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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC3_col-hugh-phelps_Parkersburg-WV.html
Wood County formally organized, August 12, 1799, at the home of Colonel Hugh Phelps, who came here, 1787. Phelps made the first effort to arrest Burr and Blennerhassett. About 1800, he built this house, later the home of Thomas Tavernner.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EC1_neals-station_Parkersburg-WV.html
Neal's Station or Fort Neal was built in 1785 by Capt. James Neal, Revolutionary War veteran, who led a party of settlers to the mouth of the Little Kanawha. Neal first came here in 1783 surveying present site of Parkersburg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBZ_the-toll-house_Parkersburg-WV.html
This marks the site of The Toll House at the meeting of the Staunton and Northwestern Pikes over which came the sturdy pioneers to settle Wood County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBY_old-turnpikes_Parkersburg-WV.html
Washington, who had favored the Braddock Road, proposed the Northwestern Turnpike to the Ohio through Virginia in 1784. It was completed to Parkersburg in 1838. The road from Staunton to Parkersburg was opened in 1847.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBX_old-tollgate-house_Parkersburg-WV.html
Here is the site of the Old Tollgate House where the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike and the Northwestern Turnpike met. Surveyed by Col. Claudius Crozet, both roads were completed to the Ohio River by 1850.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBW_fort-boreman-hill_Parkersburg-WV.html
The prominent known locally as Fort Boreman Hill encompasses almost 250 acres. However, the actual site of Fort Boreman, its gun stations, powder magazine, and winter quarters, utilized only a small portion of the hill.
The same natural feature…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBL_fort-boreman-during-the-civil-war_Parkersburg-WV.html
Fort Boreman was a military fortification constructed by the United States Army during the Civil War. The protection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the two turnpikes, the Northwestern and the Staunton-Parkersburg, and river port facilities was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBJ_parkersburg-in-1861_Parkersburg-WV.html
Parkersburg, (West) Virginia, was first settled permanently in 1785 by Capt. James Neal and other kinfolk and neighbors from Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pa. First chartered by the Virginia Assembly in 1800 as Newport, the town was rechart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EBG_historic-blennerhassett-island_Parkersburg-WV.html
One and one-half miles below the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers lies historic Blennerhassett Island, home of the Irish aristocrat Harman Blennerhassett and his wife Margaret from 1798 to 1806. Blennerhassett is known for his part…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EB6_the-beautiful-ohio-river_Parkersburg-WV.html
The Ohio River, called La Belle Riviere (the beautiful river) by the French, derives its name from an Iroquois word meaning "good river" or "large river." The Ohio flows generally along a southwesterly 981-mile course from Pittsburgh, PA, to Cairo…