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Stories of Appalachia

Stories of Appalachia

How Did a Steamboat End Up in a West Virginia Cornfield?

Stories of Appalachia · Nov 14, 2026 · 15:15

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In March 1910, floodwaters along the Ohio River carried the grand sternwheel riverboat Virginia far off course, into a flooded cornfield near Willow Grove, West Virginia. What should have been a routine operation to get the boat back into the water turned into months of futile effort that got national attention.

Crowds traveled for miles to see the sight of a massive riverboat stranded hundreds of feet from the Ohio River while crews struggled to free it, in the process making a disturbing discovery. 

It’s another one of the Stories of Appalachia.

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