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• WVU Parkersburg

  … accredited community college, opened on "Parkersburg’s":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … the Wood County Board of Education, Parkersburg civic and business leaders, some … elementary school on Emerson Avenue in Parkersburg. Additions were made to the …

• Parkersburg

  … www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1706 into Parkersburg in 1838, the "Staunton- … links to the Ohio River at Parkersburg. New development followed. During the … ) in 1957. With manufacturing booming, Parkersburg's population increased steadily during …

• Parkersburg News and Sentinel

  The _Parkersburg News and Sentinel_ serves "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 and surrounding areas seven days a week. The first _Parkersburg News_ began publication before the "Civil War":http://www. …

• African-American Education

  … a self-help effort, opened in Parkersburg in 1862. After 1865, education for … in 18 communities by 1868, including Parkersburg, Wheeling, Clarksburg, Charleston, Lewisburg, Martinsburg, … was the Sumner School in Parkersburg, which added high school courses …

• St. Joseph’s Hospital

  … Avery and Fifth streets in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … committee of hospital doctors and prominent Parkersburg businessmen conducted a city-wide … Health System, along with another Parkersburg hospital, "Camden-Clark Memorial …

• Battle of Allegheny Mountain

  … an effort to attack both flanks of the Confederate camp simultaneously. The first column marched up the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/584, arrived near daybreak on the Confederate right, and attacked. The …

• Robert W. Simmons

  … from barbering. This he practiced in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … and other young African-Americans of Parkersburg propelled him in 1862 to take … to establish a Black Sunday school in Parkersburg and served as its first …

• Smoot Theatre

  Built in 1926 by the Smoot Amusement Company to showcase acts on the vaudeville circuit, the Smoot Theatre in "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 was packed for five shows daily during the Roaring ’20s. Performers included …

• Harman Blennerhassett

  … ;Belpre (later Blennerhassett) Island":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/540, in the Ohio River near present "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. In September 1800, their new home, an enormous Palladian structure, …

• Blennerhassett Island

  … quot;Ohio River’s":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 most famous island, Blennerhassett, lies two miles west of "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. It is four miles long, and its 381 acres make it the river’ …

• Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

  … was amended in 1826, substituting "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … its path. While both the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike and the "Northwestern … now commemorated by the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike National Scenic Byway, which …

• James McNeil Stephenson

  … at Fourth and Market streets in Parkersburg. Stephenson studied law while continuing … . He supported the "Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike":http://www.wvencyclopedia … , Oakland. Stephenson helped to make Parkersburg a transportation center and regional …

• William E. Stevenson

  … the cause, he was indicted by a Parkersburg grand jury for ‘‘circulating an incendiary … beat out Johnson Newlon Camden, another Parkersburg man, by about 5,000 votes … Journal_, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Parkersburg. He published the newspaper for …

• Arthur Ingraham Boreman

  … Shortly thereafter, Boreman moved to "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/ … 1811, the home of the Stephensons. Parkersburg would remain Boreman’s hometown … the Constitutional Union Party Convention in Parkersburg and became its nominee to …

• Sumner School

  … established as a subscription school in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … owed its origins to a group of Parkersburg citizens who came together to find … roles for the Black population of Parkersburg. It closed in 1955 after the …

• Burr Conspiracy

  … ;:http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/538, a wealthy Irish expatriate living on an Ohio River island near present "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. Blennerhassett became one of Burr’s financial backers and allowed his …

• Camden Clark Medical Center

  The 302-bed Camden Clark Medical Center in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 is an … majoring in medical fields from "West Virginia University at Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1360 and area …

• Johnson Newlon Camden

  … ;W. P. and J. C. Rathbone":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/13. He entered the refining business at "Parkersburg":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 in 1869. In 1875, Camden and his partners quietly sold out to Rockefeller’s …

• United Bank

  … be established in 1839 in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles … Bank of West Virginia, and the Parkersburg branch became the First National Bank … Parkersburg. The First National Bank of Parkersburg is the direct parent of United …

• Peter Godwin Van Winkle

  … president from office. Van Winkle moved to Parkersburg in 1835 and was soon joined by … served several years as president of the Parkersburg Board of Trustees. Van Winkle helped to … to save the president. He died in Parkersburg. His home was listed on the …

• Jacob Beeson Jackson

  … ’s sixth governor. Born in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/ … the Reverend Festus Hanks’s school in Parkersburg, he taught school before deciding to … to the private practice of law in Parkersburg. He was president of the Citizens …

• Lily Irene Jackson

  … age of 12 assisted federal troops in Parkersburg by guiding them to land belonging … On February 21, 1887, she organized the Parkersburg Art Society and was elected its … the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History in Parkersburg and in the State Museum in …

• Albert Blakeslee White

  … of a daily newspaper. He moved to "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 … the West Virginia state capital from Charleston to Parkersburg. A. B. White died at the age of 84 at his Parkersburg home. He is buried in Mount Olivet …

• Lebanese and Syrians

  … in the cities, especially Charleston, Wheeling, Huntington, and Parkersburg. Lebanese and Syrians almost never worked on West … Syrian Melkites, also Eastern Rite Catholics, settled in Parkersburg. Representatives of the Druse, an Islamic sect, settled …

• Marbles

  … King":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1494, which continues to produce marbles in Paden City. Vitro Agate in Vienna and Parkersburg operated from 1932 to 1987 and was later bought out by Jabo Inc. of Ohio. Jabo-Vitro established a second …