The floodwall between Clarksville and the Ohio River. Once the gates closed, anything on the river side might be washed away in a flood. 1937 was the worst, and my grandparents lost everything as their house was tossed upside down and rolled several blocks down the street. The worst of it was, in 1937 the Red Cross had some corruption and only wanted to sell them relief supplies. Never rich, they had nothing to buy anything with.
The fossil beds at the Ohio River falls in Clarksville. In my early years it was a great place to gather arrowheads and fossils. Now it's a protected park.
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