jewel of the Ohio
This one may be a little more familiar to you. You may have learned about this in elementary school or even went on a field trip there. I know I was in the fourth grade when I first heard about Blennerhassett island, we even went on a field trip to visit the island. Of course they didn't teach all of the details in school but I learned more about it over the years. The island sits in the Ohio river, between parkersburg, WV and Belpre, OH. Parkersburg's most famous residents were Harmon and Margaret Blennerhassett. They were immigrants from Ireland. Many came to America from Ireland in search of work and opportunity but not the Blennerhassetts. Harmon and Margaret were wealthy aristocrats and had other reasons for sailing to America. See, Harmon was Margaret's uncle and obviously everyone in their families disapproved of their marriage. They planned to start over somewhere new where no one knew about their situation. Apparently, they decided on America. They l