Saturday, May 8, 2021 (continued)
*On 9/6/1803, the Corps of Discovery neared Steubenville where they were able to hoist the sail for a short distance, but then had to hire a team of oxen to pull the keelboat over a riffle/gravel bar.*
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We entered Steubenville by crossing the Ohio River from Weirton, WV on Veterans Memorial Bridge (1979-1990), a cable-stayed bridge |
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We had a river-view room at the hotel! Veterans Memorial Bridge and the Steubenville Railroad Bridge (1926), a continuous Baltimore through truss bridge |
We were in Steubenville, OH on
4/10/2021, but today we checked out the murals that led to the nickname "
City of Murals."
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Stanton Park (2015?) |
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Medical Heritage |
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Look what they did to the Sinclair Building! (1914-1915 in Beaux-Arts style) |
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Drug Store |
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Honor Roll |
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Franciscan University (1989, by Alan Wylie) |
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Market Street (1986, by Michael Wojczuk) |
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Ladies of the Seminary |
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Sacred Heart of Mary (2016, by Ruston Baker) |
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Banking Pioneers |
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1897 Centennial Arch (1992, by Eric Grohe) |
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Ohio River Oil Company (by Robert Dafford) |
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"Hang on" Sloopy (by Ruston Baker) honors the inspiration for the song that became the official state rock song for Ohio anthem of the Ohio State University Marching Band |
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Tuskegee Warriors (2019, by Ruston Baker) honors Steubenville brothers Jerome and Ellis Edwards |
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Steel Memories (by Eric Grohe) |
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Stone Quarry |
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Steam Laundry (by Robert Dafford) |
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The River Reflects |
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Moses Fleetwood Walker (2018, by Ruston Baker) |
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Civil War Telegraph Office (2015, by Ruston Baker) |
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His First Deposit |
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Old Reliance Firehouse |
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Rotary Club |
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Dean Martin (1997, by Robert Dever) |
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Pioneer Days (1997, by Eric Grohe) |
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Life-size figures of the Rat Pack (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, Jr) decorate Scaffidi's Restaurant & Tavern where we had dinner |
Next: Lewis & Clark Trip Day 2.
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