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Title
Vern
Riffe
Photograph
at
Free
Grant
Bridge
Day
Subject
Transportation
Ohio Government
Bridges
Riffe, Vern
Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Bridges
Ohio River
Place
Portsmouth (Ohio)
New Boston (Ohio)
Scioto County (Ohio)
Description
In this
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
photograph
,
Vern
Riffe
and
Kentucky
Governor
Wendell
Ford
celebrate
"
Free
Grant
Bridge
Day
" in
1974
.
Ohio
Speaker
of the
House
Vern
Riffe
and
state
Representative
William
Harsha
moved
to
pass
legislation
that would
remove
the
toll
from
Scioto
County's
Grant
Bridge
,
which
spanned
the
Ohio
River
from
Portsmouth
,
Ohio
to
Kentucky
.
Removing
the
toll
was a
major
step
toward
encouraging
commerce
between
southern
Ohio
and
northern
Kentucky
.
Vernal
"
Vern
"
G
.
Riffe
Jr
.
(1925-1997)
grew
up
in
New
Boston
,
Ohio
. He was
elected
to the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
in
1958
, and his
tenure
spanned
36
years
and
18
consecutive
terms
.
Chosen
speaker
of the
house
of
representatives
by his
peers
in
1975
, he
served
for the
next
twenty
years
in that
role--the
longest
in the
history
of the
Ohio
House
of
Representatives
.
Due
to his
work
in the
legislature
,
Shawnee
State
University
was
established
on
July
2
,
1986
.
Riffe
retired
from
politics
in
1994
.
Date of Original
1974
Collection
Vern
Riffe
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Shawnee State University
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2090_1909539_001.tif
Image Height
2799
Image Width
2152
File Size
1468.637 KB
Format
picture
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