Portsmouth's Floodwall Murals
Explore the history depicted in Portsmouth’s famous floodwall murals. This tour covers some 2,000 years of history at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Ri…
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Robert Dafford & the Portsmouth Floodwall Muralslocation_fillThe City of Portsmouth, located at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers, has a history of public mural…
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Dr. Chaboudy and the Origins of the Portsmouth Flood Wall Muralslocation_fillVisit the Scioto County Welcome Center and view Robert Dafford's large canvas portrait of Ava and Louis Chabou… -
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Lower Shawnee Town and Céloron's Expedition of 1749location_fillBeginning in the late 1730s, the Shawnee Indians established one of their principal villages here. Some sixty… -
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Abandoned Alexandria, Ohiolocation_fillThe confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers has long been the site of human habitation, from the ancient Aden… -
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How the Boneyfiddle Got Its Namelocation_fillRobert Dafford’s mural was dedicated on 27 May 1993, “with a large gathering of over 150 people. Robert Morton… -
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Jim Thorpe and the Shoe-Steelslocation_fillAt the end of the 1926 season, Jacques "Jack" Creasy, at the age of 25, purchased the equipment of the Studeba… -
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The Iron Man Game of 1932<br />location_fillPackers coach Curly Lambeau entered the game with the NFL’s best record, 10-1-1, with only two games left in t… -
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Bessie Tomlin and the Ohio River Flood of 1937location_fillAll the public schools in Portsmouth, Ohio, closed at the end of the school day on January 21, which, as luck … -
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Sole Choice & the Portsmouth Shoe Industrylocation_fillExplore the history of the sole-surviving remnant of Portsmouth, Ohio's once mighty shoe industry, Mitchellace… -
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Southern Ohio Museum & Cultural Centerlocation_fill“The Kricker family’s long-term faith in the economic strength of Scioto County is a matter of historical reco… -
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Harry Wagner & the Origins of Boy Scout Camp Oyolocation_fill"HOW!" rang the greeting. "It is indeed a pleasure for me, as a representative of the people who once inhabit… -
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Roosevelt Lake and the CCC Stone Memoriallocation_fillIn 1934, a segregated, all-black Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) unit of enrollees, known as Company 1545, d…
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