1810 - Biggest Tree in Ohio (Sycamore of Fifteen Horses)
1829 - Extraordinary Circumstance of George Telston
1833 - Man Sells His Tooth to Buy Liquor
1853 - Earthquakes Felt in Portsmouth
1859 - Giant Born in Portsmouth
1883 - Clara Bell is Found
1887 - Mrs. Sarah Gowdey (General Grant's Nurse) Millionaire Peter Hayden Comes to Portsmouth
1888 - Ida Runser Leaves to Study Harvey Sly Rodded at the Base of the Brain
1889 - Dry Run Natural Furnace Discovered Mrs. William Lewis Struck by Brick
1892 - Men Injured in Saloon Fight Boy Kills Mad Man
1893 - Lorenzo Dow Owns the Oldest Sleigh in America The Wrong Man
1894 - Ward Family in Distress Mrs. Robert Trexter Deserted By Her Husband Williard Claims Champion Girl Mrs. William Heid Accidentally Shot Robert Morris Captures Largest Pike in This Area Mrs. Meyers Inherits Several Thousand Dollars Will Evans, Champion Corn Husker
1895 - Jones, Emmett, Seymour Feud Austin Missing Man J. Ruggles to Leave for Fourth Trip John McDermitt Dies in Penitentary George Turner Fires at Bologna Thief Charles Tilton and Charles Butcher Skip for St. Louis Brothers Fight a Duel Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dunham Bicycle from Rhode Island to Portsmouth John Sturgeon Sent to Workhouse Spiritualists Search for Gold Fireman Mershon Totally Blind Jesse Bond Poisoned Robert McAuley Returns Home Ella Potts Injured by Collapse of Brick Oven Charles and William Sempler Engage in Drunken Encounter George Davis Estate Fratricid at a Dance William Price Assaulted Star Brick Company Burns to Ground Workers Discover Gas Vein
1896 - Mayor Holloway's House Burglarized Mary E. Martin Declared Insane M. Jacobs Builds House, but Forgets Chimney Richard Masters Shot at by James Moore Thomas McKee Arrested George Davis Found in Box Car McFarland, Wertz, Dice Refund Crop Money to Tenants William Ferrell Found in Box Car
1897 - Dave Reed Falls at Iron Mill B. W. Scratton Accidentally Shot Little Girl Bitten by Rattlesnake Tree was Old Post Office J. C. Cole One of Jesse james' Gang Arrested in Portsmouth Mrs. Nancy Powell Burned Frank Lyons Found With Hands and Feet Tied
1899 - Brickyard Strike Scioto Hills Site of "Free Love" Gold Found in Philip Multer Estate Mrs. Lillian Anders Divorces Hannah Gallagher Fatally Beaten Richard Junge Shot