OHIO RIVER FLOODS IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO HISTORY
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Anti-Bellum Pilots
Anti-Bellum Pilots – In memory I frequently go back to the old steamboat days in the Sunny South and this naturally calls to my mind the men who at that
Golden City Explosion
Golden City Explosion – As noted in Tuesday’s Register spoke of a family gathering where four generations were represented. There is another home in
Midland and Atlantic Bridge Collapse
the center span of the Midland and Atlantic bridge being constructed across the Big Sandy River between Kenova, West Virginia, and Catlettsburg, Ky.,
Russell, Kentucky River Stories
Russell, Kentucky is located directly across the river from Ironton, Ohio, and approximately 3 miles down river from Ashland, Boyd County, Kentucky.
The Bay Brothers Steamboats
The Bay Brothers, George and William, are known all over Western waters as leading steam boatmen on the Ohio river. They began this business in 1862,
River Towns of Sixty Years Ago
River Towns of 60 years ago
Old Times in Windsor, Rome and Union
On one occasion a raft was passing a landing in Lawrence county and seeing a woman washing at the river’s edge and no man in sight the captain called to her and began to use improper language.