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Newspaper clippings 1861-1868
IR Apr. 10, 1862 - William S. McClain, who has been in Portsmouth Jail, since August last, charged with the murder of Silas D. Powell and his two children, by blowing them up with powder, near Wheelersburg, has been acquitted and discharged from custody. ...
Newspaper clippings 1852-1860
This page is taken from old Lawrence County, Ohio, newspaper clippings for the dates of 1852-1860.
Visiting Etna and Vesuvius Furnaces
This newspaper reporter was curious about all the talk of the Iron Furnaces in the Hanging Rock Ohio Iron Regions, so he took a trip to visit them in person. He documented his first-hand experiences during his trip and published them in the Ironton Register, Ironton,...
Ohio Iron and Coal Company – Repeal of Charter
Your memorialist drew the charter of the Ohio Iron and Coal Company; was instrumental in procuring its passage by the Legislature; took an active part
Antiquities in Lawrence County
Antiquities in Lawrence County, Ohio Ironton Register,Thursday, July 1, 1858 OLIVE FURNACE, JUNE 26, 1858 MR. EDITOR: A human skeleton was found one day this week in one of the mounds which abound in this vicinity, similar to those in other parts of Ohio and the...
Old Man Moss
At Burlington, Ohio forty years ago, lived an old man whose name was Moss, who pursued, for the scanty livelihood, the manufacture of stone-ware.
The Bay Brothers Steamboats
The Bay Brothers, George and William, are known all over Western waters as leading steam boatmen on the Ohio river. They began this business in 1862,
Old Times by Capt. Gillett
Old Times by Capt. Gillett - Writing to our esteemed friend Capt. Gillett, for some special information, the other day, he adds to his answer the following incidents: Capt. Gillett says that he can recollect that 1817 was a season of long-continued low water and by...
Letter from H. W. Parker
Mr. Parker left Ironton with his family, all in fine health, on March 25th, bound for his new home in Nebraska, [his Post Office there, “Tecumseh, Franklin county, Nebraska.”] From Cincinnati to St. Louis, he went upon Capt. W. Davidson’s boat
Steamboat Reminiscences
In the Winter of 1855-6, the Big Sandy and Cincinnati Packet Company was formed through the agency of “the fellow” who wore the “fur cap” on the little
River Towns of Sixty Years Ago
River Towns of 60 years ago
Local Sketches of Bradrick and Coryville
For a description and information concerning Coryville and Bradrick, we are largely indebted to the kindness of Capt. Jacob Suiter, of Coryville. He is
Big Sandy Valley
Very few, if any, of the readers of the Register, do not know that the Big Sandy Valley is a river that empties into the Ohio about ten miles above Ironton, yet not many of them have ever thought that the shallow sickly looking stream,
Grandpa Irwin’s Recollection
Ironton Register, Thursday, March 02, 1899By H. ImesEditor Register: I have been interested in Grandpa Irwin's early recollection of events in Lawrence County, Ohio. I believe he says his father settled there in 1827. My father's family, consisting of my mother,...
Old Times in Windsor, Rome and Union
On one occasion a raft was passing a landing in Lawrence county and seeing a woman washing at the river’s edge and no man in sight the captain called to her and began to use improper language.