The development of the iron industry in the Ashland, Kentucky area of the Hanging Rock Iron Region : a study in historical geography

Author

• Mack Henry Gillenwater

Date of Award

1958

Degree Name

Geography

College

College of Liberal Arts

Type of Degree

M.A.

Document Type

Thesis

First Advisor

Leslie M. Davis

Abstract

Historically and geographically speaking there were three iron deposits in the Ohio Valley. The largest was the Pittsburgh area which included Wheeling the second was known as the Hanging Rock Iron Region, including Ashland, Ironton, and Portsmouth; and the third included the valleys of the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Green Rivers in south-western Kentucky.

Subject(s)

Iron industry and trade -- Kentucky.

Recommended Citation

Gillenwater, Mack Henry, "The development of the iron industry in the Ashland, Kentucky area of the Hanging Rock Iron Region : a study in historical geography" (1958). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 2064.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/2064