Is this an esoteric question? Does it matter? Yep, it matters in dollars, cents, and civic pride. I hope this story helps you win your next trivia game.
I always wondered about the state border between Huntington West Virginia and Chesapeake Ohio on the Ohio river. In my boyhood age (years before google and 1999) I just assumed the river was divided in half. I was wrong.
Headlines in those days were that the Chesapeake, Ohio police department hooked a body floating down the river within 10 feet of the Ohio rescuers standing on their Ohio shore. West Virginia said, no. Don't do it, that is our body. West Virginia sent ambulances, fire trucks, and everything else (mutual aid?) to recover the body that was laying in Ohio. It was gross.
I always wondered about the state border between Huntington West Virginia and Chesapeake Ohio on the Ohio river. In my boyhood age (years before google and 1999) I just assumed the river was divided in half. I was wrong.
Headlines in those days were that the Chesapeake, Ohio police department hooked a body floating down the river within 10 feet of the Ohio rescuers standing on their Ohio shore. West Virginia said, no. Don't do it, that is our body. West Virginia sent ambulances, fire trucks, and everything else (mutual aid?) to recover the body that was laying in Ohio. It was gross.
Wow, that's such an interesting illustration of how jurisdiction works on both sides. Thanks for sharing it with me and for reading the 981 Project.
Tamela