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Parkersburg in the 1860s

Artist's conception of wreck of steamboat Rebecca at Parkersburg in 1869.

Parkersburg, West Virginia, as it appeared in the 1860s. Illustrator unknown.

Steamboat Rebecca wrecked 1869

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