Ironton

William Cole Frailey

William Cole Frailey, iron master, Ironton, Ohio, was born in Fredericktown, Maryland, on October 28th, 1829. His parents were Christian Frailey and Elizabeth Hopeman, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter of Missouri. His father was a Maryland planter but never owned slaves, being a Whig in politics.

Recollections of Ironton

My first acquaintance with it was in the spring of 1853 when as a boy of nine years old, I was brought over from Wales and started to grow into the spirit and stature of an American. The first school I attended was in the second story of part of the block where D. C. Davies now holds forth.

E.S. Culbertson

  This section of the Ohio Valley was a far cry from its present state when John Culbertson, grandfather of Ed Culbertson, Ella, and Jennie Culbertson, moved with his family from Pennsylvania. Attracted by the growth and promise of this new-developing area of coal, iron, and timber resources the elder Culbertson joined pioneers and was associated with John Campbell and others in founding the city of Ironton.

Goldcamp Hardware

Prospering is the Central Delivery Company - Drives Out Two New Wagons - Ten Wagons Now in Use   Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 26 Jun 1917, page 7 On Tuesday the Central Delivery Company drove out...

Ironton Ohio Yesterday Years

On Tuesday morn about eight o’clock a large number of our citizens, provoked beyond further endurance, took the law into their own hands and assembled on the bank of the river at East Ironton, near Graham’s liquor boat; a short speech was made, a committee appointed, and the person in charge of the boat notified to remove his nuisance outside the corporation, and fifteen minutes were given in which to start. At the expiration of the time, the boat was peaceable manned and taken two miles down the river.

Ironton Bank and the Mob

The Ironton Bank, through an organized mob called to its aid, repulsed Gen. E. B. Tyler, of Ravenna, who presented a few thousand of its notes for payment a few weeks ago.  It has been well punished for its lawlessness.  Gen. Tyler was not a broker, but an agent of the American Fur Company, annually disbursing large sums of money in the purchase of furs in Ohio and Western Virginia.

Ironton Country Club

The membership drive of the Ironton Country Club formally opened today, following a meeting of the membership committee of Mrs. Helen Robinson, chairman, Elmer Crance, Bob Blanton, and Carl Zimmerman Monday evening.

Ironton Portland Cement Co.

The Register has several times called attention to the fact that this locality possesses the most favorable resources for the manufacture of Portland or hydraulic cement.  We have every ingredient in our hills and our furnaces increase the facilities.  The demand for cement grows yearly, and the business is sure to be good.

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