Portsmouth's "Firsts"

We are attempting to find the "first" events/organizations in the Portsmouth area. Much of our information was found in microfilm editions of The Portsmouth Times housed at the Portsmouth Public Library.

	Henry Mallow Believed to be First Ohio White Baby - Article written in 1935
1819	First Cemetery in Portsmouth
1822	First Presbyterian Society in the town of Portsmouth
1832	First Canal Boat from Lake Erie to Portsmouth
1835	First Towboat to Pass Portsmouth
1837	First Court House
1839	First Public School
1866	Portsmouth's First Baseball Club
1880	Portsmouth's First Telephone Company
1892	Portsmouth has longest span of telephone wire
1927	Portsmouth Has World's Largest Women's Shoe Factory
	Portsmouth Women Invents Sewing Machine light
1932	Telephone Company Starts First "Vacation" rate
1974	First Time Grant Bridge is Toll Free
1975	First Backpack Trail in Ohio
2003	Scioto County's First Shrimp Fest