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• Elkins Inter-Mountain

  … all equipment in the printing plant. Again, the newspaper continued to publish, with staff members taking the contents to "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 to be printed. Nine days after the fire a new press arrived, and …

• Floods

  … storms produced record floods in March 1913 along the Ohio between Parkersburg and Point Pleasant. On March 30, the river at Point … 54 feet, 26 feet above flood stage, on the Ohio River at Parkersburg, where the river reached 48 feet, 10 feet above flood …

• The Environment

  … and richest valleys and floodplains. By the time of the Civil War, the railroad had crossed the northern mountains to Parkersburg and Wheeling. "Iron furnaces":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/905 belched smoke as pig iron was smelted, …

• Episcopal Church

  … .org/articles/1168, the largest in the new diocese with 220 communicants. Bishop Peterkin established the diocesan office in Parkersburg and built the Church of the Good Shepherd there in 1891. The second bishop was the Reverend William Loyall Gravatt, …

• The Executive Branch

  … .org/articles/310 in 1932 and was still serving at his death on June 20, 1960. More recently, Glen B. Gainer Jr. of Parkersburg served 16 years, and then his son, "Glen B. Gainer III":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2326, was elected in …

• Ferries

  … , ferries operated across both the Ohio and "Little Kanawha":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1422 rivers at Parkersburg, across the "Guyandotte":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/98 and the "Kanawha":http://www. …

• Filmmaking

  … of Morgantown; and Dan Richardson of Parkersburg. Writer and director Lawrence Kasdan … was discovered while working in a Parkersburg KFC restaurant. The movie made … DuPont (now Chemours) Washington Works near Parkersburg, was shot primarily in Cincinnati …

• The Rhododendron

  … _Rhododendron_ made visits to Charleston, Montgomery, St. Albans, Winfield, Point Pleasant, Kenova, Huntington, Ravenswood, Parkersburg, Williamstown, St. Marys, Sistersville, New Martinsville, Moundsville, Wheeling, Wellsburg, Weirton, Chester, Morgantown …

• Television

  … ) basketball game on December 3, 1949. Radio stations in Charleston, Parkersburg, and Wheeling soon followed the lead of WSAZ radio in … In October of that year, WTAP (channel 15) began broadcasting in Parkersburg, and WTRF (channel 7) went on the air in …

• The Sesquicentennial

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1584 and "Landau Eugene Murphy Jr":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2351. Parkersburg celebrated with re-enactments at "Fort Boreman":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2041. The celebration …

• Credit Unions

  … and other employee groups throughout the state to organize credit unions. The West Virginia Credit Union League, based in Parkersburg, was formed in 1937 and provides support to the 83 credit unions in the state. These financial institutions have …

• Summers County Bobcats

  … two state championships to Summers County, beat the Bobcats 72-55. The previous record of 88 games was set by the Parkersburg Catholic girls in 1979. The Bobcats broke that record with their 89th win on February 15, 2011, by defeating Woodrow Wilson in …

• Washington's Western Lands

  … of the Great Kanawha River and on the Ohio River south of the mouth of the Little Kanawha River, present Parkersburg. After consultation with his officers in August 1770 Washington and associates proceeded overland to the Ohio River, then downriver to the …

• The Scioto Disaster

  … manslaughter before "Judge John Jay Jackson Jr":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/941. in federal court in Parkersburg. The 1838 law that created the Steamboat Inspection Service, one of the first instances of federal regulation of private …

• Flood of 1937

  … Island":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1218 was submerged and authorities ordered its 10,000 inhabitants evacuated. At "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 on January 26, the 1937 flood crested at 55.4 feet, …

• Low Tablet

  … in 1942 when he was playing in his neighborhood in north Parkersburg. He uncovered two stones while digging a hole in a sandy … give the tablet to the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in Parkersburg. When he went to retrieve the tablet, he was told …

• Internet Service

  … DSL. Charter Communications (later Suddenlink, now Optimum), the state's largest cable provider, launched cable Internet service in Parkersburg in June 2000, Charleston in August 2000, Beckley in September 2000, and the Logan-Kermit market in December …

• Snowstorm of October 2012

  … morning of Tuesday, October 30, in counties further west, the averages were lower there. This included the cities of Huntington, Parkersburg, and Clarksburg. Beginning early on the 30th, the weight of the wet snow brought down or bent trees and large …

• Basketball Tournament-Girls

  … tournament and one week earlier. Mary Ostrowski (1962-2013) of Parkersburg Catholic, "Vicky Bullett":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org … won three championships in the highest class division, and Parkersburg has won two. In 2021, a fourth division, …

• Henderson Hall

  … continuously from the time it was built until 2007, when it was willed to the Oil and Gas Museum of nearby Parkersburg. The historic house is unusual in that it survives intact with most of its furnishings and decorations, including the original …

• C8 Controversy

  … ":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 near "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. Medical … problems related to C8, thousands of residents in the Parkersburg area brought suit against DuPont. Their lawsuits …

• Barry Vance

  … paintings are in the permanent collection of the Huntington Museum of Art, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Mitchell Museum, Parkersburg Art Center, Juliet Art Museum, the Maryland Historical Society, West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History …

• Monsignor Thomas Quirk

  … .org/articles/1168, and following ordination was sent to "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. After nearly two years in Parkersburg Quirk was assigned to "Huntington":https://www. …