I would love to visit Blennerhassett again Mary. My hope is that this will be the summer I get to come to Gallia County again, then I'll travel over to W.Va. to visit family and make a side trip there. I thought it was lovely, and could so imagine that mansion in such a place. Debra Mary Jean wrote: Debra, You need to go back there to visit if at all possible. The State of West Virginia has made the area into a State Park and has been able to collect some of the originals. There is a museum there also. You take a boat to the island from Parkersburg. It is a great days trip. Around that area many people know about it. School children know about it also and use it for history projects. My granddaughter won first prize in state history projects with her Blennerhassett project. Much history to be gathered there. You can get a lot of web sites by typing in and searching Blennerhassett. More has been done since I was there a number of years ago. Mary Jean Hall

Interesting story about the island. My inlaws live in Belpre, OH on the Ohio side of Blennerhasset Island. In the 1960s my father-in-law and I rowed to the island and wandered thru the thickets where the original mansion stood. We only found a few remaining limestone blocks from the orignal structure. My father-in-law said that many of the original building blocks had been carried off over the years. There was also an organized archaeological dig in process at that time to uncover the indian history. I recall the flora and fauna were immense. In recent years the raising of the river has eroded signficantly into the island resulting into the loss of huge sycamore trees. Henry S. Dillon ----- Original Message ----- From: <McNab2000@aol.com> To: <OHGALLIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:04 AM Subject: [OHGALLIA-L] Blennerhasset >I would love to visit Blennerhassett again Mary. My hope is that this will >be the summer I get to come to Gallia County again, then I'll travel over >to W.Va. to visit family and make a side trip there. I thought it was >lovely, and could so imagine that mansion in such a place. > > Debra > > Mary Jean wrote: > Debra, > You need to go back there to visit if at all possible. The State of West > Virginia has made the area into a State Park and has been able to collect > some of the originals. There is a museum there also. You take a boat to > the > island from Parkersburg. It is a great days trip. Around that area many > people know about it. School children know about it also and use it for > history projects. My granddaughter won first prize in state history > projects > with her Blennerhassett project. Much history to be gathered there. You > can > get a lot of web sites by typing in and searching Blennerhassett. More has > been done since I was there a number of years ago. > Mary Jean Hall > > > ==== OHGALLIA Mailing List ==== > Please remember that your topic must relate to genealogical research > in Gallia County, Ohio. > >