Colored drawing of riverboats and Portsmouth viewed from Kentucky side. The Ashland was built at Cincinnati in 1842 and dismantled in 1847. The Scioto was built in Cincinnati in 1846 for Captain James Davis of Portsmouth.
Colored, mostly green, image of two ladies by lake in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. It was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colored image of Children's Home building built in 1876 on Grant Street property that now is part of Mound Park. It closed in 1921 when Hillcrest Children's home opened in Wheelersburg.
Color tinted image of church building located at 415 Washington Street since 1858. Bigelow was named after Russell H. Bigelow, 1793-1835. He was a Methodist circuit rider, missionary to Indians, and chaplain of Ohio Penitentiary. As of 1984, the non-denominational congregation is known as Bigelow Church.
Color tinted image of the Davis school building at the corner of Gallia & Waller Streets. It had been the home of George Davis before being used as a school from 1902 to 1910. It was razed in 1912 for the construction of the new PHS.
Color tinted image of W. F. Nesbet steamboat. Some references mention a steamer named the "W.F. Nisbet" which ran on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers in the 1890's.
