Description: This photograph shows a group of WPA workmen on Chesapeake (Ohio) sewer project. Chesapeake is a village in Lawrence County, Ohio, on the Ohio River. A bridge across the Ohio River connects Chesapeake to Huntington, WV's downtown. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F02_075_001
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio);
Places: Chesapeake (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the manager's residence at Buckhorn Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01182
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the ruins of Vesuvius Furnace in Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. The furnace was built in 1833 and produced ten tons of iron per day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01185
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Geography and Natural Resources; Furnaces
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of an engraving that depicts the Vesuvius Furnace in Elizabeth Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. The furnace was built in 1833 and produced ten tons of iron per day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01189
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business; Geography and Natural Resources; Furnaces
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting Buckhorn Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. Buckhorn Furnace, built in 1833, produced fifteen tons of iron per day. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01190
Subjects: Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Harley Beard, of Lawrence County, was electrocuted December 4, 1914, for the Murder of Bob-Mary-Nancy Massie. On May 13, 1914, Harley, a 18-year-old farm hand brutally killed Nancy (76) and her son and daughter Bob (44) and Mary (40) at their farm house in Lawrence County, Ohio. Nancy and Mary were found with their throats slit and Bob with his skull crushed the following day, and Beard was captured and confessed to the murders. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08095
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Lawrence County (Ohio); Death row
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the store and office at Buckhorn Furnace in Lawrence County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01186
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the store at the Mount Vernon Furnace in . The original photograph was taken between 1865 and 1877. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01187
Subjects: Stores, Retail; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph shows the corner of Park Avenue and 2nd Street in Ironton, Ohio, featuring signs for state routes 75 and 141, Jackson 45 miles and Gallipolis 46 miles. Signs in the window of the building on the corner advertise Grimes Realty Co. and Real Estate and Insurance, in addition to a drug store and some type of aluminum product retailer. In January and February of 1937, weeks of heavy rainfall caused the Ohio River to flood parts of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky, causing $500 million in property damages, and displacing and killing hundreds. By the end of January, the Ohio River measured 80 feet deep in Cincinnati, one of the areas most affected. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dispatched thousands of relief workers from the Works Progress Administration to rescue flood victims and restore affected cities. This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_012_011
Subjects: Floods; Natural disasters; Ohio River; Stores and shops; Works Progress Administration
Places: Ironton, Ohio; Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Southernmost point in Ohio, located in Lawrence County, ca. 1940. On December 21, 1815, the Ohio government authorized the creation of Lawrence County, named by residents in honor of James Lawrence, a hero of the War of 1812. Located in southeastern Ohio, the county’s southern border lies along the Ohio River, and Lawrence County is Ohio’s southernmost county. It is predominantly rural, with three percent of the county’s 455 square miles consisting of urban areas. The southernmost point is found along the river about one mile east of the village of South Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00364
Subjects: Ohio--Boundaries; Lawrence County (Ohio); Ohio River
Places: Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph of the Lawrence County courthouse in Ironton, Ohio was taken in the 1960s. The courthouse was built in 1907 after the previous courthouse burned. Architects Richards, McCarty & Bulford designed the building in the Neoclassical style with a domed roof. An annex was added to the rear of the building in 1978. The slide measures 2.75" x 2.75" (6.99 x 6.99 cm). View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3030_3645089_001
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture; Courthouses
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)
 

Description: Lawrence County courthouse in Ironton, Ohio, was taken between 1936-1943 by the Works Progress Administration. The courthouse was built in 1907 after the previous courthouse burned down. Architects Richards, McCarty & Bulford designed the building in the Neoclassical style with a domed roof. An annex was added to the rear of the building in 1978. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F04_003_002_006
Subjects: Ohio Government; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Courthouse
Places: Ironton (Ohio); Lawrence County (Ohio)