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• Northwestern Virginia Turnpike

  … Turnpike and the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … , Pennsboro, Ellenboro, and Murphytown to Parkersburg, completing the last mileage in … it was with the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The Northwestern Turnpike, passing …

• Ohio River

  … West Virginia cities on the Ohio are Weirton, Wheeling, Moundsville, New Martinsville, Paden City, Sistersville, St. Marys, Parkersburg, Ravenswood, Point Pleasant, and Huntington. As a transportation route, the Ohio has contributed to the growth and …

• George William Peterkin

  … , May 30, 1878. Peterkin established his residence in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. During his … soldiers who had died there in 1861. He died in Parkersburg. The church’s Peterkin Center retreat near Romney is named …

• Philippi Covered Bridge

  … the bridge was an important component of the Beverly and Fairmont road, a major connector to the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584. The turnpike was an important link between Western Virginia and Richmond …

• Place Names

  … .) Other names remember persons of local importance, such as "Bramwell":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/641 and Parkersburg. Women are not forgotten, providing the names for Eleanor (for Mrs. Roosevelt), Belva, Jane Lew, and Arista, among …

• Pleasants County

  … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 northeast of Parkersburg. The main roadways are State Route … down the Ohio from Wheeling to Parkersburg. When completed, the rail line opened … competition from larger stores in the Parkersburg and Marietta area. The Colin …

• Pocahontas County

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/797 from Warm Springs, between Lewisburg and Huttonsville, and from "Staunton to Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584 made travel easier. In 1854–56, a bridge was constructed …

• Pocatalico River

  … more commonly live in the rural countryside. The river’s watershed lies across the historic road from Charleston to Ripley and Parkersburg, the same general route now followed by Interstate 77. Walton, Sissonville, Pocatalico, and Poca are located on or …

• Political Corruption

  … ’s campaign director and later his workers’ compensation commissioner, called Moore and made arrangements to meet him near Parkersburg. Leaberry had recently appeared before a federal grand jury that was investigating Moore, and in contacting Moore he …

• Population

  … , with a population of 38,878, followed by Huntington, Parkersburg, Charleston, and Martinsburg. By 2020, the top five cities were Charleston, with 48,864 residents, Huntington, Morgantown, Parkersburg, and Wheeling. In addition, during the 21st century, …

• Pottery Industry

  … Ohio Valley they potted at Wellsburg, Wheeling, Parkersburg, and elsewhere. "A. P. … /articles/1946 was a 19th-century Parkersburg potter whose stoneware is avidly collected … 1913 and 1921 in Chester. General Porcelain worked in Parkersburg about 1923. …

• Presbyterians

  … , and in the Ohio Valley at "Point Pleasant":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1888 and "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. Among the graduates of Lewisburg Academy and Washington College (now Washington …

• Joseph H. Diss Debar

  … Diss Debar came to the United States in 1842 and moved to Parkersburg in 1846 as a land agent for John Dumas, who … numerous sketches of people and places of the era. He lived in Parkersburg and at St. Clara, a Doddridge County German-Swiss immigrant colony …

• Doddridge County

  … , completed in 1838, connected Winchester and Parkersburg and resulted in the growth of … amp; Ohio that ran from Grafton to Parkersburg, brought increased economic opportunity to Doddridge … articles/1350. In 1964, work began at Parkersburg to make U.S. 50 a …

• Radio

  … Network had been formed by WCHS, WSAZ, WPAR in Parkersburg, and WBLK in Clarksburg to pool efforts and broadcast … markets were Charleston and Wheeling, with six stations each, Parkersburg with four, Clarksburg and Huntington with three stations each, and …

• Lord Dunmore

  … down the "Ohio River":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 to the Hocking River, southwest of present "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. The southern army, under Col. "Andrew Lewis":http://www …

• John Bertram Easton

  … http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2249. Easton was a member of the Flint Glass Workers and represented that union in the Parkersburg Trades and Labor Assembly, where he was president for several years. In 1921, Easton became a vice president of the …

• The Economy

  … the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria MSA; Huntington-Ashland MSA; the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna MSA; the Wheeling MSA; the … ), Greenbrier Valley (Lewisburg), Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (Parkersburg), North Central West Virginia (Bridgeport/Clarksburg), and …

• Folklore

  … "National Coal Heritage Area":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1561 in the southern counties. The Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike National Scenic Byway also has researched and interpreted local history and culture to encourage tourism. Almost …

• The Frontier

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1279, near present Parkersburg. But with the coming of the Revolutionary War and the … was the Capt. James Neal group that settled at "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811, " …

• Pat Gainer

  … of the 19th century, Gainer discovered that 55 were also played and passed on by Mountain State musicians. Gainer was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, and was raised in the village of Tanner, near Glenville, Gilmer County. Born during a time when …

• Germans

  … schools, caused the Germania Society in Parkersburg to discontinue, and slowed German … of Morgantown; folklorist Marie Boette of Parkersburg; air ace General "Charles ‘‘ … 442 of Bridgeport and ‘‘Wig’’ Bickel of Parkersburg; and the Nobel Prize winning …

• Gilmer County

  … been an old Indian trail (now State Route 5) along the "Little Kanawha River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 toward Parkersburg, but a turnpike (now U.S. 33-U.S. 119) from Point Pleasant to Weston crossed at The Ford, giving it an …

• Education

  … wvencyclopedia.org/articles/26. "Sumner":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/636, a private school for Black children, opened in Parkersburg in 1862; it was converted to a public school in 1866, and a year later one opened in Clarksburg. The …

• Flood Control

  … War II. Begun in 1938, the floodwall was completed in 1943. Floodwalls similar to that at Huntington were completed in Parkersburg in 1950 and Point Pleasant in 1951. There are also floodwalls at Ceredo, Kenova, Williamson, West Williamson and Matewan, …