When I was little in the early 1970's there was an elderly black couple that lived on Riverside Dr. He was a tinker/fix it man. He told a story of when he was very young he said his mother was a cook on one of the flat barges docked in the river. They housed workers and brought in supplies. He said when he was little he could walk from Sistersville to Paden City, 3 miles up river, using the barges. He said they touched end to end. His feet never touched the water. We're talking about the Ohio River, people! . . . At that time Sistersville was known from New York to New Orleans. Fact!... Excellent job on the video BTW!!
Thank you for this video. My grandparents lived and ran Kernen's market in Bens Run so this was a blessing to watch. I am also kin to both Moses Spencer and Cecil Underwood.
I was born in the next county down, Doddridge. We lived in Salem for many years and then moved to Ohio. We would often go back for visits and I must have crossed in that ferry hundreds of times. We’d pass the Jug beer joint every time. I think you could a whole video about the Jug and how it got its name. Thanks for the memories.
When I was little in the early 1970's there was an elderly black couple that lived on Riverside Dr. He was a tinker/fix it man. He told a story of when he was very young he said his mother was a cook on one of the flat barges docked in the river. They housed workers and brought in supplies. He said when he was little he could walk from Sistersville to Paden City, 3 miles up river, using the barges. He said they touched end to end. His feet never touched the water. We're talking about the Ohio River, people! . . . At that time Sistersville was known from New York to New Orleans. Fact!... Excellent job on the video BTW!!
Thank you for this video. My grandparents lived and ran Kernen's market in Bens Run so this was a blessing to watch. I am also kin to both Moses Spencer and Cecil Underwood.
Love that rolling right at the stop sign in Sistersville ; Tyler County had the first all female school board .
Right next to the train track?!!?! ... Its ridiculous. Growing up there you didn't think twice about it. Lols... It was like Mayberry. :)
I was born in the next county down, Doddridge. We lived in Salem for many years and then moved to Ohio. We would often go back for visits and I must have crossed in that ferry hundreds of times. We’d pass the Jug beer joint every time. I think you could a whole video about the Jug and how it got its name. Thanks for the memories.
Grew up in Monroe County and took the ferry across to WV many times!
My grandfather Lawrence Twyford Thorn was from Tyler Co. Friendly West Virginia. Jim Hugh Thorn
Great series 👏
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It seems to me that former West Virginia University football coach Bill Stewart came from Sistersville.