Indian Head Rock | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

The Indian Head Rock Project was initiated by Steve Middleton during the filming of his documentary Between the Rock and the Commonwealth in the summer of 2016. The collection consists of documentation and images on the history, and folklore, of the Indian Head Rock that was located in the Ohio River across from Portsmouth, Ohio. Included in the collection are newspaper clippings, photographs, and videos interviews with individuals associated with the removal of the rock from the river and the political and legal actions that followed.

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River Down to Less than Normal

Portsmouth Daily Times

An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on Indian Head Rock from October 8, 1909.
Coal Fleet on the Ohio, near Portsmouth, Ohio

H. A. Barber

Postcard of a steamship and barge on the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio circa 1910.
Who is Who in and from Ohio, Volume 1 page 85

Queen City Publishing Company

Volume I, Page 85 of Who is Who in and from Ohio published by Queen City Publishing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Falling River Shows Famous Indian Rocks

Portsmouth Daily Times

Article found in the August 5, 1911 Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock.
Many View Ohio River

Portsmouth Daily Times

Article found in the August 11, 1911 Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock.
Want Relic Preserved

Portsmouth Daily Times

Article found in the August 11, 1911 Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock.
Look at Indian Rock

Portsmouth Times

An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Times on the Indian Head Rock from September 23, 1914.
Wants Indian Rock Preserved by Removing it from River

Portsmouth Daily Times

An article published in the Portsmouth Daily Timed on the Indian Head Rock from October 3, 1914.
Photograph of steamships on the Ohio River near Portsmouth, Ohio

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Photograph of steamships and ferry near Portsmouth, Ohio circa 1915.
Photograph - Indian Head Rock

Henry T. Bannon

Photograph of Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Scioto sketches; an account of discovery and settlement of Scioto County, Ohio, pages 76-77

Henry Towne Bannon

Pages 76 and 77 of Henry T. Bannon's Scioto Sketches; An Account of Discovery and Settlement of Scioto County, Ohio related to the Indian Head Rock published in 1920.
Postcard of Indian Head Rock

H. A. Barber

Postcard of the Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Photograph - Elmer Dover on Indian Head Rock

Elmer Dover

Elmer Dover, a prominent citizen from Portsmouth, on Indian Head Rock circa 1920
Photograph - People in a Boat near Indian Head Rock

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Photograph of people in a boat near the Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Photograph - People in Boat near Indian Head Rock

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People in boat near Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
A Rare View of "Indian's Head"

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Postcard of Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Photograph - Indian Head Rock circa 1920

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Photograph of Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Photograph of Indian Head Rock circa 1920

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Photograph of Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Photograph of Walter Molster standing upon Indian Head Rock

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A photograph of Walter Molster standing upon Indian Head Rock circa 1920.
Indian Rock is Exposed

Portsmouth Daily Times

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

Portsmouth Daily Times

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

Portsmouth Daily Times

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

Henry Bannon

An article written in Volume 30 of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Publications in 1921 by Henry Bannon.
Stories Old and Often Told: Being the Chronicles of Scioto County, Ohio, pages 127 and 128

Henry T. Bannon

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

Louisville Courier-Journal

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