Ernest Whitcomb Crichton Source: Portland, Oregon, It's History and Builders, by Joseph Gaston Among those who have been most active in keeping navigation interest in the northwest up to the high...
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Capt. William T. Scoville
Capt. W. T. Scovell Death In Jeffersonville of The Red River Veteran. Sketch of an Old-Time Steamboatman Whom Stonewall Jackson Honored and Relied Upon as a Soldier. SOURCE: The Times-Democrat, New...
Ohio River Towns in 1817
An "Emigrant's Guide," printed in 1817 gives the following intelligence of localities along the Ohio River, at that time: Ironton Register Feb. 14, 1878 "Gallipolis, Ohio is delightfully situated on...
The Princess Skating Rink in Ironton, Ohio
THE PRINCESS SKATING RINK was located on Third Street, now known as the Sportsman, put a lot of new life in that section of the city in 1903…The big building was erected by T. H. B. Jones, owner of...
Captain William T. Scoville
Captain W. T. Scoville died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, last Monday. He was formerly a resident of Burlington and Ironton. In the former place he spent his boyhood days. In Ironton, Ohio.
Capt. John Combs Death
Ironton Register Aug. 23, 1894 Capt. John Combs died last Saturday and his funeral took place at the residence of Maj. Jere Davidson, Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. E. E. Moran conducted the...
Early Navigation on The Ohio
I believe that Luke and James Miller, and perhaps others of the same family, ran early navigation on the Ohio River, and followed the same business that Luke was finally drowned while boating
Captain Curtis Scovell Kouns
Captain Curtis Scovell Kouns, a veteran steamboatman, known and popular for more than forty years in the Ohio, the Red River and the Mississippi navigation, died last evening at his residence
Captain H. J. Miller Obit
Captain Henry J. Miller, 70, veteran Ohio River steamboat captain died this morning in a Huntington {WV} hospital. A resident of Burlington, Ohio, Captain
Captain John Edgington Obit
Services were scheduled today for Capt. John Emory Edgington, an Ohio River steamboat captain and tug boat pilot for more than 70 years.
Ohio River Boats
This story was written by Captain David R. Thomas about the Packet and Ferryboats that road up and down the Ohio River from 1860 – 1947.
Dedication of Kingsley Chapel
At the request of the Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, in Grant (formerly Proctorsville), Lawrence County, Ohio, we had the pleasure of dedicating and consecrating the new and elegant church edifice in that place, last Sabbath, the 26th inst.
Arion Riverboat
Proctorville Captain Reminisces on Heyday of Riverboat ArionWritten by Russ Lemon, no date of newspaper source unknown Story about Arion Riverboat - The wind had been blowing all night, and the...
Defender Chapel
18 Sept. 1955-Defender Chapel, named after a riverboat which suffered a disaster at a point on the Ohio [River], overlooked by the church, will celebrate
Simeon Sumpter Old River Boat Captain
Simeon Sumpter was born Nov. 24, 1833 in Lawrence County, Ohio, died Jan. 3, 1917 Lawrence County. Married Katherine Brubaker Aug. 7, 1851 Lawrence County, Ohio. Son of Edmund Sumpter and Nancy Snell. Grandson of Richard Sumpter (War of 1812 Ohio Militia) and Isa Smith.