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13/09/2010 12:13 am
There was some discussion about the Greyhound buried in another thread. I thought I'd dig into my collection and post a couple of shots of both Greyhounds. As a bonus, the newer shot also has the Hoosier Girl in it. 🙂 The person marked "Row" is my GGrandfather, JW Whitlock and the little girl is my grandmother. The last picture is from an advertising card for original Greyhound. If you are interested in JW Whitlock, I have a blue dozen photos I can post, so please just let me know!
13/09/2010 12:58 am
Veryinteresting stuff, Dana! Thanks for posting. Wouldn't it be great if we still had this service.
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13/09/2010 1:10 am
Boy, wouldn't it? I'd be happy with a ferry service. You know, my family grew up here in Rising Sun, but I grew up around Fort Knox (Army brat). So, we visited RS a lot and we always took the ferry over. I didn't know there was a bridge (Markland) until I was a driver myself. I miss the ride......
14/09/2010 1:28 am
More Pics ... Please!
There couldn't have been a more river-oriented family on the Ohio River than the Whitlocks. A small river town like Rising Sun depended upon the river as its connection to the outside world. Without the river bearing the "cars of commerce", Rising Sun would have ceased to exist as a community as it had been by-passed by the rails of steel. Consequently, The Sun depended upon the steamboat longer than did towns serviced by railroad transportation. The Whitlocks were not only users of river-born commercial transportation, they also enjoyed the Ohio River that flowed by their back door as a source of recreational fun, and, fortunately, they had the financial means to relish in the joys of of an assortment of boats under the guidance and leadership of the family patriarch, JT Whitlock.
Dana, please print some more copies of your book about your illustrious river family, the Whitlocks of Rising Sun, Indiana, a town of note about half-way between Pittsburg and Cairo.
14/09/2010 3:21 am
Wish we still had a ferry anyhow. Would love to go to work in KY and be able to skip going through Aurora and Lawrenceberg.
Dana, I've enjoyed learning of your family through the Ohio County Museum. Didn't know you had any books though, I'll have to look them up when I get a chance
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18/09/2010 5:02 pm
Greyhound and Kittie
Hi Shipyard,
A little bird told me that you liked the Kittie Whitlock. Here is another shot of her for you.
20/09/2010 4:43 pm
Dana: I am VERY interested in the GREYHOUNDS. I would be pleased to see your photos. I wonder did they make stops in Kentucky on the way? I put my steamer in at Rising Sun several times this summer. Cap'n Walnut
20/09/2010 5:09 pm
Mizz KITTIE
What fun the KITTIE would be, today, exploring such places as the Great Miama River. No prop to be worried about-- bust a bucket, and it would be an easy fix.
Here's the paddlewheeler I "wuz raised on" before I took to steamboatin'.
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27/09/2010 12:51 am
Kenny and I were watching some old film that Dean Whitlock and my grandfather took (my brother had it converted to DVD). It was most often choppy video, but there were a number of shots where Kenny said, "I bet the Cap'n would love to see this!"
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27/09/2010 1:09 am
Boats. boats, and more boats
Just some more shots from my digital collection......I have quite a few (non-Whitlock) boat pictures that I inherited from my Mom's computer that I know nothing about. Like the Sprague...it looked huge in the pic I have, but the river looked small too.
The first pic is the riverfront here in Rising Sun....the second is the first Greyhound out of water....and the third is the Mildred ferry boat (Whitlock boat named for my Grandmother).
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27/09/2010 1:25 am
More on the first Greyhound....A copy of a local newspaper ad, the other side of the card I already posted, and a picture postcard of her. I believe the picture was dated 1908.
27/09/2010 4:49 pm
Four Bits
Boy, it cost a bundle to ride the GREYHOUND! A 75 cent round trip ticket in 1908 would be about $17.69, or slightly more, today. A block of ten one-way tickets would set back the modern traveler a hefty $82.53 in today's virtually worthless currency.
Operating a car, today, counting everything and figuring 50 cents a mile, the sixteen mile round-robin would run a body $4, or thirty-four cents in 1908 change for an 8 to 10 minute ride over the second-worst road in Indiana. That is, if you don't get behind some geezer or tractor cruising at 15 to 30 mph.
The 'Hound was NOT for the casual traveler, but it must have beat walking or else three hours on the one-horse tram over a bumpy, rutted, dusty or muddy, dirt road.
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01/10/2010 11:42 pm
That is kind of par for the course for JW. He catered to a particular clientele his entire life, whether it be the trip upriver, the Laughery Club where the rich of Cincy came to play, or even the chairs which were made only of the finest material (Their insistence on the very best was a huge factor in their downfall). Besides, he needed a lot of money for those three wives!