a meteoric shower in Rockwood, Ohio and Ceredo, WV such as has never before been witnessed in that section of the country.
Chesapeake
Fashions of Past
Peep into Past -Miss Anna Fitziu a native of Huntington, WV was a soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera Co. and with traveling opera companies.
Edgerton Family of Chesapeake, Ohio
J.T. Edgerton, 70 years old, former Lawrence County [Ohio] surveyor, died this morning in an Ironton [Ohio] hospital. He had
Real Estate Boom in 1952
A real estate boom involving hundreds of thousands of dollars has the folks in rural Lawrence County, [Ohio] 20 miles north of here, somewhat bewildered.
Chesapeake Ohio Airport History
The History of Lawrence County, Ohio, Airpark From Newspaper Clippings 1936-1946, The Lawrence County, Ohio Airpark was the only Airport in the Tri-State area until the Tri-State Airport was opened in Wayne County, WV.
Colony Club Gambling in Chesapeake, Ohio
45 slot machines and arrested eight men at the Colony club here last night in Chesapeake, Ohio 1949
Parrot Club in Proctorville, Ohio
Joe Rigney said he was attempt to enter the Parrot Club near Proctorville, 20 miles east of Ironton, when two slugs crashed through a wooden door about
Chesapeake, Ohio Continental Club
The attorney general today prepared a suit for filing in the state supreme court to revoke the charier of the Chesapeake Ohio Continental Club, gambling
Crimes 1909-1948
Five Men Shot After Whisky Trial – Battle of Proctorville, Ohio Crimes-Five men wounded in gun battle following a whisky trial
Indian Guyan Bridge in Chesapeake, Ohio
Flood – photo of the swollen Indian Guyan creek, which empties into the Ohio River near Chesapeake, Ohio
on 17 February 1948. The single land bridge was under four feet of water, photo showing two boys in a canoe paddling across the bridge.
Chesapeake, Ohio History
Chesapeake, Ohio, was steeped deep into crimes in the 1940-the 60s. In 1949 Ohio refused to renew a liquor permit for the Club. These crimes were evidently broken up when State Authorities raided both establishments and confiscated about over 40 slot machines. You can read more about these two Gambling Clubs below. The Thacker – Shafer Murder was another horrendous crime that happened in Chesapeake, Ohio.
Judge Charles B. Egerton
Dr. Egerton was born at Northfield, Vt., March 6, 1925. After acquiring an education, he came to Ironton at the age of 27 years and entered upon the practice of medicine with the late Dr. N. K. Moxley, Sr.