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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.17 Linear Feet</extent>
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    <abstract id="aspace_5dfbf0af98121870b1f0d617b087b684">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 &amp; 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</abstract>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Roy Thistle, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Ohio River History, A&amp;M 1443, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007331" source="lcsh">Muskingum River (Ohio)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85094289" source="lcsh">Ohio River</geogname>
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    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91069278" source="lcsh">Sistersville (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80013198" source="lcsh">Tyler County (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85100430" source="lcsh">Petroleum industry and trade</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Rivers and river valleys.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85127732" source="lcsh">Steamboats</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads.</subject>
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    <persname source="ingest">Thistle, Roy.</persname>
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