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Boyhood Home of Wesley Branch Rickey, Baseball Pioneer, Innovator, Executive
Branch Rickey, a pivotal figure in the history of baseball, was raised in this house with his brothers, Orla and Frank.
Camp Oyo Boy Scout Camp
In 1926, Ohio Governor Alvin Donahey approved setting aside 55 acres of the Roosevelt Game Refuge for a Boy Scout camp.
Hillcrest Children’s Home
Wheelersburg, OH
The Hillcrest Children’s Home stood near this site in Wheelersburg and opened in 1921 to the first 57 of many children who would come to...
Lucasville Cemetery / Captain John Lucas, Founder of Lucasville
Lucasville, OH
Lucasville Cemetery was originally established as the Lucas Family burying ground, with Susannah Lucas as the first recorded burial on...
Otway Bridge / Timber Covered Bridge
This bridge, spanning Brush Creek in Brush Creek Township, Scioto County, was erected in 1874 by the Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio.
Portsmouth and The Ohio River
Portsmouth, OH
The Ohio River floodwaters account for Portsmouth’s settlement.
Sciotoville Bridge
Portsmouth, OH
Sciotoville Bridge, 1917, designed and built by two famous American Civil Engineers, Gustav Lindenthal, D.Sc.
Spartan Municipal Stadium
Portsmouth, OH
Opened in the fall of 1930, Universal Stadium became the home of the Portsmouth Spartans professional football team.
The Honorable Vern Riffe (1925-1997)
New Boston, OH
A native of New Boston, Vernal G. Riffe Jr. served the 92nd House District in the Ohio General Assembly from 1959 to 1994.
Theodore Roosevelt Game Preserve: Celebrating 100 Years of Conservation
In the early 20th century Ohio’s deer, wild turkey, beaver, bobcat, and other wildlife populations were facing extinction due to the...