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DID YOU KNOW?

Interesting Facts about Clark and Floyd Counties

CLARK COUNTY

Clarksville is the oldest Anglo-American town in the Old Northwest
Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is a native of Henryville
The Falls of the Ohio fossil beds are the world’s largest exposed Devonian aged fossil beds
The Colgate Clock is the second largest timepiece in the world, exceeding London’s Big Ben
Jonathan Jennings, Indiana’s first state governor, is buried in his hometown, Charlestown
The famous Lewis and Clark Expedition originated in Clarksville on October 26, 1803
The Louisville Municipal Bridge, built in 1929, was the first bridge to carry highway traffic alone
between Louisville and Southern Indiana. The bridge operated as a toll bridge until 1946. The
bridge’s administration building was renovated by the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism
Bureau in 1994.

FLOYD COUNTY

The Edwardsville Tunnel, a railroad passageway through the “Knobs” near Old State Road 62, is Indiana’s longest tunnel. It is 4,311 feet long and cost about $1 million when completed in 1881.
Mansion Row in New Albany constitutes the best single collection of Federal, Italian, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival and Victorian architecture in the Louisville Metropolitan Area. Most of the structures along Mansion Row have been carefully restored, providing a glimpse of life during New Albany’s “Age of Elegance”.
The Sherman-Minton Bridge, twin-arched, double-decked span, connects Interstate 64 between New Albany and Louisville. It was named the beautiful long-span bridge of 1961 by the American Institute of Steel Construction.
Fuzzy Zoeller, Master’s and U.S. Open Champion golfer, grew up in New Albany.
New Albany’s Harvest Homecoming, held in October, is Indiana’s second largest festival.
Information compiled by the Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau (1996)