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More than just an advertisement SSSSSSSSSSSttttttttttiiiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllll Frell FFFFFFFFFFrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee!eeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! Stil Inside Inside Harvest Festival More from Marblefest Pages 14-15 INNformer Pages 5-7 Publication of The Wells Inn Volume 2, No. 20_ __ The Wells Inn, 316 Charles St. Sistersville, WV 26175 __ _ ____ October 9, 2015 Attendees: History sails past on Ohio River Sistersville Reconstructed Marble Columbus ships pass through region Festival in By Charles Winslow n “I 1492 bus Colum d saile the class by itself ocean ” l ue b starts he t ous m a f poem by Winifred Sackville Stoner Jr. By Kate Reich On Sept. 24, 523 years after SISTERSVILLE -- Gray skies and a Ch ri st op h er oC lubmu s ’ in it ial bit f o l e z i zdr ’t didn top s e th cr dsow voyage of discovery, the repli- from ingatendt s thi s ’ ear y l e r b Ma cas of two of the three ships Festival. she wrote about passed by this The 16th annual Sistersville Marble region as they sailed up the Festival saw a record number of ven- Ohio River to stops in Wheel- (below), built and owned by the teach people to understand and dors lining the streets. Up and down ing and Pittsburgh. Columbus Foundation, are trav- appreciate our shared heritage eling museums intended to help The Nina (above) and the Pinta and history. several streets of downtown there were marbles as far as the eye could Regardless of the current trend see. The smell of hamburgers from to cast a different and negative food trucks drifted between the dis- ht lig on bus’ lum Co es, ag oy v plays of antique marbles and crafts these small wooden ships are a for sale. Kids gave the marble tour- testimony to the courage and nament a try for a shot at going on to tenacity of the man who is cred- state and national championships. d ite ith w ”er ingovi sc“d t he ew N For many attending the Marble Fes- World and whose undisputed al tiv, ’s it a nce cha t o eet m up h i wt legacy is, well, all of us. With- old friends and make new ones. out Columbus our culture and Some make marbles, while others our country would certainly not sell. However, many cited similar exist in its present form. ons reas hyw ’slleiSeristsv l eMarb One of the people who came Festival has become one of their down to the dock in Sistersville favorites. Brett Young is one of the partners Continued on page 8 Continued on page 5 Event will celebrate Hannibal locks, dam INDEX The Monroe County Bicentennial Committee contin- The construction of the locks was completed in 1973 Familiar Faces: Did Slider of ues tingral ebce “200 ears y and ” tingcoun rom f prilA while the dam was completed in 1975 by the U.S. d’i D s Designs 3 2015 through April 2016 in Monroe County, Ohio. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District of the Marblefest 5-7 Mitchell Schumacher, Monroe County Commissioner Ohio River System. According to Lock Master Scott ar : Edg e T “h al nib an H s ock L and am D ally annu St Marys teen 6 and director of the Monroe County Bicentennial ittee, m omC i d, sa r Tethe“og h i wt t orsupp of t he io h O transverse approximately 4,500 commercial vessels, Oil & gas briefs 9 with 40 million tons of cargo (70 percent being coal) Valley River Museum, employees of the Hannibal Events 10-12 plus additionally, an estimated 300 pleasure craft, as Locks and Dam, Monroe County Historical Society, Monroe County Parks District, Ohio Township Trus- well as historical vessels such as the recent military Water conservation 13 LST 325, the Nina and Pinta replicas, and excursion tees and local riverfront community residents, plans Harvest Festival 14-15 boats, such as the American Queen, lock through. are being developed for a ceremony recognizing the The Hannibal Locks and Dam has more commercial Help wanted ads 15-16 40th anniversary of the U. S. Army Corps of Engi- o.” athiannil, O H baam D s and ck al Lonib s’ an neer H Continued on page 13
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