Black & white 1930 photo showing iron beam framing for the N & W passenger station under construction at Seventeenth (17th) and Findlay Streets. It was used for passengers until 1971 and razed in 2004. A new county jail is now on the site.
Sepia toned image of the corner of Front Street in Portsmouth. The white building on the far right is the Portsmouth Times old building. At the left is the Home for Aged Women at the corner of Front and Chillicothe Streets.
Black and white photo image of a man and a woman standing on Raven Rock. The famous rock sits facing the junction of the Ohio and Scioto Rivers about two miles west of Portsmouth. Old Scioto County folklore says that the rock used as a lookout point for the Shawnee Indians.
Colorized image of the inn showing people on the front porch surrounded by trees. Considered a summer resort, the inn was located in Rushtown near the N & W Railway station. The Inn was owned and operated by William Crichton, a native of Scotland and steel mill worker in the late 1800's and early 1900's. The Inn was located on a hill on the west side of route 104 near the N & W Railway passenger station in Rushtown, It closed in 1919.
