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Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

Removal Of Indian Head Rock, Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Removal of Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

Historic River Rock Rescued, Frank Lewis

Indian Head Rock Project

Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the extraction of the Indian Head Rock on September 9, 2007.

Photograph Of The Extraction Crew, Steve Shaffer

Indian Head Rock Project

Photograph of the Indian Head Rock extraction crew on the day of the Rock's removal.

"For Men And Measures" : The Life And Legacy Of Civil Rights Pioneer J.R. Clifford, Connie Park Rice

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

In an era historian Rayford W. Logan described as “the nadir of black history,” African Americans confronted growing discrimination, disfranchisement, segregation, and frequent acts of violence, including lynching in the decades before and after 1900. It was an era in which a nation, and its people, violated the basic principles of American democracy. Yet despite the difficulties facing black Americans in those decades, J.R. Clifford, West Virginia’s first black editor and practicing attorney, made significant strides in raising the condition and status of not only black West Virginians, but African Americans across the nation, as a result of his quest …

Ironton Resident Documenting Lost Art In River, Chillicothe Gazette

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Chillicothe Gazette on Steve Shaffer's research on petroglyphs in the Ohio River.

Oral History Interview: Lowell E. Long, Lowell E. Long

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

Lowell E. Long’s interview focuses on the region of Appalachia: its location, environments, people, and identity. Mr. Long was born in April 1941 in War, McDowell County, WV. His family moved to East Liverpool, OH, after World War II, and relocated to Huntington, WV, in January 1945. In the audio clip provided, Mr. Long discusses what it means to be Appalachian and focuses on family bonds and sense of belonging in the region. During his interview, he describes his family’s use of folk medicine. Mr. Long provides descriptions of the segregated neighborhoods and schools of Huntington, WV, during his childhood. …

Kentucky Archaeological Site Survey Form, Office Of The State Archaeologist, University Of Kentucky

Indian Head Rock Project

Archaeological Site Survey Form completed by the Office of the State Archaeologist at the University of Kentucky related to the Indian Head Rock on July 2, 1986.

An Appeal For Racial Justice : The Civic Interest Progressives' Confrontation With Huntington, West Virginia And Marshall University, 1963-1965, Bruce A. Thompson

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1963, the shock waves of the sit-in movement and the growing black unrest throughout the country reached Huntington. This growing discontent with the status quo of segregation and racial discrimination and the impulse from the sit-in movement for direct, non-violent protest combined to mobilize several students at Marshall University who formed the Civic Interest Progressives (CIP), a biracial civil rights group.

Old Indian Rock, Portsmouth Daily Times, Mildred G. Lawson

Indian Head Rock Project

An Article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on June 29, 1984 from Mildred G. Lawson on her recollections of the Indian Head Rock in the late 1920s.

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on Indian Head Rock from July 1, 1981.

Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Archaeological Survey, James L. Swauger

Indian Head Rock Project

Archaeological survey forms completed by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History on the Indian Head Rock from February 12, 1981 and July 9, 1984.

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from June 10, 1980.

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 51, No. 5, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

Alumni magazine published by WKU. This issue has the following articles:

• Zacharias, Donald. You Can Tell Our Story, A Message to Alumni from the President
• Anderson, Sherry. Our Junior Scholars, They're Our Pre-Westerners
• Highland, Jim. Students Study Life in Appalachia Through the Camera's Eye
• Just, Paul. Chuck DeLacey, Wandering Linebacker
• Ashcraft, Betsy. Mildred Eckerle Has Pride in the Red as Toppers Football Fan
• Tim Rutherford - Documenting Life
• Hilltopics
• About Faculty About Students
• Ransdell, Gary. Alumni Newsgrams
• Trigg County Alumni Club
• East Tennessee Alumni Club
• Georgia Alumni Club
• Memphis Alumni Club
• North Alabama Alumni Club
• Middle Tennessee Alumni Club
• Cincinnati …

Those Were The Days, Portsmouth Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Times on the Indian Head Rock from December 21, 1977.

United State Geological Survey Map, 1964, United State Geological Survey, Richard A. Sheppard

Indian Head Rock Project

United State Geological Survey map of the Portsmouth Quadrangle published in 1964.

The River, Ralph Conley

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Wheeling Intelligencer mentioning the Indian Head Rock from July 29, 1958.

The Harvest Field, Howard L. Schug, Don H. Morris

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Inidan Rock, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 30, 1930.

Postcard - Bird's Eye View Of Portsmouth, Ohio, Showing U. S. Grant Bridge, Ohio And Scioto Rivers, Unknown

Indian Head Rock Project

Postcard of Portsmouth, Ohio from across the Ohio River from Kentucky circa 1930.

Photograph - Man In Boat Across From Indian Head Rock, Unknown

Indian Head Rock Project

A man in boat across the river from Indian Head Rock circa 1930s.

Severe Drouth Follows Panic, Louisville Courier-Journal

Indian Head Rock Project

An article published in the Louisville Courier-Journal on the drought of 1854.

Stories Old And Often Told: Being The Chronicles Of Scioto County, Ohio, Pages 127 And 128, Henry T. Bannon

Indian Head Rock Project

Pages 127 and 128 of Stories Old and Often Told: Being the Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio by Henry T. Bannon published in 1927.

The Indians Head, Henry Bannon

Indian Head Rock Project

An article written in Volume 30 of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications in 1921 by Henry Bannon.

Many Pictures Taken Of Indian Rock, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An article in the Portsmouth Daily Times from October 25, 1920 on the Indian Head Rock.

Local News, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An Article in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 18, 1920.

Indian Rock Is Exposed, Portsmouth Daily Times

Indian Head Rock Project

An Article in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from October 18, 1920.

Postcard Of Indian Head Rock, H. A. Barber

Indian Head Rock Project

Postcard of the Indian Head Rock circa 1920.

A Rare View Of "Indian's Head", Unknown.

Indian Head Rock Project

Postcard of Indian Head Rock circa 1920.