@bazbt3 Aside from some very obscure historical things and unless you have an interest in turn-of-the century oil wells and riverboats, there's nothing to see.
Oh, if you are into archaeology and pre-historic cultures, there are numerous burial mounds (Moundbuilders) in the area.
It isn't exactly Disneyland.
@jws This project was specifically designed to funnel people away from town. Getting to town now is markedly more difficult than before.
// @bazbt3
@bazbt3 It speeds things up considerably ….if you aren't going to Parkersburg…Hence their present tourism ills. It was a breath-taking exercise in stupidity.
@bazbt3 Route 50 heads out towards Harrisville and others. It's by far the larger road. It intersects what used to be the main, downtown exit. US-47 heads towards the towns of Walker, Davisvillle, etc.
@bazbt3 People understood at the time what would happen. The government pushed for it anyway.
It is almost an annoyance to get to downtown now Used to be a simple matter of three exits on I-77. North-End, Downtown, Southside…And there was one outside of town for State Route 47.
I never get good news from my hometown.
A county commissioner, on Facebook, announces the cessation of funding for "the Art Center, the Actors Guild, a historic theatre, the Veterans Museum, the Homecoming Festival, the West Virginia Interstate Fair and Exposition, the Belleville Homecoming Festival, the Mid-Ohio Valley Multi-Cultural Festival, the Half-Marathon and others".
The reason is that a hotel tax used to pay for that stuff and the hotel business has died.
The reason it died is they completed a multil-multi million dollar road project that completely bypassed the damned city! People told them at the time, "This is bad". They replied, "It will be good for business. Trust us."
They had a hard enough time with tourism as it was.
Parkersburg: We were really something before the trains came and caused the river traffic to die off.
Parkersburg: It's not a sandbar over there. It's an island where people plotted to overthrow the government once. And it has arrowheads and stuff.
Parkersburg: If you can navigate the bypass to reach us, good on you!
I could go on at length about that town but I will spare you.
@jws I've always held that opinion about web stuff. It came out of the oven still doughy.
// @nitinkhanna