A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development . Hanging Rock,Hamilton Township; Ironlou, Upper Township; Israel, Perry Township;Kelleys .Mills, Elizabeth Township; .Miller, Koine Township; Olive Fur-nace, Washington Township; (Quaker Bottom, Union Township; |{oel< ? HANGING HOCK IRON REGION 253 Camp, Lawrence Township; Russells Place, Union Township; ScottsTown, Windsor Township; Simmons, Windsor Township; South Point,Perry Township; Symmes Run, Union Township; Waterloo, Sy
A standard history of the Hanging Rock iron region of Ohio; an authentic narrative of the past, with an extended survey of the industrial and commercial development . Hanging Rock,Hamilton Township; Ironlou, Upper Township; Israel, Perry Township;Kelleys .Mills, Elizabeth Township; .Miller, Koine Township; Olive Fur-nace, Washington Township; (Quaker Bottom, Union Township; |{oel< ? HANGING HOCK IRON REGION 253 Camp, Lawrence Township; Russells Place, Union Township; ScottsTown, Windsor Township; Simmons, Windsor Township; South Point,Perry Township; Symmes Run, Union Township; Waterloo, SymmesTownship, ami Willow Grove, Rliznhetli Township. I ronton Founded The Ohio Iron and Coal Company was incorporated in March, 1849,and on the third of the following May its directors resolved that JohnCampbell, C. Uriggs and W. 1). Kelley he authorized to lay out a townon the lands of the company above the mouth of Storms Creek, forthe purpose of encouraging the erection of manufacturing establish-ments and other purposes connected with the operation of the company;that said town shall lie called [ronton; that suitable grounds shall be ; ?<« *0*. River Front at Ikonton appropriated in the laying off of said town for a market, courthouse andoffices and For life public buildings of said town. IrdniOn was thus platted and the lirst sale of lots on the town siteoccurred in June, 1<S4D. Among tin; lands purchased at the mouth ofStorm Creek for the site of the town was a tract on which stood the plan}of the old Lagrange Furnace, built more than a dozen years before; butthe first important industry established by the company was the 1 rontonRolling Mill. A lot had been deeded to the organizing company as asite for the factory, and preparations were being made to build not onlythe iron mill but the Iron Railway northward. The brightest days hadpassed—both for Hanging Rock as an industrial center and for Bur-liiiglnn as a shipping point and county seal. County Si:at Rkmo
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