Old Resident Writes a Letter

Ironton – Old Name – IR Aug. 27, 1908

A letter was received Thursday by Postmaster Strobel and handed to us by Deputy Wiseman, which comes from a man who has been out of communication with Ironton for so long that he asks for the names of the newspapers published here.

His name is Dave Carpenter, and in his note, he gives some interesting information about the history of this county. He states that he was born and raised until eighteen, one mile above Hanging Rock, long before Ironton was.

He adds, “The Lamberts and Clarks are my kindreds on both sides. My first school days were in the log meeting house on the Ohio bank just below the mouth of Storms Creek.

Your city was then known as Hill’s Woodyard, afterward, Hill’s Landing. Kneffs, Kemps, Lionbergers, Davidsons, and Henrys had farms throughout the hills. Fond memories carry me back to the old home, though it is not what it used to be. Sixty-five years have flown since I bade it goodbye.”