. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . f about 9,000, and an important steamer landingon the Ohio, as well as a manufacturing point. Madison, which was one of the early settlements, lies at the foot of the steep hill, which enclosesthe Ohio, and the railroad makes a very steep grade to get in and out of it. Following the East Fork of the White River from Columbus south therailroad parts company with it near Rockford Station. Beyond Seymourone comes in sight of T
. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . f about 9,000, and an important steamer landingon the Ohio, as well as a manufacturing point. Madison, which was one of the early settlements, lies at the foot of the steep hill, which enclosesthe Ohio, and the railroad makes a very steep grade to get in and out of it. Following the East Fork of the White River from Columbus south therailroad parts company with it near Rockford Station. Beyond Seymourone comes in sight of The Knobs, and near Henryville is the ForestReserve of the State of Indiana. Jeffersonville, across the river from Louisville, with a population of10,4H, is a charming old town, with large manufacturing interests, chieflyin car shops. Beyond Jeffersonville the railroad curves around to the southwest andcrosses the Ohio on a long bridge, which was constructed after muchtribulation by the sale of script issued by the State of Indiana. Louisville, the terminus of the division and gateway to Kentucky forthe Pennsylvania System, has a population of 235,114. It is the most. ONE OF LOUISVILLE S MAIN STREETS important commercial city in the Blue Grass State, renowned for its finehorses and beautiful women. Louisville goes back before the American Revolution. Captain ThomasHutchins, of the British Engineers, first visited the Falls of the Ohio in1766, when all this country was part of the territory of Virginia. Hischarming description of the beauty of the country induced Dr. JohnConnolly to locate l2,000 acres of land—to which he was entitled for mili-tary service in the French and Indian war—on the south side of theOhio, at its falls. In 1774, he and Colonel John Campbell had the townlaid out and advertised lots for sale, but no one bought on account of theIndian wars in the vicinity. Thus the town site sunk into oblivion. George Rogers Clark brought some twenty immigrant families d
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