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• Burning Springs Oil Field

  … in the town was provided by the abundant natural gas from the wells. The oil was shipped to a refinery in Parkersburg constructed by "Johnson Camden":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/815. The Burning Springs field was one of two …

• Burnsville Dam

  … of "Burnsville":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/730, and 124 miles above the river’s confluence with the Ohio River at Parkersburg. The earthen and concrete dam is 90 feet high and 1,400 feet across the top. It was placed in operation in …

• Robert C. Byrd

  … "FBI Fingerprinting Identification Center":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2247 in Clarksburg, IRS offices in Parkersburg, the "Fish and Wildlife Training Center":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1562 at Shepherdstown, a …

• William H. Cabell

  … quot;Burr conspiracy":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/732, critical events of which took place at Blennerhassett Island near Parkersburg, and during Burr’s arrest and trial for treason. Upon completion of his service as governor, Cabell became …

• Turnpikes

  … Big Sandy River. Completed in 1838 between Winchester and Parkersburg, the "Northwestern Virginia Turnpike":http://www. … last of the major east-west turnpikes, the "Staunton-Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584, was …

• Tygart Valley River

  … settlement and the Indian wars. The upper valley is a natural thoroughfare, occupied historically by the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584. The turnpike was traversed by Northern and Southern troops in …

• Calhoun County

  … .org/articles/728 became an important economic activity as numerous rafts of logs were floated down the Little Kanawha to Parkersburg. Beginning in the late 1800s, Calhoun County became a major "oil and gas":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles …

• Underground Railroad

  … back and forth across the Alleghenies, guiding numerous runaways from Virginia plantations to the Ohio River. Just east of Parkersburg, the Nutter Farm was an alleged stop in the Underground Railroad. Local stories persist that members of the Nutter …

• Camden Park

  … Camden Interstate Railway, both named for principal owner Sen. "Johnson N. Camden":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/815 of Parkersburg. Col. E. G. Via became park manager in 1903, bought the park in 1916, and ran it until his death in 1946 …

• United Brethren

  … to form the Lewis or Buckhannon Circuit with Stickley as pastor. In 1857, the Virginia Conference approved the creation of the Parkersburg Conference for the area now known as West Virginia. The conference initially included 11 preachers, 10 charges or …

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  … Lake, and most recently, Stonewall Jackson Lake. Local protection projects include floodwalls around cities such as Huntington, Parkersburg, and Point Pleasant. Other such projects include emergency stream bank protection at Warwood and the snagging and …

• Interstate Highway System

  … to exit via a bridge across the Ohio River north of Parkersburg. It was also the most expensive to build, costing more … of Huntington, while I-77 Exit 173 for Camden Avenue in Parkersburg is approximately 173 miles from the Virginia border near Bluefield. …

• Vienna

  … , it had jumped to 9,300 due to a growth spurt following World War II. In 1972, Vienna, which adjoins north "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811, became home to the Grand Central Mall, West Virginia’s first shopping mall. …

• Irish

  … work commenced on the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia. … 1703, was finished from Grafton to Parkersburg. Later railroad lines using Irish … had groups in Rowlesburg, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Coal Valley, and Charleston. At …

• Volcano

  … in 1879, and the town was never completely rebuilt. The railroad was dismantled. A pipeline then conveyed local oil to Parkersburg. Although production decreased over the years, oil continued to flow from Volcano’s wells. A cable arrangement was devised to …

• H. Rus Warne

  … -April 25, 1954) was born in Parkersburg. He studied at the Ohio Mechanics … architects, including Richard H. Adair of Parkersburg. After a brief practice in Parkersburg … included the State Masonic Home in Parkersburg, the main building at "Greenbrier …

• Jackson County

  Jackson County is located in the Appalachian foothills on the Ohio River between Parkersburg and Point Pleasant. It has 471.2 square miles of rolling, hilly land, with large flat bottoms on the "Ohio River":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ …

• John Jay Jackson Jr.

  … (August 4, 1824-September 2, 1907) was born near "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. A year after … continued his daily horseback rides across town to his court in Parkersburg. At the time of his retirement in 1905, he had …

• John Jay Jackson Sr.

  … February 13, 1800-January 1, 1877), was born near "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. His grandfather, … . In 1823, he resigned his commission and returned to Parkersburg to practice law. After two brief terms as a prosecuting …

• Mudwall Jackson

  … its three cannons for the Confederacy. During Parkersburg’s Jail House Riots in 1861, … and Jackson was forced to leave Parkersburg. He joined the Confederate Army as … . After the war Jackson returned to Parkersburg but found the atmosphere hostile. He …

• Carnegie Hall

  Industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) built thousands of libraries, including libraries in Hinton, Huntington, and Parkersburg, but only four Carnegie Hall performing arts centers, in "Lewisburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1369, …

• Carnegie Libraries

  … org/articles/751—$35,000 (December 30, 1901), "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811—$34, … and public libraries were completed in Hinton, Huntington, and Parkersburg. The communities rejecting Carnegie grants generally did so …

• Jazz

  … a saxophonist with Jimmie Lunceford, Carter, and Hampton. Moore (born Parkersburg, 1917) was a pianist-arranger for Charlie Barnet and … with James Moody and Erroll Garner. Ray Wetzel (born Parkersburg, 1924) was a promising trumpeter with Woody Herman and …

• WesBanco

  … banks could be found in Follansbee, Sistersville, Wellsburg, Elizabeth, Parkersburg, and Charleston. In July 1991, WesBanco changed all … 2000, WesBanco’s four regional banks—Charleston, Fairmont, Parkersburg, and Wheeling—merged to form WesBanco Bank, Inc …

• West Union

  … , and the business of county government and public education support the area. Many people commute to jobs in Salem, Clarksburg, and Parkersburg, or to the North Central Regional Jail in Greenwood. The town has a library, a high school, the Doddridge …