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building in this photograph was home to W. H. H. Holswade's furniture store, located on
the south side of Third Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets. As was the custom at the
time, Holswade sold not only rocking chairs and kitchen tables, but also caskets and other
funeral goods.
In 1889, the Ohio again flooded a number of towns up and down the valley, including Park-
ersburg, West Virginia, shown here in a vintage photograph taken at Second and Ann
Streets. In the background can be seen Fort Boreman hill and a railroad trestle. The only
business that can be identified is the Hotel Watson. When the Ohio flooded in 1913, several
buildings in this section burned down to the water line.
