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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C0U_prehistoric-sites_Parkersburg-WV.html
In addition to its historic importance
Blennerhassett Island also contains
important prehistoric sites. Several
Indian villages exist on the Island,
and large collections of Indian artifacts have been found here. Largest
of the sites, a Fort …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C0G_tavenner-cemetery_Parkersburg-WV.html
To the east of this cemetery, on the banks of
the Little Kanawha River, in 1785, Captain James
Neal formed the first permanent settlement in
Wood County, Virginia. The vast acreage owned
by Captain Neal and his son-in-law, Colonel Hugh Phelps,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZT_jacob-beeson-blair_Parkersburg-WV.html
Born in Parkersburg on April 11,
1821, Blair was an attorney before
the Civil War. Elected in 1861 to
fill a vacancy in the US House of
Representatives, he served until
1865 and was a staunch supporter
of the Union and WV statehood. On
New …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZS_albert-j-woofter_Parkersburg-WV.html
This park is dedicated to the memory of Albert Johnson Woofter, who for 42 years heralded Parkersburg and the Little Kanawha area through his popular Town and Country column and other writings in the Parkersburg News.
Al was one of the first to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYK_george-rogers-clark_Parkersburg-WV.html
At the Little Kanawha, 1774, George Rogers Clark and 90 companions, largely recruited in what is now West Virginia, assembled on their way into Kentucky. Their plans, halted by Indian Wars, later resulted in conquest of the Northwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BYJ_burr-blennerhassett_Parkersburg-WV.html
Harman Blennerhassett purchased island in 1797, and built for his bride a mansion which became the showplace of the Ohio Valley. Aaron Burr was his guest in 1805. Here they planned a military expedition with the intention to conquer the Southwest.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BY9_parkersburg-high-school_Parkersburg-WV.html
Founded in 1867, Parkersburg High's
current Tudor structure is a Frank
Packard design built in 1917. PHS
was the state's largest high school
until 1940 and served all of the
city until 1967, when a second high
school opened on the South Side…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BY8_julia-ann-square-historic-district_Parkersburg-WV.html
With the end of the Civil War, the opening of West Virginia's oil and gas industry, the quickened pace of roads, railroads and rivers, and the influx of industry, the city's population grew. The area just north of town which included Juliana and A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BY5_peter-g-van-winkle_Parkersburg-WV.html
Born in New York, 1808, he moved to Wood County in 1835 and practiced law. Was officer of Northwestern Virginia Railroad and delegate to Virginia constitutional convention, 1850-51. Delegate to Wheeling and constitutional conventions during war, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC4_the-block-house_Parkersburg-WV.html
Northeast of this spot on river bank stood the Block-House built in 1784 by James Neal.