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Early History: The Parkersburg Resolves and West Virginia Statehood (opens the original)
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Independence Hall at Wheeling, summer 1861 during Second Wheeling Convention for statehood. (Photo provided) Scan to read full text of Parkersburg Resolves. Independence Hall at Wheeling, summer 1861 during Second Wheeling Convention for statehood. (Photo provided) Scan to read full text of Parkersburg Resolves. West Virginia became a state in 1863 during the Civil War by separating from Virginia. It was a complex effort, unique in American history – due to 3 main factors: passionate motivation,
Early Marietta: On the Trail with an Allegheny Mountain Mudbug (opens the original)
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Spruce Knob, the tallest peak in West Virginia, is 4,863 ft high. Easy to drive to the top; not so easy walking up to the top on foot carrying a backpack. That was our recent hiking trip itinerary: hike down 1,500 ft to beautiful Seneca Creek, camp that night, then hike back up to Spruce Knob. We hiked down and set up camp. After a pleasant evening by a robust campfire, a midnight thunderstorm, and sleep by the gurgling stream, we awoke to a misty cool morning. We began the the return trip, not
Early Marietta: Early salt making on the Ohio frontier (opens the original)
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Today, there seems to be too much salt in our diets. But salt on the frontier was a scarce yet vital resource. Blueridgetales.com: “Life (then) hinged on one thing: salt. It preserved food, kept animals and humans healthy, and was used as trade currency…” Salt in Washington County in the 1790s was $8 ($200 today!) per bushel if bought in the east. Finding local sources was imperative. Most salt deposits had been discovered centuries ago by animals and indigenous people. Animals were attracted to
Early Marietta: The Dime Savings Society (opens the original)
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Working at a bank was a good job for a high school kid in the 1960’s. Benefits included earning minimum wage (about $1.25 an hour), no strenuous effort, bankers' hours 9-2:30, and fascinating people. The lobby looked like the 1800s – pendulum clock, wrought iron teller cages and Ebenezer Scrooge-type journals. Such was my summer job in 1964 at The Dime Savings Society at Front and Greene Street. The community at the bank was wonderful. Laurence Penrose was president – low key, wry sense of humor
Early Marietta: Henry the Dreamer and the WASHINGTON, Part 2 (opens the original)
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On Monday evening June 3, 1816, Henry Shreve’s new steamboat WASHINGTON, built at Wheeling, cast off on its long maiden journey to New Orleans. She was built along Wheeling Creek; wood for the boat came from old Fort Henry. Florence Dorsey, Henry’s daughter, in Master of the Mississippi: (She) sat on the water like a great aquatic bird…Niles’ Weekly Register: She is 148 feet in length. Her main cabin is sixty feet; she has three handsome private rooms, besides a commodious bar room. She is furni
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