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Harlan Hubbardâs Studio and Prints
If you read Shantyboat, you know that Harlan Hubbard build a house and later a studio that he and Anna lived in before they built their shantyboat. We got a tour of Harlan Hubbardâs house and studio in Fort Thomas, Ky. Also, we had a chance to peruse a large collection of prints re-struck from…
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Good homes will be furnished these helpless children
While we were in new Richmond, Ohio, I interviewed Beth Dearwester who told me about several generations of her family who lived aboard a shantyboat in a shantytown at the mouth of Mill Creek in Cincinnati and were considered disreputable riffraff, occasionally charged with fighting, petty theft, and âloitering.â It was common place for children…
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Way to use the riverside, Cinci
Way to use the riverside, Cinci. I wonder what was here before the swanky riverfront park and the ball park. #Ohio #OhioRiver #Riverside #Riverfront
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Join us for an open house in New Richmond, Ohio at Skipperâs River CafĂŠ
Today, we will be hosting an open house in New Richmond, Ohio at Skipperâs River CafĂŠ. Please join us 4pm to 8pm. #OpenHouse #OpenBoat #OhioRiver #Ohio #NewRichmond #Exhibition
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Itâs noon somewhere. Jeremiah and I hit the river
Itâs noon somewhere. Jeremiah and I hit the river in the shantyboat while Age takes the truck to meet us in New Richmond. #OhioRiver #BreakfastBourbon #Logistics #Winter #Ohio #Whiskey
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Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio
Scenes from around Ripley, Ohio The Beebe Chapel CME Church whose pastor Rev. James Settles is the great-grandson of ex-slave, courageous Underground Railroad conductor, and church founder Joseph Settles. #ohioriver #ripley #ohio #slavery #church #undergroundrailroad #abolishion #emancipation #ruins
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The Portsmouth Marina and the Kentucky hills. Whereâs Dotty?
The Portsmouth Marina and the Kentucky hills. Whereâs Dotty? #shantyboat #marina #ohioriver #ohio
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Gallipolis, One of those mysterious towns thatâs full of generous welcoming people
Gallipolis, One of those mysterious towns thatâs full of generous welcoming people. When we pull in unannounced, uninvited to the Gallipolis Boat Club, Bill greets us at the dock: âDo you need gas? Dock anywhere is fine. Need electricity? Need water? Use our showers! Hereâs some beer couzies, Gallipolis Boat Club windbreakers, A list of…
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OYO killing it at Just A Jar Design Press on First Friday in Marietta OH.
OYO killing it at Just A Jar Design Press on First Friday in Marietta OH. #ohioriver #bluegrass #ohio #muskingumriver
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The textures of Mariettaâs Harmar Village are killing me. Beautiful, old and unprecious.
The textures of Mariettaâs Harmar Village are killing me. Beautiful, old and delightfully unprecious. Busy Bee diner, Laborerâ Local 639, Harmar Tavern, all used and well loved. #ohio #marietta #ohioriver #shantyboat
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A landed shantyboat at Mariettaâs Ohio River Museum
A landed shantyboat at Mariettaâs Ohio River Museum, itâs older grandpa, the flatboat, and finally the famous W.P.Snyder sternwheeler tug. #Ohio #Shantyboat #FlatBoat #Sternwheeler #Steamboat #Tugboat #Marietta #Ohio
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Sketchy McSketchersonâs sketchy homemade dock
Sketchy McSketchersonâs sketchy homemade dock. Note the interesting piles of trash, skillet-hot sizzling sheet metal, and hull-skewering protruding metal pipes. #HomemadeDock #Shantyboat #OhioRiver #Ohio
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We thought you was a shed that had come adrift
As I made coffee and checked my email drifting down the river in the morning fog, a tugboat crew came to check on the shantyboat. âWe thought you was a shed that had come adrift.â #OhioRiver #Tugboatâs #Tow #WestVirginia #Ohio #Shantyboat
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See ya, Steubenville. Given the highwater and the decrepit condition of the marina, exhibition canceled
See ya, Steubenville. We had an exhibition planned in Steubenville for the last year, but given the high water and the decrepit condition of the former Marina, they had to cancel. In fact, there isnât even a place to land a boat safely. It makes me sad that this former river town has so little…
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Shantyboat in Toronto Ohio. We were rocked by tugboats and tows all night.
Shantyboat in Toronto Ohio. We were rocked by tugboats and tows all night. #Shantyboat #OhioRiver #Ohio
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Marietta Times: Artist will stop in Marietta on Ohio River journey
The culture of people who have grown up and lived on the banks of Americaâs great rivers has largely been left out of history, and Wes Modes has set out to share them.