The Ironton Bank Gives Down – 'calls Ironton a mob city' Buffalo Daily Republic, Buffalo, NY Nov. 28, 1857, p2. The Ironton Bank, through an organized mob called to its aid, repulsed Gen. E. B....
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Lombard Football Team
(Ironton’s Lombard football team was one of the best in the region In the early days of local football in the early 1900’s. The following article is
Ironton Ohio History of Parades
Newspaper files of the past hundred years tell the parade story and Ironton, Ohio’s love of a parade was only disputed once, according to this writer’s knowledge. That challenge was quickly withdrawn during the city centennial celebration in 1949, when Jim Mace, a representative of the company, came to town to produce the pageant told Matt Cloran that the committee was crazy to think six parades in a single week could be a success.
St. Joseph Catholic Church
IR June 2, 1887 The laying of the cornerstone of St. Joseph’s church has been put off until the 26th of June, which date has been agreed upon if it will
C. A. Alderman
Mr. C. A. Alderman, the senior member of the firm of C. Alderman & Son, has had a practical experience in the dry goods business covering a period of
Nannie Kelly Wright
Nannie Kelly Wright was the daughter of Washington and Catherine L. “Kate” Kouns Crawford Honshell. She married Lindsey Kelly on 08 Oct 1879, Nannie and
Ironton Ohio Memorial Day 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...
Julia Marlowe
When the famous actress Julia Marlowe was a familiar figure to Irontonians she was a wisp of a child, about five years old. Her family, the Broughs, was a
Mary Fulwiler Writes about Ironton Ohio History
Miss Mary Fulwiler, 181 south Sixth street, a former teacher in the Ironton school system and well known in educational circles has submitted to The
Ironton Ohio Fires
Last Sunday morning a few minutes before one, the fire whistle shrieked and told off Third Ward; again it blew long and angrily, and then followed a general alarm.
John Culbertson Obituary
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,
John Connelly Reminiscences
John Connelly reminiscences about coming to the town of Ironton in 1849 , and the great mineral wealth of the Hanging Rock iron region, took passage on
Days Gone By in Ironton Ohio
The younger people want to know all about the days gone by in Ironton, Ohio and nothing can give me greater pleasure than to take a ramble in my mind
Before Ironton Ohio
Before Ironton, Ohio, in 1848, the land along the Ohio river a few miles above Hanging Rock was almost a wilderness. There were a few scattered homes
Ironton’s First Baseball Team Formed in 1867
The first baseball team in the history of Ironton was organized in the summer of 1867. The players were recruited from members of the Excelsior Fire