“Frank Treat discovered the dead body of a female in the river near the mouth of Funk’s Gut Thursday, near the shore, the same having been caught by the limbs of a fallen tree. The body was entirely nude, with the exception of a small piece of the chemise clinging Continue Reading
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Mussel Shell Gatherers at Portsmouth
“Mussel shell gatherers have commenced the season’s work in this vicinity. Quite an army of them are dragging the river just below the cottonwoods. The men have adopted a new method of gathering the shells. they use two long poles to which are attached a row of lines and hooks. Continue Reading
Parachutist Is Lost In Plunge Into River
“A 25-year-old Friendship man was lost and presumed drowned late Wednesday afternoon when his parachute carried him into the Ohio River.” “Missing is Roger Bridwell , object of an intense search in the area four miles downstream from Dam 31.” “Dragging operations continued today as Ohio and Kentucky authorities and Continue Reading
Surveying the Floodwaters: April 2025 Drone Flight Over West Portsmouth, Ohio
On April 7, 2025, we launched our drone above West Portsmouth, Ohio, to document the extent of flooding after several days of steady, soaking rain. From above, we followed the swollen Scioto River as it crept into Earl Thomas Conley Riverside Park, covering familiar paths and fields in muddy water. Continue Reading
The Ohio River was Sixteen Inches Deep
“Engineer Bryan has planted a limestone at the foot of the stone walk from the Biggs House to the river, the surface of which shows the lowest point reached by the Ohio river within the recollection of our oldest river men. The surface of the stone is marked “September 15, Continue Reading
A Gang of River Pirates Plunder Sciotoville
“A few days since Marshal Williams received a letter dates March 12th, from Marshall Munshower, of Ironton, stating that a certain boat had left Ironton and was then probably down about the limeworks. A few days later the Captain received another letter from the same source, stating that the boat Continue Reading
Tragedy Mars Pleasure Trip on Ohio River
“Three persons, including a mother and daughter, were drowned and three others had a remarkable escape from a similar fate, when a motorboat capsized in the Ohio river one mile east of Sandy Springs about 8:15 PM Monday. The bodies were recovered.” “The dead were: Mrs. Russell Kennedy, 57, her Continue Reading
August 1872 Ohio River News at Portsmouth, Ohio
“River News.- The river raised since our last issue enough to float the Telegraph, but at this time is falling rapidly.” “The Mountain Belle has entered the Portsmouth and Guyandotte trade, under the command of the veteran boatman, Captain Jack McAllister, James Patterson is in the office.” “The Andes has Continue Reading
Wife Watches Husband Fall to His Death
“Plunging 100 feet into the Ohio River, when he stumbled and fell while walking across the C&O railroad bridge at Sciotoville, Dewey Wilson, 32, of Sedgwick, west of Ironton, drowned at 4:40 PM Monday. City firemen dragged the river all night but failed to recover the body.” “Wilson’s wife, Mrs. Continue Reading
The Drowning of Adam Heisel
“Adam Heisel, a young man of seventeen, learning the shoe trade with Mr. Steindam, on Market street, was drowned last Saturday night while bathing in the Ohio river at the steamboat landing. His whereabouts were unknown until his clothes were found on the wharf Sunday morning, which led his friends Continue Reading