Mason Township is a full-sized Township, too according to that survey, being six miles square and divided into 36 sections each one-mile square. It is
Stories
Waterloo, Ohio News
These are clippings were gleaned from the Ironton Register newspaper that are on microfilm at the Ohio Historical Society by Maxine Marshall. Most of
Theodore Wilson
Theodore Wilson was born in slavery, denied the advantages of modern schooling, persecuted by bigoted Negro haters, seriously injured in his youth, he
The Buffington House
The history of the Buffington House begins with the farm being bought by James Buffington in 1815 and a log house was built first, then the barn and finally
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.
From Ohio to Oregon
This 1896 letter was written by Sarah Austin, sister of Isaac Austin, to Elizabeth Haines. Sarah remained in Hanging Rock; both Isaac Austin and Elizabeth Haines emigrated to Oregon from Ohio....
Ghosts Stories
Ghosts Stories -Haunted House which was formerly occupied by the Rev. Elisha Thacker, a Baptist minister, in Getaway, Ohio but had been deserted for many years.
A Skeleton
The Skeleton’s that of a man found drowned in the river, whom E. J. Folwell, who then a township trustee, helped me carry up the bank from near the East Ironton landing, over 25 years ago.
Getaway Ohio Possesses an Odd History
About five miles up Symmes Creek from its mouth is situated the village commonly known as Getaway. Unincorporated, and therefore legally but a community of Union Township, it had an interesting history and one of sufficient importance to deserve recording and preserving. It is a village in which several descendants of pioneers still dwell, one of whom, Mrs. W. H. Waldeck has been kind enough to go to a great deal of trouble in collecting many facts for us regarding this historic old place.
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
Fashions of Past
Peep into Past -Miss Anna Fitziu a native of Huntington, WV was a soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera Co. and with traveling opera companies.
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,
At The Penitentiary
Last week, we commissioned a special reporter to take a look at the boys now serving a term in the penitentiary from this county. He reports as follows:
Prisoners of Lawrence County, Ohio
1834 – 1898 Lawrence County Ohio Prisoners were abstracted from the original Penitentiary’s Register of in Columbus. 1834-1905 can be found
Getaway Ohio History Part Three
Rev. Thacker was not favorably impressed with Getaway, Ohio and asked, in derision, “What is the name of this CITY?” Whereupon, he exclaimed “Get Away!”