Color photo image of the steamboat on the Ohio River, Kentucky hills in background. The Henry M Stanley was built in 1890 at the Flesher Yard in Murraysville, WV. She ran the Cincinnati-Charleston trade. In 1907 she sank and as preparations were under way to raise her she burned.
Photo image, sepia colored, of the band members in outside setting. Roy Liston was born in Wamsleyville in 1877 and for more than 50 years, he taught instrumental music in southern Ohio schools.(obituary, November 19, 1956) On April 6, 1937, the Portsmouth Times noted that he was the supervisor of music in the county schools.
Black & white photo image of Scioto County's second Court House. Built in 1836 on the corner of Court and Sixth (6th) Streets, was razed in June 1927, after dedication of the new courthouse.
colorized photo image of Blake Block located at Gallia and Lawson. Photo shows Flood Drugs at 595 (2109-2111) Gallia and Shoemaker Hardware at 581 Gallia. (before address changed by city.) About 1900 a well-known butcher named Thomas B. Blake purchased the property and developed five store rooms in the block facing Gallia Street at the corner of Lawson.
Colorized photo image of the Second Presbyterian Church building at Waller and Eighth (8th) Streets. The congregation had built its original building at this location in 1875 when the First Presbyterian congregation expanded. This building of "Humellstown brownstone" was dedicated December 3, 1911 at the same location.
Sepia color photo of the school building, located at the corner of West and Scioto Streets in Lucasville. Branch Rickey went to this school. In the 1920's modern brick schools replaced this wooden building.
