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• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

  … such as Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Grafton, Parkersburg, Wheeling, and Clarksburg. The railroad’ … .org/articles/2141 to "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … Ohio River Railroad from Wheeling through Parkersburg and Huntington to Kenova. In …

• Banking

  … in 1817. It had branches in Parkersburg, Clarksburg, and Wellsburg. The Bank of … this legislation, the First National Bank of Parkersburg, formerly a branch of the … in Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling, Weirton, and Parkersburg, as well as other cities and …

• Waitman Barbe

  … -known member of the WVU English department, Barbe also wrote poetry and literary criticism. Barbe was managing editor of the Parkersburg _Daily State Journal_ newspaper from 1889 to 1895, when he joined the WVU faculty. He was an accomplished poet. ‘‘ …

• Historic Preservation

  … , was lost during this period to urban renewal and highway construction, as were historic parts of the downtown. Parkersburg, Huntington, and other cities suffered similar losses. A West Virginia preservation milestone came in 1944 when the National …

• Baseball

  … , Follansbee, Grafton, Huntington, Mannington, Martinsburg, Montgomery, Parkersburg, Piedmont, Point Pleasant, Wheeling, and Williamson. … Bluefield, Charleston, Clarksburg, Fairmont, Huntington, Logan, Parkersburg, Welch, Wheeling, and Williamson. In the …

• Basketball Tournament-Boys

  … ). Among schools still active, Wheeling Central Catholic High School is a distant second with 10 in class A, followed by Parkersburg High with seven in class AAA. Now closed by consolidation, "Northfork’s Blue Demons":http://www.wvencyclopedia. …

• Gordon Battelle

  … at Meadsville, Pennsylvania, where he received a B.A. degree in 1840. He taught at the Asbury Academy in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811, and then became the principal at the Northwestern Virginia Academy at " …

• Showboats

  … The Bryants built the _Bryants New Showboat_ in 1918 and operated it until World War II. The Pope Dock Company of "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 was the builder of some of the most famous showboats. At the mouth of …

• History of West Virginia

  … 19th century. Other prominent industrial centers included Charleston, Parkersburg, Newell, Wellsburg, Benwood, New Cumberland, and … . Wheeling, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Charleston, Hinton, Morgantown, and Parkersburg had central labor organizations made up of …

• Sistersville

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/808, on the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 midway between Parkersburg and Moundsville. It is situated on State Route 2, the main north-south highway in this part of West Virginia …

• Hope Gas

  … Clarksburg to Morgantown in 2015. Dominion Hope’s major service areas include Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, Weston, Summersville, Richwood, Parkersburg, St. Marys, Sistersville, and Paden City. In 2023, Hope Gas acquired Equitrans and People's Gas …

• Bill Hopen

  … installation at the Harrison County Courthouse in Clarksburg; bronzes of St. Joseph and Jesus at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg; and ‘‘Mortality,’’ a bronze memorial to "Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/338 …

• Socialist Party

  … , the West Virginia movement spread by 1908 to Huntington, Parkersburg, Clarksburg, Charleston, and a number of smaller communities throughout … , and H. O. Davis and Harold Houston of Parkersburg. In addition, practically every major urban Socialist local …

• Harold Houston

  … High School in 1889. Houston earned a law degree from West Virginia University and began his legal practice in 1901 in Parkersburg. By 1912, he had returned to Charleston. During the next few years, he became the chief attorney and counsel for most of …

• Jacob Beeson Blair

  … Abraham Lincoln of Lincoln’s support of the admission of West Virginia into the United States. Blair was born in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. Orphaned at an early age, Blair was apprenticed to be taught carpentry, …

• Spanish-American War

  … raised in the state for the regular army, one company from Parkersburg and one from Wheeling. They became part of the 4th … U.S. Volunteer Infantry, one from Charleston and one from Parkersburg. A great percentage of troops raised for the Spanish-American …

• Blue Book

  … of the state Senate, the _Blue Book_ is a comprehensive record of all levels of government in West Virginia. John T. Harris of Parkersburg, who served a record 33 years as Senate clerk, produced the first volume and a revised edition in 1916 and was editor …

• Steel Industry

  … numbered 22,596, with 19,181 of them in the Northern Panhandle, 1,911 in the Kanawha Valley, and 542 in the Parkersburg area. In the decade to follow, steelworkers won benefits such as pensions, health insurance, and vacation time. The 1960s witnessed …

• Streetcar Lines

  … operations ceased in 1947. "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … to Marietta, Ohio, known as the Parkersburg & Marietta Interurban and built … 1930s. The Wheeling, Clarksburg-Fairmont, Parkersburg, and Bluefield-Princeton lines served …

• Sutton

  … "Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1146 connected the "Staunton & Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584 to the "James River & Kanawha Turnpike":http …

• Bridges

  … across the Ohio River at such places as Steubenville, Wheeling, Benwood, and Parkersburg. Also notable among mid-19th century works was the great & … D (U.S. 50) over the Ohio River and connects Parkersburg and Belpre, Ohio. Three of the piers for the 4,009- …

• Taylor County

  … a railroad from the main line of the Baltimore & Ohio to Parkersburg. A clause in the charter stipulated that the railroad should … the B&O main line and the branch line to Parkersburg, Grafton became an important freight and passenger hub. Today, …

• Telephone Service

  … started between Wheeling and Pittsburgh in 1883. Telephone exchanges were soon added in other cities. Switchboards were installed in Parkersburg in 1882; Charleston in 1883; Huntington in 1884; Moundsville in 1884; Martinsburg in 1886; Grafton in 1890; …

• Textile Industry

  … . Manufacturers began turning to the use of synthetic and chemically regenerated yarns and fibers. Competition from plants at Nitro and Parkersburg which made rayon by chemically processing raw cotton and wood pulp contributed to the shift. DuPont’s " …

• Hughes River

  … "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 at the Wood-Wirt county line, 18 miles east of Parkersburg. At this convergence, Hughes River is 600 feet above sea level. About 12 miles upstream from its mouth, Hughes River …