Jeffersonville, Indiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Shipbuilding ==== {{See also|Howard Steamboat Museum}} In 1819 the first shipbuilding took place in Jeffersonville, and [[steamboat]]s would become key to Jeffersonville's economy.<ref name="JeffHist" /> In 1834, James Howard built his first steamboat, named the Hyperion, in Jeffersonville.<ref name="JeffHist" /> He established his ship building company in Jeffersonville that year but moved his business to [[Madison, Indiana|Madison]], [[Indiana]] in 1836 and remained there until 1844. Howard returned his business to the Jeffersonville area to its final location in [[Port Fulton, Indiana|Port Fulton]] in 1849. There is an annual festival held in September called Steamboat Days that celebrates Jeffersonville's heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to jeffsteamboatdays.com|url=http://www.jeffsteamboatdays.com/|access-date=October 18, 2021|website=www.jeffsteamboatdays.com|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116151240/http://www.jeffsteamboatdays.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page