Hardyville was the starting point for wagon roads and pack trials to the mines in the upper region of the river and for flatboats that ascended the river in the extreme low water time of the year.
Hardyville was the starting point for wagon roads and pack trials to the mines and other settlements in the upper region of the river. It was also the port for flatboats that ascended the river as far as Callville in the extreme low water time of the year.