Rare view of a long boat loaded with all kinds of goods at Jackson on the South Jackson side (about where the bridge crosses the river today). From 1891 until 1912 Jackson was the railhead for the Kentucky Union Railway Company and latter the Lexington and Eastern Railroad Company. Thus, supplies were brought to Jackson by rail and merchants used long boats, some as long as 75 feet to carry supplies to such upper river towns such as Hazard, Hindman, and Whitesburg. (This photo was badly faded.)

Note the log raft at right headed down the river.