The Irontonians are a “peculiar people.” Shut out from the world, except by the Ohio river, their ideas of social etiquette are strange to a person who
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Foster Stove Company Ironton, Ohio
In 1848, William Clark Davis invented cooking stoves made from iron ore and began selling them at his business W. C. Davis in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Colonel Henry Adam Marting
Colonel Henry Adam Marting was born 17 Dec. 1850 in Greenup County, Kentucky. His parents were Henry Marting and Mary E. Knaper,
Ironton, Ohio and the Tax Tariff of 1846
Ironton, on the Ohio River, the capital of Lawrence county, Ohio, was begun four years ago next month, by a company of associated capitalists, who bought 350 acres of river bottom and 4,500 acres
John Robinson’s Circus Fifty Years Ago
If you saw John Robinson’s circus fifty years ago you too can be a guest. All is necessary is that you fill out the coupon in this paper
Ironton, Ohio Rolling Mill
The Mill is being erected in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the bank of the Ohio River, about two miles above Hanging Rock. It is in the centre of the great Iron Region of Ohio and Kentucky.
Old Resident Writes a Letter
A letter was received Thursday by Postmaster Strobel and handed to us by Deputy Wiseman, which comes from a man who has been out of communication with Ironton for so long a time that he asks for the names of the newspapers published here.
Andrew Dempsey
We invite the special attention of candid men of all parties to the following letter written by the Hon. Andrew Dempsey, of Hanging Rock, Lawrence
History of Memorial Hall
The History of Memorial Hall in Ironton, Ohio, Taken From Various Newspaper Clippings IR — Ironton Register IR June 12, 1890 - Memorial Hall Defeated. The Memorial Hall project has encountered a...
FBI Holds 47 In Ironton, Ohio
FBI agents swept up 47 prisoners in a sudden smash late last night at what it called far-flung white slavery operations centering at Ironton, Ohio.
Moving County Seat from Burlington to Ironton Ohio
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.
Noah Steven Southworth Ironton Ohio
Noah Steven Southworth ..Picture was taken in Ironton, Ohio in 1923. His family moved to Ironton in 1920. Photo courtesy of Glynda Walls Southworth 2018
Old Photo of Wharf House from Ironton, Ohio
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
East End Ironton, Ohio
Old Newspaper Stories about East End of Ironton, Ohio
Ironton Ohio Electric Company
1926 Photo of Ironton Electric Company, Ironton Ohio Photo courtesy of Brenda Moore Spears