Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Ohio

‘My name is Mike Fink!’ was the curt reply

He was the most famous of the keelboatmen, who plied the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers for two decades until displaced by steamboats.

Father preached economy incessantly, & frequently held Harry Dotey & his sister up to us as horrible examples of what happens to spendthrifts.

The jonboats and skiffs evolved from the Whitehall’s, dories, and other varieties brought westward from the eastern seaboard.

We know him as Dean Martin, world famous crooner. But he was born Dino Paul Crocetti, in Steubenville, OH, the son of Italian immigrants.

Dr. Charles Elmer Holzer recognized the need for a community hospital. He converted a private home into a 7-bed infirmary in Gallipolis, OH.

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