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CHAPTER V.
IRONTON AND THE VILLAGES.
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DEVELOPMENT OF RAILROAD COMMUNICATION -
GENERAL FAVORABLE CONDITIONS - TRACTS PURCHASED FOR TOWN SITE-
HOW THE NAME CAME TO BE - COMPANY TELLS WHY LOTS SHOULD SELL -
STATUS OF THE IRON RAILROAD - FOUNDING OF THE IRON BANK - "YOUNG
AMERICA" AGAINST FOREIGN LABOR - AN EPOCHAL YEAR, 1881 -
RAILROADS - ADDITIONS TO ORIGINAL SITE - CITY AS A WHOLE IN 1881
- EXTENT OF IRON INDUSTRIES - THE CLAY INDUSTRIES - THE GOLDCAMP
MILL COMPANY - THE W. G. WARD LUMBER COMPANY - CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE - FIRST NATIONAL BANK - SECOND NATIONAL BANK - CITIZENS
NATIONAL BANK - IRON CITY SAVINGS BANK - FIRST VILLAGE CODE -
DIVIDED - INTO SEVEN DISTRICTS - FIRE PREVENTION RATHER THAN
CURE - POSTOFFICE MOVED TO UNION HALL - EARLY FIRE COMPANIES -
BUILDING OF THE WATERWORKS - PRESENT WORKS - THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR PIONEER SCHOOLS - BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 1854
- SCHOOL RULES - KINGSBURY BECOMES SUPERINTENDENT - FIRST BRICK
SCHOOLHOUSE - ENROLLMENT IN 1856 AND 1860 - SUCCESSORS OF
PROFESSOR KINGSBURY - PRESENT ENROLLMENT AND SCHOOLHOUSES -
PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL REFORMS - BRIGGS LIBRARY AND MEMORIAL HALL
- DETAILS OF THE FOUNDATION - THE PRESS - THE IRONTON REGISTER -
THE IRONTONIAN - IRONTON NEWS - TRANSPORTATION AND ELECTRICITY -
NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION - HISTORIC FLOODS - VILLAGE OF COAL
GROVE - OLD HANGING ROCK - THE OLD COUNTY SEAT - PROCTORVILLE,
CHESAPEAKE AND ATHALIA.
DEVELOPMENT OF RAILROAD COMMUNICATION -
GENERAL FAVORABLE CONDITIONS -
TRACTS PURCHASED FOR TOWN SITE-
HOW THE NAME CAME TO BE -
COMPANY TELLS WHY LOTS SHOULD SELL -
STATUS OF THE IRON RAILROAD -
FOUNDING OF THE IRON BANK -
"YOUNG AMERICA" AGAINST FOREIGN LABOR -
AN EPOCHAL YEAR, 1881 -
RAILROADS -
ADDITIONS TO ORIGINAL SITE -
CITY AS A WHOLE IN 1881 -
EXTENT OF IRON INDUSTRIES -
THE CLAY INDUSTRIES -
THE GOLDCAMP MILL COMPANY -
THE W. G. WARD LUMBER COMPANY -
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE -
FIRST NATIONAL BANK -
SECOND NATIONAL BANK -
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK -
IRON CITY SAVINGS BANK -
FIRST VILLAGE CODE - DIVIDED -
INTO SEVEN DISTRICTS -
FIRE PREVENTION RATHER THAN CURE -
POSTOFFICE MOVED TO UNION HALL -
EARLY FIRE COMPANIES -
BUILDING OF THE WATERWORKS -
PRESENT WORKS -
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS -
SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR PIONEER SCHOOLS -
BOARD OF EDUCATION IN 1854 -
SCHOOL RULES -
KINGSBURY BECOMES SUPERINTENDENT -
FIRST BRICK SCHOOLHOUSE -
ENROLLMENT IN 1856 AND 1860 -
SUCCESSORS OF PROFESSOR KINGSBURY -
PRESENT ENROLLMENT AND SCHOOLHOUSES -
PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL REFORMS -
BRIGGS LIBRARY AND MEMORIAL HALL -
DETAILS OF THE FOUNDATION -
THE PRESS -
THE IRONTON REGISTER -
THE IRONTONIAN -
IRONTON NEWS -
TRANSPORTATION AND ELECTRICITY -
NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION -
HISTORIC FLOODS -
ILLAGE OF COAL GROVE -
OLD HANGING ROCK -
THE OLD COUNTY SEAT -
PROCTORVILLE, CHESAPEAKE AND ATHALIA.
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