A novel tomb at Hanging Rock, Ohio in Lawrence County, Ohio, in the middle of last century, attracted so many of the curious that it had to be removed along with the corpse. At his request, a wealthy Ironmaster was Interred In an iron coffin placed two feet above the ground on Iron pillars, and a wooden building was built around the coffin. Crowds poured in from all directions to see this strange tomb until the building was finally removed and the coffin buried in a grave near the place.
Hanging Rock
Early Photo of Hanging Rock, Ohio Post Office
Early Photo of Hanging Rock Post Office, Hanging Rock, Lawrence County, Ohio Photo courtesy of Jill Morrison
Mound Builders on Austin Farm
Notes of the early settlers of Lawrence county, Ohio,” and in it find the following: the Austin farm appeared to have been a battle ground, many large
Old Hanging Rock Furnace
Old Hanging Rock Furnace Now Only a Relic of Distant Past, Lawrence County Ohio