was owned by the Brazwell family in the 1980s. Ford's Ferry after James Ford Following the death of James Ford in 1833, Ford's Ferry continued on as an important Ohio River ferry crossing with a high-water road that could be used even when the river flooded. The small town built around Ford's Ferry came to be spelled Fords Ferry and continued to prosper. According to the 19th-century Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky, Fords Ferry had four stores and two hotels, with a population of about 75 people. Eventually, the Ohio River ferry at Cave-In-Rock became the last one in the area, bypassing the road traffic at Ford's Ferry, which caused it to cease operations and be abandoned along with the town. See also Peter Alston Samuel Mason John Murrell Isaiah L. Potts Stack Island (Mississippi River) Sturdivant Gang Tower Rock References McFarland, Joe. "When Salt was Gold - Illinois DNR", Outdoor Illinois, October 2009. Springfield, IL: Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Musgrave, Jon. Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground R.R.. Illinoishistory.com, 2005. Musgrave, Jon. Black Kidnappings in the Wabash and Ohio Valleys of Illinois. Research Paper presented at Dr. John Y. Simon's Seminar in Illinois History at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, April–May 1997, Carbondale, IL. Musgrave, Jon. Potts Hill Gang, Sturdivant Gang, and Ford's Ferry Gang Rogue's Gallery, Hardin County in IllinoisGenWeb. Springfield, IL: The Illinois Gen Web Project, 2018. Myers, Jacob W. "[http://www.illinoishistory.com/1922-gallatinsalines.html History of the Gallatin County Salines”, October 1921-January 1922, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society], 14:3-4. Prince, Thomas E. Jr. The Story of a Family: The Origins of the Prince and Bradshaw Families of Lyon County, Kentucky. Louisville, Ky.: Horse Head Publishing, 1990, 46-47. Rothert, Otto A. The Outlaws of Cave-In-Rock. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press. 1924 rpt. 1996. Sniveley, William Daniel and Louanna Furbee. Satan's Ferryman: A True Tale of the Old Frontier. New York: F. Ungar Publishing Company, 1968. Wellman, Paul I. Spawn of evil: the invisible empire of soulless men which for a generation held the Nation in a spell of terror. New York: Doubleday, 1964. External links James Ford (1775 - 1833) - Find A Grave Memorial James Ford: 'Satan's Ferryman' and 'Outlaw of Cave-in-Rock' Sturdivant Gang, Potts Hill Gang, and Ford's Ferry Gang Rogue's Gallery Isaiah L. Potts (Billy Potts, Sr.) and Polly Blue of Potts