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• Wood County

  … Roane, Ritchie, Wirt, and Pleasants counties, Wood’s remaining 377 square miles is … internal improvements and several important discoveries. Wood is located at the confluence of … As a result of these developments, Wood County attracted a diverse population, …

• Blennerhassett Island

  The "Ohio River’s":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1740 most famous island, Blennerhassett, lies two miles west of "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811. It is four miles long, and its 381 acres make it the …

• James McNeil Stephenson

  … Edward and Elizabeth Dils Stephenson. He came to "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339 at … Parkersburg law practice for many years. Stephenson represented Tyler, Wood, Ritchie, and Doddridge counties in the Virginia House …

• William E. Stevenson

  … as a member of the Pennsylvania legislature. However, he moved to Wood County, (West) Virginia, before his first term ended and … Crisis_.’’ He never did go to trial. Stevenson represented Wood County at the first constitutional convention of 1861. After …

• Camden Clark Medical Center

  … Medical Center in "Parkersburg":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1811 is an acute care facility that serves Wood County and the surrounding Mid-Ohio Valley region. Camden Clark offers specialty care in internal medicine, surgery, oncology, …

• Peter Godwin Van Winkle

  … Government of Virginia, 1861–63, under Governor "Francis H. Pierpont":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1853. He represented Wood County in West Virginia’s First Constitutional Convention in 1861 and 1862. As a U.S. senator, Van Winkle …

• Vienna

  Vienna, "Wood County":https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339, was first settled in 1773 when Dr. … failed in 1799–1800 in an attempt to become the county seat of Wood County. Spencer and his heirs sold off his holdings, and Vienna remained …

• Vitrolite

  … the 20th century. Vitrolite was a West Virginia product, manufactured after 1908 by the Meyercord-Carter Company in Vienna, "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339. The firm reorganized in 1910 as the Vitrolite Company, and the …

• Volcano

  Volcano, an oil boom town between 1864 and 1897, lies in "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339. The Volcanic Oil & Gas Company was formed in 1864 and purchased 2,000 acres for oil exploration. After initial strikes, oil …

• Jacob Beeson Jackson

  … quot;Democratic Party":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1875. He was known by the nickname ‘‘Jake.’’ In 1870, Jackson became Wood County’s prosecuting attorney. Five years later he was elected to the House of Delegates and served one term. In …

• Albert Blakeslee White

  … . He was the fourth person to serve as governor from "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339, his adopted … arts institution in Ohio just across the Ohio River from Wood County, and graduated as the valedictorian of the class of …

• Williamstown

  … /1811, at the junction of Interstate 77 and State Route 2. It is the site of one of the earliest settlements in "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1339, having been claimed in 1770 by brothers "Joseph":https://www. …

• Abraham Wood

  … articles/841 could trade with the settlers. Wood, who eventually maintained the fort, held … of commander of the frontier militia. Wood was associated with three of the … . For the third and fourth explorations, Wood dispatched "Thomas Batts and Robert …

• Wood Products Industry

  … log homes, which it merchandises globally. Wood flooring is manufactured by Columbia … . In 2018 Collins Hardwood, Allegheny Wood Products, Gilbert Lumber Company, Jim … millwork. In February 2024, Allegheny Wood Products, headquartered in Grant County, …

• WVU Parkersburg

  … was founded through the efforts of the _Parkersburg Sentinel_, the Wood County Board of Education, Parkersburg civic and business leaders, … 47 near Interstate 77, having moved there in 1969 after Wood County voters overwhelmingly approved a bond levy for …

• Parkersburg

  … rivers. With the formation of "Wood County":http://www.wvencyclopedia.org … .wvencyclopedia.org/articles/1193, 3,000 Wood Countians, many from Parkersburg, served … at Burning Springs, Wirt County; Volcano, Wood County; and elsewhere. "Johnson …

• John Bertram Easton

  … ) was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. He came to Williamstown, Wood County, in 1907 as a glassworker for "Fenton Art … the state legislature from 1926 to 1928 as a delegate from Wood County. He ran unsuccessfully as a Republican for Congress from …

• Fort Boreman

  … rebel forces that operated in the area, especially in southern Wood County. Associated with Fort Boreman is the ‘‘hanging tree,’’ … of this important local history site was brought before the Wood County Commission by local historians asking for support in …

• Herman Hayes

  … inside a cage out of one piece of wood. With the eye of artist, Hayes became … of other figures, carved from one piece of wood. Hayes used a variety of tools, including … , and he worked with many kinds of wood, though he preferred basswood. His work was …

• African Zion Baptist Church

  … ’s architectural style is typical for the Southern church: simple, unadorned, even spartan. Essentially unchanged since the 1870s, the wood-frame church is a rectangular, front gable design with two tall windows with segmental arch hoods on each side. A …

• African-American Education

  Early Black education in West Virginia developed through a combination of forces: self-help efforts; the aid and support of benevolent White people; support from the U.S. Freedmen’s Bureau and missionary associations; and the activities of public school …

• Grimes Golden

  … original Grimes Golden tree bore fruit for more than 100 years and was carrying a crop of apples when it blew down in 1905. Wood from its trunk was used to make gavels for the West Virginia Agricultural Society, and part of the trunk was preserved at West …

• Rhododendron

  … The _rhododendron maximum_, from the family Ericaceae, is found in wet woods and swamps and is characterized by white, pink, or purple … often used in landscaping and there are many hybrids. The hard wood of this plant is used for tool handles and is a …

• Chuck Ripper

  … was born in Pittsburgh. His father was a blacksmith by trade but also an amateur landscape painter who spent hours in the woods, with his young son tagging along. His mother was an elementary art teacher. Both parents encouraged his interest in nature and …

• Ritchie County

  Ritchie County was carved out of portions of Wood, Lewis, and Harrison counties on February 18, 1843. Situated in northwest West Virginia, Ritchie County has an area of 453.7 square miles and is traversed by four-lane U.S. 50 and several secondary roads. …