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Food Fair, also known by its successor name Pantry Pride, was a large supermarket chain in the United States. It was founded by Samuel N. Friedland, and his brother George I. Friedland who opened the first store (as Reading Giant Quality Price Cutter) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania , in the late 1920s.
Ravenswood is located at (38.952922, -81.761357), [15] along the Ohio River at the mouth of Sandy [ 16 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 1.90 square miles (4.92 km 2 ), of which 1.83 square miles (4.74 km 2 ) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2 ) is water.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Ravenswood "Old Town" Historic District is a national historic district located at Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia.It encompasses 313 contributing buildings and two contributing structures, the Ohio River Rail Road Steel Pratt-through truss Bridge and Concrete bridge on State Route 68 over Sandy Creek.
In July 1863, the Battle of Buffington Island near Ravenswood became the only naval action in West Virginia. The 9th West Virginia supported the tinclad and ironclad naval vessels, and they and Union forces across the Ohio River captured 1700 Confederates and set the stage for the capture of CSA Major General John Hunt Morgan and ended his ...
Lemley-Wood-Sayer House is a historic home located at Ravenswood, Jackson County, West Virginia. It was built in 1871, and is a two-story, cruciform plan, Italianate style dwelling. It is constructed of brick and sits on a stone foundation.
US 33 crossing the Ohio River on the Ravenswood Bridge, viewed from Ravenswood, with the Ohio bank of the river in the distance Seneca Rocks, along US 33 in Pendleton County, West Virginia (Wood engraving "The Cliffs of Seneca" by David H.Strother, published in 1872) US 33 passes through Judy Gap (center), after descending the Allegheny Front (background; highest point is Spruce Knob) View ...
Ravenswood District, formerly Ravenswood Magisterial District, is one of five historic magisterial districts in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.The district was originally known as Gilmore Township, one of five civil townships established in 1863; the name officially became "Ravenswood" in 1871, and Jackson County's townships were converted into magisterial districts in 1872.