History Mystery trip stop # 1

After a brief pause for breakfast and to stretch our legs we re-boarded the coach and proceeded to stop number 1, the Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History and Blennerhassett Island.

The Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History located at 137 Juliana St, Parkersburg, WV is a great starting point before you take the ferry over to the island. The four-story brick building that houses the museum itself has an interesting past. The Starr Grocer Company built it for offices and as a warehouse in 1902. Not much has changed to the exterior façade over the years but the inside has been turned into three floors of intriguing archaeological and historical exhibits of the Blennerhassetts' and the area, extensive gift shop and video explaining the Blennerhassett’s story.