Ohio River at Ripley (back)
| Postcard postmarked "Ripley, Ohio, January 24, 1918," The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Portland, Maine. Made in Germany. Caption: "Ripley, Ohio, and Ohio River, from Kentucky side. House on top of hill is where Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin, and is claimed to be the first startion on the Ohio River that received and protected the escaping slaves prior to the Civil War." Courtesy Leslie Talbott. |