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Mulberry Street, East End
A visual and historical survey of one of the Crown of the Ohio’s enduring neighborhoods, with maps and stories from the archives.
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“Glad you are having a good time. Now don’t come home married, for it would never do.”
One Special Valley.
Research, images, maps, and stories from the Crown of the Ohio.
The River Hills Kilns Mills Institute™ investigates the people, places, industries, and landscapes of the Crown of the Ohio through historical research, cartography, and visual culture, and publishes them openly through the Crockery Valley Club.
Recent publications
Latest first in each collection
Maps and Atlases
The valley, mapped across time.
Crown of the Ohio — Historic River Atlas
River Miles 23–53, from Beaver and Rochester to Yellow Creek. The complete 24-page atlas brings together Charts 8–15, tributary sheets, junction overviews, and reading guides. Army Corps surveys of 1911–14, revised 1930.
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Chester Sanborn Atlas, 1902
The complete one-sheet historical map set of Chester, West Virginia, May 1902.
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East Liverpool Sanborn Atlas, 1913
The complete 29-sheet historical map set of East Liverpool, Ohio, July 1913.
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East Liverpool Sanborn Atlas, 1908
The complete 25-sheet historical map set of East Liverpool, Ohio, July 1908.
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East Liverpool Sanborn Atlas, 1887
The complete 10-sheet historical map set of East Liverpool, Ohio, September 1887.
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Stories and Images
People, places, and the pictures they left.
Posing Before Social Media — Newell, 1941
A bicycle. A pose. A place in the yearbook. A one-page story from Wells High School’s 1941 Rhododendron, with the green-and-white photograph and a Sanborn map of the school.
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Mulberry Street, East End
A visual and historical survey of one of the Crown of the Ohio’s enduring neighborhoods, with maps and stories from the archives.
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Conductor of the Night Train — Pat Duffy
A life from the Crown of the Ohio: Pat Duffy and the night train.
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The Diamond — Sleepless Shoe Company
Crockery Valley Club Notes from the September 2026 postcard edition.
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Research Resources
Directories, sources, guides, and reports.
East Liverpool Fraternal and Benefit Societies, 1840–Present
A 15-page initial survey of the area’s lodges, clubs, unions, and benefit societies, produced for Peter Cartwright. A starting point for future research—everyone is welcome to use, adapt, and build on it.
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Henry Howe — Crockery & Crown Reference Guide
Source identification and a regional reading index for Historical Collections of Ohio.
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East Liverpool City Directory, 1921–1922
The complete research and reading edition, including Chester and Newell.
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Lincoln School — 1955 Eighth Grade Booklet
The complete historical photo sequence, with searchable text.
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Native Narratives of Trading and Travel
A six-page report on surviving first-person accounts of travel and trade.
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Crockery Valley and the Underground Railroad
A three-state research dossier on crossings and transportation systems.
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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The Institute advances a diachronic understanding of the Crown of the Ohio through research, historical materials, and visual culture, and publishes these materials freely through the Crockery Valley Club.
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