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The boat ride over to the Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park, Parkersburg,WV
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The Putnams, both members of prominent New England families, had emigrated to Belpre in the Northwest Territory (today's Ohio) in 1789. Having survived the 1791-1795 Indian war and prospered as farmers on the Ohio Valley frontier, Aaron Waldo and Charlotte thirteen years after their arrival in the wilderness, decided to build a new home for themselves and their growing family. They chose as its site a low bluff in the six-mile-long Belpre settlement overlooking the Ohio River and across from the middle of a long, large Ohio River island soon to be permanently named for their close friends, Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett. The Putnams christened their house "Maple Shade". Legend has it that this was for two maple trees that Charlotte planted in front of her new home and which held special meaning for her for some reason now lost.
Years passed. Generation after generation of Putnams lived in the ageing home which had never passed from their ownership. When the name finally died out in Belpre in 1901, a Putnam daughter moved in with her husband and children and the family homestead became known as the Putnam-Houser house. Through the decades, the Putnams occasionally entertained famous visitors as diverse as the elegant Blennerhassetts, the Methodist Church's fire-breathing evangelist, Bishop Francis Asbury, and gentle, tree-loving Johnny Appleseed. Finally, in 1981, the long saga came to a close: the last of the Putnam-Housers in Belpre died and the Shell Chemical Company became the new owners of Maple Shade and its surrounding acres.
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one of the weird things i really like are outdated abbreviations. ohio being shortened simply to "O." is a good example. 80mm, acros.
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at one point, this was the world's longest train trestle. here it is from below.
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as the city of parkersburg descends to the river, the bridge gets taller to stay level. 7500' later, it'll end on the other side of the ohio river, in belpre.
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In Memory of my father in law, Lee Knotts, who passed away on Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011
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Must have been really tired to fall asleep like this. Lol
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