Paducah, KY, United States
Clara Barton's Visit. The organizer of the American Red Cross in 1881, Clara Barton, came to Paducah March 13, 1884, on the steamboat "Josh V. Throop" to help direct relief work during the Ohio River flood. Relief boats traveled from Pittsburgh to Cairo in first flood relief operation of the America
n Red Cross. In memory of Charles and Anna Sullivan.
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