Editing Jeffersonville, Indiana (section)

==== Shipbuilding ====
{{See also|Howard Steamboat Museum}}
In 1819 the first shipbuilding took place in Jeffersonville, and [[steamboat]]s would become key to Jeffersonville's economy.<ref name="JeffHist" /> In 1834, James Howard built his first steamboat, named the Hyperion, in Jeffersonville.<ref name="JeffHist" /> He established his ship building company in Jeffersonville that year but moved his business to [[Madison, Indiana|Madison]], [[Indiana]] in 1836 and remained there until 1844. Howard returned his business to the Jeffersonville area to its final location in [[Port Fulton, Indiana|Port Fulton]] in 1849. There is an annual festival held in September called Steamboat Days that celebrates Jeffersonville's heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to jeffsteamboatdays.com|url=http://www.jeffsteamboatdays.com/|access-date=October 18, 2021|website=jeffsteamboatdays.com|archive-date=January 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116151240/http://www.jeffsteamboatdays.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>