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"Colonel John Bowman Treasure Map" (typescript), a Hand Drawn Map of Western Virginia, and a Map of Marshall County
Typescript: "Colonel John Brown Treasure - Map." Two maps: hand-drawn map of Western Virginia 1777, showing Ohio River Valley around Wheeling, WV; map of Marshall County, WV (Marshall County Commission, 1963).
C.R. Rector, Compiler, Papers
This is a history, "Westward Down the Ohio," relating highlights of Ohio River history, ca.1750-1880, in West Virginia. Subjects include early exploration, settlement, and transportation, especially the steamboat era. Mention is often made of events occurring in Parkersburg and its vicinity as being typical examples of the history of the Ohio Valley.
Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers
Historical and genealogical typescripts, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Ohio Valley, West Virginia, and the Guyandotte country, compiled by Frederick B. Lambert.
Gordon B. Gibbens Papers
John P. Clarke (1825-1900) Papers
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Ohio Historical Papers
Papers relating to the early development of Marietta and the Ohio Valley include the journal, 1784-1790, and correspondence, 1776-1824 (3 vols.), of a Revolutionary War officer and organizer of the Ohio Company, General Rufus Putnam; papers of Samuel Prescott Hildreth entitled: "Early Events in the Valley of Ohio, 1787 to 1847" (2 vols.); letter from Nathan Goodale to Rufus Putnam, 15 March 1788; journal of Joseph Buell, 1785-1789; and a journal of John Mathews, 1786 (holograph copy).
Ohio River Data Scrapbook
Ohio Valley Floods, Papers
Newspaper clippings, picture-books, postcard albums, and government reports relating to floods along the Ohio River Valley especially at Pittsburgh, Wheeling, and Parkersburg.
Richard L. Woodyard Papers
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.