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Last year, a multistate organization called hundreds of residents in the Ohio River basin to ask how they used the river. Then, the researchers conducted field surveys, and when they finished, the commissioners visited Ohio River cities with PowerPoint slides of information. Their findings showed how people used the river (to fish, swim, boat, and ship goods, of course) — and why they don’t (it’s polluted, muddy, and dirty).

The answers may seem obvious to Evansvillians, yet we wanted to know: Does the bend in the river — where Evansville was founded — shape who we are? Over the next pages, we determine our identity on the river.

Where there are river views, there are restaurants. We look back at a few historic haunts that surely are missed — and one that still is a can’t-miss.

Scuffletown Saloon

Through the 1980s, the Scuffletown Saloon was as close to the water as patrons could eat — next to the riverbanks in Newburgh. Now, the upscale-casual Edgewater Grille would partially block Scuffletown diners from seeing the water. When opened, the saloon was packed with Indiana University basketball fans who drank from Mason jars. The former location of Scuffletown now is part of various commerce buildings.

Fischerman’s Wharf

In 1987, Newburgh businessman George Corne — owner of Scuffletown Saloon, an ice cream shop, and condominium units, among other ventures — opened a restaurant called Fischerman’s Wharf on a barge once owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Christmas 1988, the barge sank in the Ohio River. Undaunted, Corne claimed he would renovate the barge and create a new restaurant, fittingly called Sinkers, which never opened.

The Barge

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Last fall, the Tin Fish restaurant closed at Marina Pointe due to a fire. The building has held tenants since the 1960s, but the two-story space actually replaced The Barge, a restaurant constructed on an old river barge. Serving fiddlers, steaks, and seafood, The Barge affectionately was known as “Robby’s Barge” until it changed ownership in the late 1970s. The restaurant burned down in 1986.

After the Tin Fish fire created an uncertain future of Marina Pointe, the partners of Two Daddy’s Pizza announced plans to reopen the site with an open-air restaurant, tiki bar, and events plaza. They plan to open the new venture Fourth of July weekend.

Amanda Fenwick’s Riverboat

At the end of Main Street — just before the water — Amanda Fenwick’s Riverboat resembled just that: a riverboat. The popular haunt known for an upscale menu (one chef went on to prepare meals at the Petroleum Club) closed before that other riverboat (Casino Aztar) docked in 1995. In the early 1990s, the building became a gay bar, Teana Faye’s Riverboat Lounge. Ultimately, a succession of property ownership changes ended any restaurant’s run at the location. Today, Old National Bank’s headquarters, built this last decade, tower over the spot.

Dogtown Tavern

Unlike the other places mentioned in this story, Dogtown Tavern makes the list because it’s one of the few to survive. Established in the late 1800s as a post office and a saloon, Dogtown Tavern — well south of the bend in the Ohio River — has a reputation for fiddlers. With a family recipe that’s survived seven decades, it is a worthy destination for fried catfish. — Louis La Plante and Kristen Lund

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