Dark blue night time image of Government Square opposite the old stone Post Office at far left, and the city building or the Kricker Building at center. The Royal Savings building is on the right.
Tinted image of the Lizzie Bay steamboat with many people on deck. She was built in 1886 in Madison, Indiana. From The Portsmouth Times July 13, 1898: "Three Feet Only Required. The Lizzie Bay passed up at noon. The Stanley comes down at 7pm tonight. These boats can run in three feet of water." She was dismantled in 1912.
Colored image of the C & O Railroad Bridge, the Ohio River, and Sciotoville viewed from the air. The C & O Railroad bridge, completed in 1917, spans 1,600 feet between the Ohio and Kentucky shores.
Black & white image of the Washington Hotel. Built in 1901 at the corner of Second (2nd) and Market Streets, the Washington charged $3.00 per day in 1903 (Evans history of Scioto County.) From 1939 to 1956 it was called the Milner Hotel. In about 1979 the Washington House became part of the Riverview Retirement Center along with the Biggs House.
Black & white image of the Greyhound steamboat. The Greyhound was built in Ironton in 1901. She ran in the Portsmouth-Proctorville trade and was quite fast. Used as a wharfboat at Ironton, she was lost in ice December 31, 1917.
Black & white photo of railway passenger station in Millbrook Park. Levi York began developing Millbrook Park in 1899. It covered over 85 acres. Greatly damaged by the flood, it was totally dismantled by 1935.
Colored image of the summer home of Mr & Mrs Harry E Taylor near Rushtown. Mr Harry Taylor was the editor/owner of the Portsmouth Times approx. 1920 - 1930.
Tinted image of the steamboat in the river. The Greenwood was built by Captain Greene at Parkersburg, WV and completed in Ironton. On her maiden trip, October, 1898, she left Portsmouth and sank when she hit a snag at the mouth of the Scioto River. She was raised and repaired and ran the Cincinnati-Pomeroy-Charleston trades until 1925 when she collided with the Chris Greene and sank.
