Sistersville and Tyler County

by Luke N. Peters

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Can't find what you're looking for? Home page About us Feedback Payment Delivery Customer Service Contact us Shop by Price $10.34 $10.35 - $12.34 $12.35 - $14.34 $14.35 - $16.34 $16.35+ Shop pages Home page Payment Delivery Customer Service About the seller Need help? Send an eBay message Newsletter Add World of Books to your favourites and receive email newsletters about special promotions! General Interest Sistersville and Tyler County (Images of America) Product Details: Category: Books ISBN: 0738552712 Title: Sistersville and Tyler County (Images of America) The Fast Free Shipping Author: Luke Peters Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) Year Published: 2007 Number of Pages: 128 Book Binding: Paperback Prizes: N/A Book Condition: GOOD SKU: CIN0738552712G Item description In 1802, Charles Wells brought his family of 22 children down the Ohio River to a point later known as Wells Landing. With its ferryboat, tannery, blacksmiths, lumber, and flour mills, the village became a stop for river traffic and a commercial center where the scattered farming population would sell their wares. When Charles Wells died in 1815, he willed part of his estate to two daughters, Delilah Wells Grier and Sarah Wells McCoy, which they plotted and named Sistersville. In 1816, two years after Tyler County was formed, Middlebourne was chosen as the county seat. When the railroad reached Tyler County in 1884, its quiet communities enjoyed moderate prosperity; however, when Joshua Russell struck oil at

• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
• Year: 2007
• ISBN: 0738552712
• Condition: Good

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