Colorized image of Lake Vesuvius located 8 miles north of Ironton. The lake is 143.27 acres across with 10 miles of shoreline. In 1939 the narrows of Storms Creek were offered as a site for a lake. They were dammed by the Civilian Conservation Corp. The lake was named Vesuvius for the historic Vesuvius Iron Furnace located at the base of the dam.
Colorized image of cows drinking water in a pond. Written in silver script along the top of the image is the words "Greetings from Stout, O." The Stout Post Office was located in Green Township in the southeastern corner of Adams County, Ohio.
Sepia photo image of a Public School Building in Rarden. This two-story frame building was built about 1900 on the east end of Rarden on lots 72 and 73.