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Downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia as it would have been seen in the 1870s. |
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Parkersburg home bought by W.P. Rathbone in 1861. He owned the property on which the Burning Springs oilfield was discovered.
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Blennerhassett Hotel built by W.N. Chancellor in 1889 and still standing! Chancellor was one of Parkersburg's early oil barrons. |
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A Parkersburg mansion. One of many built by those with money from the oilfields.
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