Rose Island

USA / Indiana / Charlestown /

amusement park, historical layer / disappeared object, historic ruins

Not really an island, but rather a peninsula created by the draining of Fourteen Mile Creek into the Ohio River. Formerly the site of an amusement park that was destroyed when the Ohio River flooded in 1937. Known as Fern Grove in the 1880's, it was expanded and renamed in 1923.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Island_(amusement_park)

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Coordinates: 38°25'35"N 85°37'11"W

Charlestown State Park 1.2 km
Tunnel Mill Boy Scout Reservation 6.4 km
Heritage Place 7.1 km
Clark County, Indiana 7.5 km
Hidden River Valley 7.8 km
Greyrock Quarry 10 km
Speed 11 km
Oldham County, Kentucky 14 km
Champions Pointe Golf Club 18 km
Floyd County, Indiana 28 km

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Charlestown State Park Tunnel Mill Boy Scout Reservation Heritage Place Clark County, Indiana Hidden River Valley Greyrock Quarry Speed Oldham County, Kentucky Champions Pointe Golf Club Floyd County, Indiana