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1. Use of the Briggs Lawrence County Library’s public access computers and the access to the Internet provided by the Library are privileges, and users of these privileges must abide by the Library’s policies and rules for their use.

2. All persons using the Library’s computers and Internet access agree that they will not engage in any activity on the computer that constitutes a violation of Library policy, or a violation of local, state and/or federal law.

     In January 1937, the Ohio River Valley was hit by a massive flood. Unfortunately for the inhabitants of Ironton, the city lies on a high flood plain which is 5,000 feet wide upstream and 2, 500 feet wide downstream. This led to major flooding throughout the city. Seventy-five percent of Ironton was underwater for ten days. Over this time period, 3,000 dwellings, 295 stores, 12 schools, 1 hospital, and 15 industrial establishments were flooded. Of the approximately 16,621 residents of Ironton, 13,300 were displaced by the flood waters.

     In 1858, eighty-one people volunteered to be firemen in the first two Ironton firehouses. The first firestation was built on Fourth and Buckhorn Street with Frank McCarthy, Frank Ferrie, and Thomas Jeffers as firemen.

     Religion has always played a major role in the daily lives of Lawrence County residents. Many of the prominent men and women of Lawrence County were prominent in the development or establishment of our local churches. John Campbell, the Father of Ironton, designed his new city with a church on every corner. This page is dedicated to their memories.

          Central Christian Church is located on the corner of Fifth and Quincy Streets in Ironton, Ohio. On November 11, 1867, a meeting was called to form a congregation which would become Central Christian. The first members of the church were George M. Keyes, William Wood, James Price, Walter Price, Charles Myers, and John Reece. The first officers of the church included elders and deacons. James Price, Walter Price, James B. Bailey and George W. Keyes were the elders. John Reece and William Richardson were the deacons.

          The First Church of the Nazarene was originally located in a white frame building measuring twenty feet by thirty-six feet. George Erskine of Chillicothe, Ohio was the first pastor of the church. He also chose the future home the church at the corner of Fourth Street and Pleasant Street.
          In 1913, Mrs. Anna Howe obtained permission to use the building for a Sunday school. Hers was the first Sunday school in the church’s history.