Ironton

Moving County Seat from Burlington to Ironton Ohio

by | Jul 16, 2019 | ,

On Tuesday next is to be held a most important general election. A full ticket of State officers under the new constitution is then to be elected, which alone will call out a full vote. In Lawrence county, however, in consequence of a local question, viz: the removal of the County Seat, the election promises to be unusually animated and exciting. Full Democratic and Whig county tickets have been nominated, and the candidates and their friends are using much exertion. We may look in view of all things for a heavy vote probably as heavy as ever was cast in Lawrence county.

Old Photo of Wharf House from Ironton, Ohio

by | May 30, 2019 | , ,

Photo courtesy of Beth Ann Camelin Clingan posted on Facebook Group ‎Old Photos Southern Ohio 2019 ·   The wharf house in Ironton, Ohio, Lawrence County in the late 1930’s. My great grandfather John Wesley Shelton’s business then my grandfather James Hundley Shelton took it over. I believe that is who is standing on the wharf house. It was pulled uphill during flooding

Ironton Ohio Memorial Day Parade Photo – ca1946

by | Mar 2, 2019 | ,

While this looks like a scene from “It’s A Wonderful Life,” it is the Ironton Memorial Day parade. No date on the photo but this is likely the 1946 parade. What makes the picture so special for our family is that our Dad is pictured among the military marchers home from WWII. Ironton’s parade is the nation’s oldest continuously running Memorial Day parade, a tradition since 1868. Cool representation of patriotic Americana. Photo Courtesy Connie Dziagwa

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