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Kayaking Graveyard of the Ohio

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

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

Steamboat at Parkersburg, c. 1925

Kayakers gather at Point Park at Parkersburg

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