By Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
Nearly nine months after the boulder known as Indian Head Rock was abruptly removed from the Ohio River, a group of Kentucky officials is calling for its return.
The 8-ton sandstone rock had been submerged since about the 1920s. That was until last September, when an Ohio historian led efforts to have it extracted.
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Franfort, Kentucky (AP)
An interstate squabble between Kentucky and Ohio over an 8-ton rock pulled from the Ohio River nearly two years ago has taken a confusing twist.
Turns out, they may have been arguing over the wrong rock. It depends who you ask.
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Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
Officials from Portsmouth, Ohio, deny any wrongdoing in a custody battle with Kentucky over an 8-ton rock.
The fight is over historic Indian Head Rock, which lay for years at the bottom of the Ohio River. Once a navigation marker, the rock has carvings...02-24-2009, 11:23 AM -
Frankfort, Kentucky
An 8-ton boulder pulled from the Ohio River will be returned to Kentucky this week.
The Kentucky Heritage Council-State Historic Preservation Office says the artifact known as Indian Head Rock will be taken to Greenup County where it will be stored in...11-08-2010, 10:15 PM -
by Joe Biesk
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
When an Ohio historian helped pull a massive sandstone boulder from the bottom of the Ohio River this summer, he didn’t think it would set off a charged dispute between Kentucky and Ohio.
It did. One Kentucky legislator is...02-07-2008, 07:07 PM -
By Joe Biest
Frankfort, Kentucky (AP)
An Ohio historian could face hard time, all because of a rock.
A Kentucky grand jury indicted Steve Shaffer on June 19 for leading efforts to pull an 8-ton boulder known as Indian Head Rock from the Ohio River.
...06-26-2008, 03:13 PM