exactly how much ice cream and chili dogs I consumed to “judge them all fairly”. 🙂 My Dad was big into weekend day trips. Once he discovered show caves, he was hooked on them, and we did all of them in Indiana, went to Mammoth in Kentucky, and all the way out to Missouri for Meramec. After he passed away at only 46, we didn’t do much travel until I got a degree and could afford to take Mom places. Those were also great times I treasure! But today, wife and kids are not interested in anything but Florida, so I do almost all of these road trips alone. Sometimes a fellow photographer will go along, and that’s always a better day!

Very nice presentation and details about President Lincoln. I live along Pigeon Creek and have many time imagined young Mr. Lincoln floating by on his way to the Ohio River crossing. Once as he passed by and waved he asked, Dave did you ever see the ship I designed and received a patent? No sir, I was not aware that you received a patent for a ship that you designed and built. Sure enough when I looked it up there it was, President Lincoln patent.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I believe Lincoln is still the only President to own a patent! Until a friend of mine told me about the village, I had no idea that it existed, and I sure didn’t know about him launching from here, to go down the Mississippi River. Rockport just really brought Abe Lincoln’s boyhood years alive to me, and learning about all his antics, through the village, made him less legend and more real.

I love all your videos..the time and effort you put into them shows..I love the tidbits of history..Thanks again for sharing!

@AdventureswithRoger

9 ай бұрын

Thank-you!

We had no idea - and this is a short distance down the river from us! Day trip!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Museum and village open May 1st! 🙂

@donlawler9510

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger good deal! and I may hit that riverfront park before that.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Cannelton has lots of great places too.

@donlawler9510

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I wish I'd toured the old cotton mill before they turned it into an apartment complex. I'll go through your videos and see what I can find to make up a day trip. You put in a LOT of work in these videos - KZread is awesome as an outlet!

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@donlawler9510 Thank-you! I’ll drop a link to my Ohio River playlist. It shows nearly every town from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon. It’s a soul-cleansing journey! 🙂 Southern Indiana Along the Ohio River kzread.info/head/PLs79BVReZPlSv3S6dAmwDa-FENsxYPYJJ

SO THAT'S WHY Florence was So Charismatic ! 🤠🖖

great video learned a little myself im from evansville love coming back home

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

I had read about Rockport, had a friend that attended the festival, but saw nothing about it other than that. So I decided to go take a look, make some calls, and it all came together! Really nice people there at the museum!

All my family is from Rockport I've climbed those cliffs. M, to Uncle was sheriff of Spencer County

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

I would’ve loved to have had more time, to just sit up there and watch boats.

Good job old man 👴🧓👨👏👌👍keep up the amazing story telling 👏👍😀👌🙌😄

Fantastic video

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Really neat place for history

@mushroomhunter7521

3 жыл бұрын

I live in Evansville and had no idea all that was there. Thanks for sharing. I love all your videos. Indiana has so much to offer!

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

Southern Indiana has tons of great stuff! What I thought would be over in a few months has taken over three years now, with more to come! Editing Newburgh next, a little closer to your neck of the woods.

@shannonash6436

3 жыл бұрын

You all should come to the village during our heritage days in may and October. Hopefully in 2021 we can actually do them again.

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

I’m hoping we can get back to festivals and fun again, soon!

Absolutely just love your videos. Great now I'm on a binge watch. Good thing I'm feeling under the weather and in the bed. ol lady can just put up with it I guess 😜

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Drop by anytime! I’m working on a huge segment at the moment, but hope to get back to weekly. Hope you get to feeling better soon! 🙂

I live here and it has higher water levels now.

Absolutely wonderful information. Have been in that park. There is a restaurant nearby that has great bread pudding. Loved this video. Thank you.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Wait, what? Bread pudding? One of my favorite desserts on earth!

@pamgrillo3084

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger oh snd one with Jack Daniels. My favorite. LOL

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@pamgrillo3084 Do you remember the name of the place?

@pamgrillo3084

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger my husband may. He is asleep. We just ran into the place and we're starving. Will find out tomorrow. They also had home cooked meals. It was ok but the bread pudding was wonderful.

@pamgrillo3084

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger good morning. I spoke with my husband. He said it was a ladies name plus Cafe. LOL. Sorry not much help. He thought Sally, or Debbie but not sure.

I love your videos! I'm new to Indiana and this makes me so excited to explore. Would you consider making a map or a list of all the locations you've covered? I'd love to plan some trips to visit them!

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve considered making a huge interactive map, so people can click on places they’re near, or hope to visit. 4 years ago, I started filming Southern Indiana, thought I’d be done in a few months: still going! 😀

@bridgethanchek4324

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I hope you do, that would be awesome!

@meandthemrs7403

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger I'm going to use your channel and Google Maps to plan a LONG drive.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

@@meandthemrs7403 Springtime is amazing here! Daffodils have actually already bloomed in Southern Indiana, and the tulips are just peeking out of the ground! I’m working on my favorite town right now, Corydon, hope to have it out, soon!

having watched several of your videos, I'm compelled to subscribe as I want to see more of your work. you're a great storyteller and traveler of the off the beaten path. I'm fascinated by obscure history and you seem to have the mother lode. thank you for your effort and the delightful plethora of information that would otherwise have been forgotten.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Thank-you, and welcome to the channel Karen! It’s hard to say if I find the stories, or the stories find me. 🙂

I didn't realize there were any videos of my hometown

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

At least one now! I tried to film every town along the Ohio River, from Lawrenceburg to Mount Vernon. I still have New Albany to post, but I’ve got the others.

I live in a Rockport up here in Maine.

I’m new to your channel. Very fine work.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the channel, Michael, and thank-you! I get a kick out of finding interesting places and people down here. Every now and then I’ll do a request. Someone mentioned they’d like to see the old drive-up ice cream places, so I’ve been filming and eating a lot of ice cream lately! Make yourself at home! Really glad to have you along for the ride! 🙂

interesting😘😇

My family is from Rockport I lived there a little while growing up. I hadn't even known they put up at stairway and fence on the rock wall, that kinda takes away from the fun.

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Believe me, it’s still dangerous! 😀

Lol, my cousin's mother was a cousin to Florence

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

Small world! I’m always fascinated by how some people born, in very humble beginnings, can get determined and make something out of themselves.

In your end credits you have George Honig listed as George Konigs. My parents were the ones that are responsible for the plaque out front and big on the history of George.

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

YOU ARE RIGHT! No one picked that up, not even the curator of the village!

@AdventureswithRoger

8 ай бұрын

I cut the end of the video off: now corrected. I don’t usually make changes after publishing, but that was a 5 second fix, being at the end.

bruv i literally go to that park all the time

@AdventureswithRoger

3 жыл бұрын

Not a big park but a really unique one! Nothing quite like it, along the Indiana section of the Ohio River

@alanbryant8245

Жыл бұрын

My Uncle Bill Evans was a teacher, and coach who lived in Rockport for many years I always loved visiting him, and his family there he lived very close to the rock wall depicted in your video, and I loved walking down there. Thanks very much for the memories!😎⚓️🇺🇸

You do know Rockport ky is about 50 miles south from there it's in Ohio county on Green river

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

No I didn’t!

Love that all we got going for us is the waterfront and the Lincoln Museum, that's it. You have seen everything in Rockport.

@AdventureswithRoger

2 жыл бұрын

As an outsider, I only knew what I saw, read on a short internet history, or what a local person told me, when they stopped to say hello. On this over year film series, I’ve pronounced a few things wrong, and missed details only people that live there would know. If it encourages people to come check out the town and learn more, it wasn’t a total loss. What did I miss?

@lorileew2337

Жыл бұрын

@@AdventureswithRoger Roger your video was well very informative you're narrate very well and you filming looks professional..Please ignore ungrateful jerk comment's you obviously put a lot of your time and effort into researching, filming, and uploading your video's the majority appreciate them. Thank you Roger..

Abraham's views on slavery did NOT ignite the Civil War. 16:54

@AdventureswithRoger

Жыл бұрын

Civil War scholars seem to agree that the inauguration of Lincoln was a precipitating factor to the civil war, given his strong, anti-slavery views. Add that to the national debate about slavery, disagreement about states rights, and the south’s poor economy, and it blew up quickly. Lincoln may not have been the match, but he sure was the kindling.

@lorileew2337

Жыл бұрын

Icarus Airways You're wrong, President Lincoln DECLARED WAR in 1861 therefore he DID IGNITE the Civil War.. President Lincoln had strong views AGAINST SLAVERY and wanted to ABOLISH SLAVERY and HE DID.. Our American History as we've been taught for Centuries it is not incorrect..Some people are trying to cancel and ignore the TRUTH about American History to fit an agenda they want to teach future generation's..

@icarusairways6139

Жыл бұрын

@@lorileew2337 Lincoln declared war after the south seized federal property and fired on federal troops. See Fort Sumpter.