Transportation
Explore the history of transportation in Lawrence County, Ohio, from early riverboats and ferries to railroads, bridges, highways, and aviation. Discover how changing methods of travel helped shape the county’s communities, industries, and everyday life.
With the Ohio River forming its southern border, waterways played an important role in early settlement and commerce. As Lawrence County developed, roads, railroads, and bridges connected communities and opened new opportunities for travel and trade.
Browse historical photographs, newspaper accounts, and personal stories documenting the people, places, and transportation systems that helped Lawrence County grow.
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Captain W. H. Kerr
Captain W. H. Kerr Ironton Register 21 April 1880 Yesterday, (Tuesday) about 12:00, Capt. W. H. Kerr came home on the Buckeye State. He had been…
Fifty Emigrants for Oregon
Fifty Emigrants for Oregon Submitted by Ethel HainesIronton Register – March 15, 1883 Last December, Mr. T. R. Worthington came to this county to…
The Princess Skating Rink in Ironton, Ohio
THE PRINCESS SKATING RINK was located on Third Street, now known as the Sportsman, put a lot of new life in that section of the city in 1903…The big…
The Boat Builders of WW2
THE BOAT BUILDERS – A friend suggested last week that if we had records of 1942 that we write a column about the boats built in Ironton during WWII,…
Captain William T. Scoville
Ironton Register July 4, 1895 – Death – Captain William T. Scoville died at Jeffersonville, Indiana, last Monday. He was formerly a resident of…
Capt. John Combs Death
Ironton Register Aug. 23, 1894 Capt. John Combs died last Saturday and his funeral took place at the residence of Maj. Jere Davidson, Tuesday…
A New Chu-Chu
Herald-Dispatch, January 21, 1966 Written by: Charles Collett Submitted by: Robert Kingrey Parents who only a few years ago took their children to…
Early Navigation on The Ohio
Early Navigation on Ohio Ironton Register 30 January 1896 For the two decades of this century, and during most of the third, all of the commerce of…
Captain Curtis Scovell Kouns
Captain Kouns Dead Veteran Commander on the Mississippi and Tributaries, and Leading Figure in Lower Coast Trade, Succumbs to Long Illness. Veteran…