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
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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.
Captain David Greene
“We are again called upon to record the death of one of our old friends. Captain David Greene is no more. He died on his boat, the Cumberland Valley.
Captain Joe Mace
It was the announce to the care-takers that Pilot Joe Mace, one of the best known wheel men on the Ohio River, died at his home in Burlington, Ohio, opposite Ceredo, WV early this morning.
Captain Noah Scoville
A Popular steam boatman Has Been Called to His Reward – After a long and useful life Captain Noah Scoville died at his home near Sybene, Lawrence county, Ohio, Wednesday, March 15, age 73 years.
Elijah Frampton, Sr.
Elijah Frampton, Sr. was born near Lewistown, PA., 20 April 1786. He was married 20 Oct. 1822 to Rebecca Clark and again to Lucinda Trowbridge 28 May 1828, both at Burlington, Ohio.
Ironton, Ohio Depot
When Ironton, Ohio was laid out in 1849, the depot for the Iron Railroad was the first building and the passenger waiting room became the first place in the new town for public meetings
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...
Waterloo Ohio and the Wright Brothers
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.
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
Old Photo of Wharf House from Ironton, Ohio
Photo courtesy of Beth Ann Camelin Clingan posted on Facebook Group Old Photos Southern Ohio 2019 · The wharf house in Ironton, Ohio, Lawrence County in the late 1930’s. My great grandfather John Wesley Shelton’s business then my grandfather James Hundley Shelton took it over. I believe that is who is standing on the wharf house. It was pulled uphill during flooding