[95] For brief notes on the early history of Canonsburg and Washington, see Harris's Journal, notes 31, 32.—Ed.
[96] John Purviance opened up a tavern, soon after 1800, on the present site of this town on the old Wheeling Road. When the preliminary surveys made it certain that the National Road would pass that way, he laid out a town (1817), and advertised lots for sale. Claysville was incorporated in 1832.—Ed.
[97] For further information concerning Alexandria, consult Harris's Journal, note 33.—Ed.
[98] For the history of Wheeling, see A. Michaux's Travels, in our volume iii, p. 33 and note 15.—Ed.
[99] Sistersville, about thirty-five miles above Marietta, is now the river port for an oil-producing region; "great red oil tanks and smoky refineries are its chiefest glory." See Thwaites, On the Storied Ohio (Chicago, 1903).—Ed.
[100] For a description of Marietta at the beginning of the century, see A. Michaux's Travels, pp. 33, 34, and note 16.—Ed.
[101] For the Little Kanawha River, see Croghan's Journals, volume i of our series, note 98.
The site of Parkersburg was held under patent by Adam Parker, who in 1817 laid out the town. Incorporated in 1820, it grew but little until the discovery (1864) of petroleum in the immediate vicinity gave it new life, and it is now one of the wealthiest cities in West Virginia.—Ed.
[102] For the historical associations connected with the Hockhocking River, see Croghan's Journals, volume i of our series, note 99.—Ed.
[103] For Letart's Falls, see Flint's Letters, in our volume ix, note 54.—Ed.