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 H. J. Miller Obit
Huntington Advertiser, July 7, 1961- Captain Henry J. Miller, 70, veteran Ohio River steamboat captain died this morning in a Huntington {WV}…
Captain John Edgington Obit
Ohio River Captain John Edgington is Buried No source given but was from a scrapbook that contained articles from the Herald-Advertiser and Ironton…
Ohio River Boats
PACKET AND FERRY BOATS ON THE OHIO RIVER – 1860 to 1947 Written by David R. Thomas, from KYOWVA Genealogy Society Newsletter, Sept….
Dedication of Kingsley Chapel
Dedication of Kingsley Chapel in Grant, (now Proctorville) Lawrence County, OhioOhio River “And All Along Shore” Correspondence of the Cincinnati…
Captain David Greene
Death of Captain David Greene Gallipolis Journal 13 Oct 1853 page 2 We clip the following notice of the death of this gentleman from the Cincinnati…
Captain Joe Mace
Noted River Pilot Crosses the Bar Joe Mace died at his home in Burlington, Ohio Ceredo Advance, Ceredo, WV 13 Jan. 1915 Cincinnati, Ohio-Jan. 4-…
Captain Noah Scoville
The Weekly Caucasian, Shreveport, Louisiana 23 March 1905 – Captain Noah Scoville – A Popular steam boatman Has Been Called to His Reward – After a…
Elijah Frampton, Sr.
Elijah Frampton, Senior Source: Early Days in Greenbush with Biographical Sketches of the Old Settlers by William L. Snapp Lucinda (Trowbridge)…
Ironton, Ohio Depot
Huntington Herald Dispatch – 26 October 1964Written by Charles Collett FIRST PUBLIC BUILDING and the oldest location, one that has never changed…