Read about living in the early 1900’s at Willow Wood a small village located in Lawrence County, Ohio along with photos of early stores. Compiled from old newspapers and other sources.
Stories
They Met in Wichita
Buckeye Lovers Meet in the City and are Married – At the Manhattan hotel last evening the marriage of Judge Elwood Payne of Chickasha, I.T., and Miss Delia E. Cone of Suiter, Ohio, was solemnized by Rev. E. Hamilton, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Chickasha. The happy couple were schoolmates in the Buckeye state, and afterwards teachers when the judge concluded to cast his fortunes with the great west, and two years ago settled at Chickasha, where he entered the practice of law.
Real Estate Boom in 1952
A real estate boom involving hundreds of thousands of dollars has the folks in rural Lawrence County, [Ohio] 20 miles north of here, somewhat bewildered.
The Ozarks of Lawrence County, Ohio
Lawrence county, Ohio, the “Ozarks of Ohio” may be as little known to many residents as the state’s picturesque “Little Switzerland,” yet such a region actually exists and is one of those places worth including in the motorist’s plans for “after-the-war” tours.
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
Don Rist Collector of Pig Iron
Beginning seven years ago, Don Rist, 20-year-old University of Dayton civil engineering student, and his brother John started collecting specimens
History of Crown City, Ohio
CROWN CITY- This is the name of a new town recently laid out, twenty-one miles Below this city, and thirty-nine miles from Ironton, Ohio
Old Baker Store in Deering, Ohio
Photo of Old Baker Store in Deering, Lawrence County, Ohio
Lemley’s Store in Scottown
Photo of Early Lemley’s Store in Scottown, Lawrence County, Ohio. Lemley’s store became Holschuh’s. — at Scottown Ohio
Missing People of the 1800s
Louisville Daily Courier, Louisville, KY 11 June 1845 p2 To the Friends of Humanity. - Truman Guthrie, a tailor by trade, left his widowed mother in November 1843, with a view of being gone but a...
Man Fifty Inches Tall married a woman from Burlington, Ohio
Midget Fifty Inches High married a woman from Burlington, Lawrence Co., Ohio
Diamonds Found Ironton Ohio Tunnel 1875
Diamonds Found Ironton Ohio Tunnel 1875
Colony Club Gambling in Chesapeake, Ohio
45 slot machines and arrested eight men at the Colony club here last night in Chesapeake, Ohio 1949
Marshall of Proctorville Ohio Murdered
Proctorville Ohio Town Marshall Shot and Killed in 1916