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Rose Island Amusement Park Historical Markers

During its heyday between 1923 and 1937, thousands of people came to enjoy the fresh air, amenities, and amusements of Rose Island Amusement Park. It was a recreational area known as Fern Grove in the 1880s and is now abandoned.
 
By Tom Bosse, June 13, 2026
All Aboard the Steamboats! Marker
1 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — All Aboard the Steamboats! —
2 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — An Enormous Dining Hall —
3 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Building a Resort — From a peaceful picnic spot —
4 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — 10.1998.1 — Fern Grove and Rose Island Resorts —
5 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Fourteen Mile Creek Boat Landing —
6 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Getting to the Island by Suspension Bridge —
7 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Great Flood of 1937 —
8 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — History Talks: Advertisements and Articles from Rose Island —
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9 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Ohio River Landing: Getting here was half the fun! —
10 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Reclaimed by Nature — Once a resort, now a nature preserve —
11 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Rose Island —
12 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Rose Island Amusement Park: The Summer’s Highlight —
13 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Rose Island Cottages — A Home Away from Home —
14 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Rose Island Dance Hall — Dancing the Night Away! —
15 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Rose Island Trail —
16 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — The Rose Island Hotel —
17 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — The Swimming Pool: Perfect summer fun! —
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18 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — The Zoo at Rose Island: Those amazing animals! —
19 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Timeline of Rose Island —
20 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Travel back in time on Rose Island —
21 ► Indiana, Clark County, Charlestown — Welcome to Rose Island! — Where nature and history tell a story —
 
 
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Nov. 13, 2026