Manuel says he knows of one National Film Board film and a well known film taken by Lymon Morrison, who shot classic scenes of the Kootenay sternwheelers and railways in the 1940s and later.

Large sternwheelers lined the river’s edge, along the banks of Ohio Street, as festival director Jennifer Thompson welcomed area visitors, addressing the crowds of people with a simple message ...

Noah Fredrick and Kim Horn, both of Marietta, take a look at the sternwheelers on the Ohio River. DOUG LOYER Special to the Times The organizers of the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival were glued to ...

Sternwheelers are docked at Point Park this week in preparation for the first Riverfest on Friday and Saturday, one of several activities taking place this weekend in downtown Parkersburg.