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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Russell, Kentucky River Stories
Russell, Kentucky, Was Once Known as Carnersville and Riverview. Researched by Sharon M. Kouns and Martha J. Martin The river played a vital role in...
The Bay Brothers Steamboats
Steamboats were an important part of Lawrence County, Ohio's history, and the Bay Brothers Steamboats were well known for opening up opportunities...
Old Times by Capt. Gillett
Old Times by Capt. Gillett - Writing to our esteemed friend Capt. Gillett, for some special information, the other day, he adds to his answer the...
Letter from H. W. Parker
Ironton Register, Thursday, April 29, 1858 We have a private letter from H. W. PARKER, for so many years our Associate in the REGISTER, and just now...
Big Sandy Valley
BIG SANDY VALLEY - PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS OF PILGRIM Ironton Register, Thursday, July 14, 1892 Very few of the Register's readers do not know that...
Old Times in Windsor, Rome and Union
EARLY NAVIGATION OF THE OHIOIronton Register, Thursday, January 30, 1896 For the two decades of this century, and during most of the third, all of...