Charlestown State Park
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Thursday January 23 All Day Yearly
OTD: January 27, 1937 a flood destroyed Rose Island Amusement Park the site is now a part of Charestown State Park
Event Description:: On January 27, 1937 the Ohio River was flooding, and reached record levels. Water devastated communities on both sides of the river. Rose Island, an amusement park on a peninsula north of Fourteenmile Creek upstream from Louisville, featured a hotel,......More
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Friday January 23 All Day Yearly
OTD: January 27, 1937 a flood destroyed Rose Island Amusement Park the site is now a part of Charestown State Park
Event Description:: On January 27, 1937 the Ohio River was flooding, and reached record levels. Water devastated communities on both sides of the river. Rose Island, an amusement park on a peninsula north of Fourteenmile Creek upstream from Louisville, featured a hotel,......More