“This area had a lot of Underground Railroad activity. You know, we’re right on the Ohio West Virginia, and of course, when West Virginia was part of Virginia, you know, we had slavery just ...

Norfolk Southern has urged the Surface Transportation Board to continue a case of regulatory housekeeping involving control ...

On the left is the bridge of the Parkersburg/Elizabeth turnpike and on the right, the bridge of the Little Kanawha Railroad. At that time Tucker’s Creek was the western boundary for the town.

Born a free Black man in Virginia in 1820, John T. Ward moved to Circleville, Ohio, when he was a child. He married Catherine Moss in 1838. He was involved in the Underground Railroad, helping ...

The Mid-Ohio Valley Model Railroad Club has open house events in February, May, August and December. There is a show in October at West Virginia University at Parkersburg where people can buy ...