On June 1, 1880, at Collier's Station in Brooke County, Paddy Ryan defeated Joe Goss to win the heavyweight bare-knuckle championship of the United States.
Learn more:
"Knights of the Sward: The Mill Between Goss and
Ryan"
"Brutal Bruisers: The Goss-Ryan Prize Fight"
"The Goss-Ryan Mill"
Telegram, Brooke County Sheriff J. E. Curly to Governor Henry Mathews