Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center

08/30/2026

The riverboat captain is a storyteller. Captain Don Sanders shares the stories of his long association with the river — from discovery to a way of love and life. This a part of a long and continuing…

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

Can’t wait to see you all at movie night tonight!!

08/29/2026

WE’RE LOOKING FOR BOAT HATS!

The Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center is looking for old or new hats with a river, boat, towboat, steamboat, or marine-related theme to become part of a new museum exhibit!

Do you have a hat from a boat company, towboat company, marine business, river event, or anything featuring a boat or river-related logo or image that you’re willing to donate?

We have a fun idea for displaying them: we want to string the hats together and hang them from one of the rafters inside the museum, creating a unique and colorful display celebrating the people, companies, and vessels that have been part of life on the Ohio River.

If you have hats you’d like to donate, please let us know! We can make arrangements to pick them up, or you can drop them off at the Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center, and one of our employees will make sure they are safely stored until we have enough to create the display.

Whether it’s one hat or a whole collection, we’d love to give it a place in our museum and help tell the story of the river through the things people wore while working and living along it.

Help us fill the rafters with a little piece of River history!

Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center

08/29/2026

The American Heritage sternwheeler passing by our mum field in Mason, WV yesterday morning. Photo taken by Ashley Riffle.

08/28/2026

08/27/2026

Late evening arrival of the P/V AMERICAN HERITAGE docked at the Belpre (OH) Shrine Club. Photograph by Todd Hanson 8/23/2026 for

08/27/2026

Remembering Donald Eugene Waldie

The Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center extends our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Donald Eugene Waldie, who passed away at the age of 91.

Donald was a lifelong member of the Point Pleasant community and a man who dedicated much of his life to serving the community he loved. He was a graduate of Point Pleasant High School’s Class of 1952 and spent 42 years of his working career in sales and marketing with Kaiser Aluminum and its successor companies in Ravenswood.

His commitment to his community was evident in the many ways he served, including his time on Point Pleasant City Council, six years on the Mason County Board of Education, and many years as a registered football and basketball official in West Virginia and Ohio.

Donald was also a member of the Board of the Point Pleasant River Museum. We are grateful for the time, knowledge, and support he gave to the museum and for his part in helping us preserve and share the history of the Ohio River and the Point Pleasant community.

Beyond his many accomplishments and years of service, Donald will be remembered as a husband, father, grandfather, community servant, and friend.

The Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center is honored to have had Donald as a member of our board and will remember him as part of the museum’s history and legacy.

Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him.

Rest in peace, Donald. Thank you for your service to our community and for helping us preserve its story.

View Donald Eugene Waldie's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

08/26/2026

NEW SHIRTS ARE HERE!

Show your support for the Point Pleasant River Museum & Lakin Ray Cook Learning Center with our brand-new shirts.

$25 each
Sizes Small through 4XL

Every purchase helps support the Museum and our mission to preserve and share the rich maritime history of the Ohio & Kanawha Rivers and the communities that have depended on them for generations.

Stop by the Museum and pick up yours while supplies last.

Wear the history. Support the Museum. Keep the River’s Story and the Legends Alive.

08/26/2026

Cannot wait!