Ohio River Scenic Byway
Howard Steamboat Museum, IN

The Howards, three generations of premier steamboat builders, had operated so successfully since 1834 that in 1941 the U.S. Navy purchased their "largest inland shipyard" for war purposes. The corporation still operates today, under the name of American Commercial Barge Line Service (JeffBoat, Inc.).

In 1894, the second generation of Howards built a Victorian mansion. This mansion has been converted into the Howard Steamboat Museum, which not only displays many of the Howard's original furnishings and family possessions, but a large collection of steamboat-related items: models, tools, paintings and half-breadth models. The largest artifact in the collection is the shaft of the original paddlewheel of the Delta Queen, which weighs 22 tons.