Rivers and river valleys.
Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Steamboats Records
Letters of a West Virginia River Captain to his daughter, 1877-1885; papers of Captain Edward B. Cooper, 1879-1891, Master of the Steamer Sonoma operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg; bills of lading and miscellaneous papers, 1891-1930, 1955; log book of the Steamer Victor, 1932, operating out of Ashland, Kentucky for the Ashland Oil Company; and a log book of the Steamer Greenbrier, 1939, operating on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers.
Steamboats Records
Passenger books of the steamer "Sonoma," operating between Ravenswood and Parkersburg.
Steamboats Records
Receipts and bills of lading for merchandise shipped on the Batchelor, C.W. Anderson, Sallie J, Cooper, and the Sonoma. There are also freight bills from the New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co., and the Ohio River Railroad Co.
Steamboats Records
The official logbook of a cargo vessel which traveled up and down the Ohio River between Marietta, Ohio and Ravenswood, W.Va. The log covers a three month period, October to December, 1883. The log records the stops that were made on each run, the kinds of items that were being transported, and to whom cargoes were delivered.
Steamboats Records
Thomas Hanson Journal
Journal of a surveying party including Hanson, John Floyd, James Nocks, Roderick McCray, and Mordecai Batson. The Journal describes the route taken from Fincastle County, Virginia, to the Ohio River and Kentucky, with mention of Gauley Mountain, Coal and New rivers, and other western Virginia geographical locations. Included is a list of persons for whom the surveys were made.
Thomas P. Ray Diary
Copy of a diary of a Morgantown resident, with references to early merchants and public officials; the building of schools, churches, and business buildings; volume of river traffic; and roads and mail routes opened.