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McNeill Family Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

McNeill family

Papers, mainly of Daniel and Daniel R. McNeill, stock dealers and mill owners of Hardy County. The early correspondence relates to the purchase and sale of livestock and the driving of herds to markets in the east. There is correspondence from members of the family in the vicinity of Chillicothe, Ohio, relating to farm and market conditions and commenting on travel from Hardy County to Ohio. There are also references to river traffic on the Scioto and Ohio rivers and to the quantity of merchandise being shipped to the New Orleans market. There are account statements for school fees, books, and general school expenses for several years in the period, 1809-1822, and 1870; a herd pedigree book, 1851-1861; and poultry and cattle records and accounts, 1913-1929.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio River Shipping Accounts .25 Linear Feet 3 volumes (3 in.)

Three ledgers containing accounts of the steamboat Sonoma, which operated on the Ohio River between Ravenswood and Marietta, Ohio, and intermediate points. The volumes contain listings of goods shipped, the shipper and destination, passenger lists and fares charged, and crew members' names, job listings, and rates of pay.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ohio Valley Floods Papers 0 Linear Feet Summary: 1 folder

Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Richard L. Woodyard Papers 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm (60 items), 1.75 in.)

Woodyard, Richard L.
Sermons, essays, lectures, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers of a Methodist preacher who served in Clarksburg and Sutton, West Virginia; Louisa, Kentucky; and along the Ohio River from Ashland, Kentucky, to Parkersburg.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Riethmiller, Artist, Three Prints of Artistic Renderings 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 2 items (1 folder)

Two prints of artistic renderings of Ohio River scenes by artist Roy Riethmiller, including 1) Ohio Power Company -- Cardinal Plant -- Brilliant, Ohio (1983; 16 1/2 in. x 29 in.; 58/250); 2) Henry Covered Bridge, Pennsylvania (1984; 13 1/2 in. x 17 in.); 3) Veteran's Memorial Bridge -- Weirton, West Virginia (1992; 16 1/2 in. x 24 in.; 22/250).
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History 0.17 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.25 in., 1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.

Thistle, Roy.
A scrapbook containing a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry in Tyler and other counties and states; a stock certificate of the Sistersville & Salem Turnpike Company, 1853; bills of lading for Ohio and Muskingum River steamers, 1855-1934; and a list of steamboats operating on the Muskingum River, 1830-1890
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Speech by Logan, Chief of the Mingo Tribe (manuscript copy) 1 Item One folder - located in RHS-Coll-0060-0076 Box

This file contains an undated 18th century document recounting a speech by Chief Logan made to white settlers. According to this document, following a violent conflict between white settlers in 1774, which resulted in a number of dead Mingo tribespeople, Logan gave a speech against the whites urging revenge violence.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Steamboats Records 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Ohio River Transportation Company

Bills of lading from the Ohio River Transportation Company, Wheeling Wharf Boat Company, Parkersburg Rig & Reel Company, Shippers Packet Company Lines, and G. M. Beaver, steamboat agent and wharf boat proprietor, Sistersville. Also includes a promotional flyer to vote for Jeff Frame, Wharf Master, in a 1905 election.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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