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The New Deal, the WPA, and the Completion of Spartan-Municipal Stadium
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Harry Snyder and the Construction of Universal Stadium, the Original Home of the NFL Spartans
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NFL Spartans Business Office in the Royal Savings & Loan Building
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McMahon's Smoke House and the Beginning of Semi-Pro Football in Portsmouth, Ohio
George Remus - 'King of the Bootleggers' - in the Boneyfiddle
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Spock Memorial Dog Park
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Featured Stories
"Black Friday": Enforcing Ohio's "Black Laws" in Portsmouth, Ohio
In the 1830s, according to local lore, Huston Hollow, located eight miles above Portsmouth, became the location of an African-American community, which often served as the first Underground Railroad stop for figutive slaves who had crossed the Ohio…
James Ashley & the Thirteenth Amendment
Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, James Ashley moved with his parents and siblings to Portsmouth in the spring of 1826 at the age of four and grew to manhood here. His father, John Clinton Ashley was a minister in the Disciples (Campbellite)…
Sanford, Varner & Co. Factory Building at Third & Chillicothe Streets
Portsmouth may be best remembered for its shoe and steel manufacturers, which dominated the city from the 1830s to the 1970s, but in the years after the Civil War, when the city was first connected into the national rail network, Portsmouth had a…
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Scioto Historical
A project by Andrew Feight, Ph.D.Scioto Historical is an educational mobile app and website that puts the history of southern Ohio at your fingertips. Learn about American and local history through map-based, interactive, multimedia presentations and experience professionally curated virtual historical tours on your laptop, tablet, or on a screen in your classroom. With its mobile app, Scioto Historical can guide you to historical locations and augment any walking or driving tour.
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