Liberty Hyde Bailey

(1858-1954)

The world-famous botanist and horticulturist, Liberty Hyde Bailey, was born in this frame house. Here in wilderness surroundings he learned of wild animals and plants and attended the local village school. He graduated from Michigan Agricultural College in 1882, served ...

The Crossing at Scioto County / The Underground Railroad

Historic Underground Railroad Site

The Crossing at Scioto County (front)

The Ohio River was a formidable obstacle for escaping slaves. Many runaways from Kentucky were aided by James Poindexter, an African-American barber and local resident, who picked up fugitives in Kentucky and ...

Heritage Home and Pioneer Corner

Original Home of Ira E. and Marion Hinton Bradshaw

Built 1906-08

(Placed on the National Register of Historic Places – 1991)

This plain carpenters’ Victorian eclectic style home, with a cross-wing and stone foundation and cellar was the first permanent ...

Education First and Foremost

The Original Town Hall (left) and Academy (right) were both built in the early 1800s on the Town Common and served as schools into the 20th century. As student enrollment increased, the buildings became over-crowded and out-dated (photo c. 1900). ...

Gulf, Colorado, and Santa Fe Railway Company

In 1874 Galveston County voters narrowly approved $500,000 in bonds to finance construction of a railroad line from the city of Galveston that would bypass Houston, its business rival, and reach across Texas and beyond to Santa Fe, New Mexico. ...

The Windsor Hotel

By the mid-19th Century Belfast was becoming a popular destination for travelers. The

Windsor Hotel, originally built as a private home in 1807, was enlarged to accommodate the influx of guests and lodgers. First known as the New England House, ...

The Town Named After a Buggy Incident

Buggies, such as the one before you, were an important part of early America. As the name implies, Doctors' Buggies were used by physicians but they were also a popular choice for many others as well. Buggies were dearly prized ...

Zimmerman Fountain Pond

This beautiful fountain takes its name from Samuel Zimmerman who came to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1842. He amassed a fortune through a series of lucrative contracts involving the building of the second Welland Canal and various Railway Lines, allowing ...

Ironton - Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade

Since 1868, Ironton's annual Memorial Day parade has recognized those in Lawrence County who died while defending our country's freedom. This was the same year in which the Grand Army of the Republic established May 30 as Decoration Day. Originally ...

Many Came by Handcart

Between June 9, 1856, and July 6, 1860, ten separate Handcart Companies left Iowa

City, Iowa, or Florence, Nebraska to their land of Zion in the Utah Territory. There were

653 handcarts and 50 wagons.

Nearly 3,000 souls, some with babes in arms, ...