Early Travel in Kanawha County
Ferries, Stage Coaches, Taverns, and Houses of "Public Entertainment"
Many Kanawha County settlers were creating businesses related to stagecoach stands, ferries, and taverns almost from the time the county was first settled. In 1791, Thomas Lewis established the first ferries at Point Pleasant, across both rivers.
The records of Kanawha County in November 1796 mention ferries owned by Thomas Lewis on the Ohio and Kanawha …