History of the Early Portsmouth, Ohio, Fire Companies

Firefighting has been in David Fannin's family for many generations and he felt it was time to compile all the information from previous small histories, newspaper accounts, council minutes, ledgers, and other books to provide a history of the fire companies in this historic town in Scioto County at the confluence of the Scioto and Ohio Rivers. Many years went into his preparation for this much-welcomed early history of fire fighting in Portsmouth, Ohio.