DT Data Page #: 31

Newspaper: Daily Humboldt Times

Newspaper Date: 1/24/1878

Page #: 3

Item Type: Death report

Place: Orleans Bar

Text: William Burnell passed away on the 18th. He came in 1851 and established the first ferry at Orleans Bar. He also planted the first potatoes from which fact the Indians called "potato Wauqie". The lived at Martins Ferry.

Key Words: William Burnell, Martins Ferry

Microfilm Call # : MF 10