Description: Tool was made from a large, curved antler tine. A single beaver incisor pierces the item where it curves. The sharp edge of the tooth might have been used for engraving. The distal tip of the antler has three incised lines around the extreme end. The antler is pitted from weathering. It has been broken in several pieces and repaired. There are several chips missing from the beaver tooth. Item was excavated from Hilltop Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07131
Subjects: Mounds--Ohio--Scioto County; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Herman Hamilton of Scioto County. Electrocuted March 24, 1905, for the Murder of Lee Culver. Hamilton killed Culver in the railroad yards in Portsmouth, where they both worked. The murder occurred after Hamilton attempted to rob Culver. Hamilton was born in Kentucky and had spent 5 years in a reformatory there before coming to Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL08074
Subjects: Ohio History--State and Local Government--Law; Capital punishment--Ohio; Scioto County (Ohio)
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the blacksmith shop at Scioto Furnace in Scioto County, Ohio. The original photograph was taken ca. 1850. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01183
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: The scenic Scioto River in Pike County Ohio, most likely somewhere close to Waverly, Ohio. The Scioto River is a river in central and southern Ohio more than 231 miles in length. It rises in Auglaize County in west central Ohio, flows through Columbus, where it collects its largest tributary, the Olentangy River, and meets the Ohio River at Portsmouth. Too small for modern commercial shipping, its primary economic importance is for recreation and drinking water. Pike County was organized on February 1, 1815, from portions of Scioto, Ross, and Adams Counties, and was named in honor of Zebulon Pike, the explorer and soldier who had recently been killed in the War of 1812. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B11F10_045_001
Subjects: Rivers--Ohio--Pike County; Scioto River (Ohio)
Places: Waverly (Ohio); Pike County (Ohio)
 

Description: Long, tapering granite bi-pointed rod is squarish in cross-section. Item was excavated from Heinisch Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07170
Subjects: Heinisch Mound (Scioto County, Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Effigy is a relief carving of a human face on a half-round, oval piece of stone. The nose is prominent. Eyes are deep-set and round under high, arching eyebrows. The prominent lips are stylized. Ears are small and stylized. There is a large vertical groove on the back side. The effigy is made of brown sandstone. Nose, lower lip and lower portions of both ears have been restored with painted plaster. Item was excavated from Heinisch Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07171
Subjects: Heinisch Mound (Scioto County, Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pipestone effigy pipe has a tall bowl with sides that curve outward and a wide, flat, flaring rim. Near the rim opposite the mouthpiece there is stylized effigy of what may be a bird looking forward. The bowl is set slightly forward on a flat, roughly rectangular platform. One corner of the platform is chipped. There is a ridge directly above and parallel to the hole for the pipe stem. The color is mainly dark red that is mottled with reddish yellow, pink and very dark gray. There are yellowish-brown deposits on the bowl. Item was excavated from Heinisch Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07172
Subjects: Heinisch Mound (Scioto County, Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Large ungrooved stone ax, called a celt, that has side edges that are squared off. One edge is tapered and rounded and other edge was originally possibly squared. It is made of highly polished black cannel coal. Item was excavated from Hilltop Mound in Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07132
Subjects: Hilltop Mound (Scioto County, Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indians--Archaeology; Native American history and society; Tools; Adena culture
Places: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Barrel-shaped pipe is made of red pipestone. The forward-facing side of the bowl is carved into the form of an abstract human face. Opposite the face is a drilled hole for the stem. The base is flat. Item was found in Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07173
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Fort Ancient culture--Ohio; American Indians; Native American history and society
Places: Clay Township (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reddish brown stone discoidal, also called a chunky stone, is a thick circular disk that is deeply concave on both faces. There is a hole in the center. The stone was used in a game played with spears. Item was found in Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07174
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Native American history and society; Games; American Indian history
Places: Clay Township (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Large, smooth, rounded stone artifact is roughly triangular in shape. On one side there are incised lines in a crosshatch pattern. On the other side there are incised lines that depict a serpent-like creature with large teeth, a fish-like tail and exaggerated spines decorated with crosshatching. A zigzag line is drawn from the eye to the heart. The artifact is made from black Ohio shale. It has been broken into three pieces and glued together. Item was found in Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07175
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indian history; Fort Ancient culture--Ohio; Native American history and society;
Places: Clay Township (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
 

Description: Long, slender bone needle is slightly curved at the tapered, pointed end. There is a 2.22 mm hole drilled in the opposite end. The bone is yellowish gray in color. Item was found in Clay Township, Scioto County, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07176
Subjects: Scioto County (Ohio); Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; American Indians; Native American history and society; Tools; Fort Ancient (Ohio); Fort Ancient culture; Needlework
Places: Clay Township (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)