Built in 1851, the Campbell House in Ironton, Ohio, was home to John and Elizabeth Campbell, who aided freedom seekers through Lawrence County's Underground Railroad network. They worked with African American conductors Gabe and Retta Johnson, . . . — — Map (db m283470) HM
In 1849, the city of Ironton was founded by local ironmasters, railroaders, and financiers associated with the Ohio Iron and Coal Company. They saw the city as a manufacturing and shipping point for their products. As a young industrial city, . . . — — Map (db m60016) HM
Col William C. Lambert
1894-1982
Ironton Native
2nd Ranking American Ace of WWI
Chemist, Inventor, Patriot
He was presented with the distinguished
Flying Cross by King George V. of
Great Britain for his valor.
Mural Refurbished By . . . — — Map (db m283468) HM WM
The Ohio River has long been a major means of transportation, from the times of Native Americans to the barge traffic of today. In the 1800's flat boats traveled the river to trade or sell items. On any given day, flatboats full of vegetables, . . . — — Map (db m310395) HM
You are now in Lawrence County, OH. The county was formed on 12/20/1816 from parts of Gallia and Scioto Counties with the county seat in Burlington. In 1852, the county seat was officially moved to Ironton. The only county building remaining in . . . — — Map (db m310391) HM
Each of the shipping companies designated stops along the river to pick up freight and passengers. A map such as the one below from the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Packet Company showed each of their ports in 1888. Freight was delivered to many of . . . — — Map (db m310108) HM
Hecla Furnace was one of 46 charcoal iron furnaces located in southern Ohio's six-county Hanging Rock Iron Region. The furnaces produced iron from 1818 to 1916. By 1875, southeastern Ohio led the nation in iron production. Civil War armaments, . . . — — Map (db m310274) HM
The Hanging Rock Iron Region
To furnish the needs of the early settlers, then to furnish ordnance for a nation at war, and finally to furnish merchant iron to the steel mills, 100 iron producing blast furnaces were built within these 1,800 . . . — — Map (db m59371) HM
1866 Started Construction by Dr. B.F. Cory
1915 Enlarged by Mahle Brothers.
1960 Closed Tunnel Due to Relocation of State Route 93.
1998 Reopened as Tourist Attraction.
A special park and overlook of the city of Ironton in cooperation . . . — — Map (db m283471) HM
Since 1868, Ironton's annual Memorial Day parade has recognized those in Lawrence County who died while defending our country's freedom. This was the same year in which the Grand Army of the Republic established May 30 as Decoration Day. Originally . . . — — Map (db m59370) HM
Ironton's Role on the Ohio Ironton was a prominent port at one time and many boats docked here to take on iron ore, coal and other products. There were also many great steamboats built in Ironton. Many of these photos were taken by Thornton . . . — — Map (db m310294) HM
Ironton Tanks
Semi-professional football began in Ironton in 1893 with a team known as the Irontonians. The Ironton Tanks, founded in 1919, was a combination of two Ironton cross-town rival football clubs known as the Irish Town Rags and . . . — — Map (db m60017) HM
Ironton Tanks 13 vs. New York Giants 12
November 11, 1930
It was a rainy day on November 11, 1930, when the Ironton Tanks met the New York Giants at Cincinnati's Redland Field. The Giants had finished second in the NFL (13 wins, 4 losses) . . . — — Map (db m283463) HM
John Campbell (1808-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company. This company purchased the land and laid out the city of Ironton. Of Scotch-Irish descent, Campbell married Elizabeth Caldwell Clark . . . — — Map (db m310209) HM
John Campbell (1818-1891), founder of Ironton, was an ironmaster and president of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company, a Presbyterian, and an abolitionist. This house and barn, which he built in 1850, became a stop on the Underground Railroad for . . . — — Map (db m59375) HM
Memorial
American Legion
Ironton Post 433
Dedicated to perpetuate the memory
of those who gave their lives in the
Viet-Nam War and to honor those who
served with the U. S. Armed Services
1964 - 1973
Killed In Action
Sgt. Donald . . . — — Map (db m166317) WM
Historical home of the official State Ohio Memorial Day Parade
The nations oldest continuous-running Memorial Day Parade since 1868 — — Map (db m283465) HM
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this replica of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
loyalty . . . — — Map (db m59374) HM
November 30, 1930, was a classic Indian summer day in southern Ohio. Balmy, shirt-sleeve temperatures greeted the 10,000 football fans who flocked into old Redland Field in Cincinnati to watch the upstart, small-town Ironton Tanks battle the . . . — — Map (db m60019) HM
St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church Corner of 6th and Center Streets, Ironton Built in 1892, this beautiful Catholic church, as well as the Depot (below) and several other historic buildings are part of a self-guided walking tour of historic . . . — — Map (db m310299) HM
New jail bldg. erected 1973
board of county commissioners
Louis N. Bryant Chr.
W. Lt. Buddy Kaiser
Jess Brammer
This corner stone from old jail
Comrs.
W. W. Wiseman
E. T. Edwards
Chas. Brammer
Mark S. Bartram - Auditor
S. . . . — — Map (db m213420) HM
Dean and Shawnee State Forests Seven miles west of Portsmouth, OH is the 63,000-acre Shawnee State Forest. The Forest includes the Shawnee Lodge and Conference Center. The Lodge also includes cottages, and has a golf course along the banks of . . . — — Map (db m310248) HM
Dedicated to Lawrence County Veterans who paid the ultimate price to protect and preserve Freedom
Military Order Purple Heart of the U.S.A. 1782 - 1932 Chapter 765
WWI-Ernest Adams • Henderson Allen • George Bailey • Walter Baker • . . . — — Map (db m283466) WM
A barrier of trees, rugged hills, and native Indians held off colonists until the mid-1700s but people have lived in southeast Ohio for 12,000 years. American Indians hunted and camped here. Later, they settled in villages and cultivated native . . . — — Map (db m310293) HM
In honor of
members of Banner
Sunday School Class
of Storms Creek
Baptist Church
in World War II
L. Adkins • P. Haas • L. McMacrt • R. Stanley • W. Upton • E. Webb • P. Wisenberger • Ches. Ackison Sr. • Chas. Ackison • Ches. Ackison Jr. . . . — — Map (db m283472) WM
