When the famous Wright brothers – Orville and Wilbur – agreed to perform at a country fair near their Kitty Hawk, N.C. airplane testing grounds a year after their first flight in 1903, they didn’t know that a man who now resides near Waterloo would play a major role in their earning $300.
Lawrence County Ohio
Union Township
Union township, Lawrence County, Ohio, lies on the Ohio River just below the Ohio Company’s Purchase. It belonged originally – that is, originally
Decatur Township
In 1850, most of the 550 male settlers of Decatur Township in Lawrence County were engaged in farming or laboring in the two iron ore furnaces in the
Upper Township
Upper Township is the southernmost one of Range Eighteen although it is not a full sized township according to public land standards.
Meteoric Shower Rockwood, Ohio
a meteoric shower in Rockwood, Ohio and Ceredo, WV such as has never before been witnessed in that section of the country.
Windsor Township
Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, lies just north of Union, and west of the northern part of Rome Township. Some Pioneers of Windsor Township were the Earles and Cade Families who ‘Went West’ to Settle in the Ohio wilderness.
A Silver Find in South Point, Ohio
A rich vein of silver has been discovered on the hill land of Samuel Edgell of South Point. It will be extensively worked by Mr. Edgell,
Lawrence County, Ohio 1890-1938
Chronological Year of Events of Lawrence County, Ohio1890 - 1938 [unsure of the date and the source from newspaper-mm] 1890 Ironton Elks organized - D.T. Bush, the only living charter member here...
Aid Township
Lawrence Delawder married Mary Laithliter and settled near Powellsville then on Johns Creek in Sec. 7. His wife died and he went back to Shenandoah, Va., and married Mary Sivers; brought her back and lived on John’s creek until he lost his mare and other property.
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
Bartramville
2016 Photo of Bartramville, Lawrence County, Ohio Corner of SR775 and CR70. Photo courtesy of Carl Murdock
Greasy Ridge, Ohio
There is a school over on the Greasy Ridge, in Lawrence county, in which there are forty pupils, thirty-three of whom are named Massie.
Brother of Waterloo Wonders Star Killed
Brother of Waterloo Wonders Star Is Killed in Courthouse Argument in Lawrence County Ohio. Bert McMahan was allegedly shot by Charles Roach
Photo Early South Point, Ohio Post Office
South Point Post office from about 1930 until 1958, the white addition to house of my grandmother, Mae Adams Jones. This photo taken after the post office moved, hence, a mailbox by the sidewalk. House was torn down and now is where SP park and boat ramp are located. – Sandra
1895 Photo Post Office and Store Bradrick, Ohio
1895 Photo of William G. Smith’s Post Office and Store Bradrick, Lawrence County, Ohio