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Steamboat at Parkersburg, c. 1925

1910 topo map showing Graveyard of the Ohio below Parkersburg, West Virginia.

Waterfront scene showing Parkersburg wharf boat and Louisville & Cincinnati Packet Co. boat at Parkersburg, West Virginia, circa 1925. Courtesy University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

A kayaker plies the gentle Ohio River near Parkersburg, West Virginia, once the site of the infamous Graveyard of the Ohio.

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Steamboat at Parkersburg, c. 1925

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