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Welcome to Charlestown State Park, home of Rose Island.
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04/12/2017
Short paved downhill to get to Rose Island.
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04/12/2017
The Portersville Bridge completed its move to Rose Island in 2011.
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04/12/2017
Today's Rose Island sign resembles the original welcome sign.
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04/12/2017
Remains of wishing well from the 1880s, the second oldest structure still standing.
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Skeletal remains from the Dance Hall grand piano.
The original Walkway of Roses was still mostly intact when the site was cleared (the arches are new).
The base of the original Rose Island sign, which welcomed thousands of visitors on Ohio River steamboats from Louisville.
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The remains of the pool concession stand where they rented bathing suits to visitors.
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06/04/2017
The oldest structure in the park, an intact picnic table from the 1880s. Watch out for the lead paint.
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Interpretive signs include pictures from the island's heyday and markers indicating the flood level (see the blue marker near top).
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Interpretive audio boxes are powered by hand cranks.