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Black and white photo image of damaged buildings after the tornado.

Colorized photo image of rubble in the Ed Pyle Addition

Colorized photo image of the remains of a camping trailer blown across the road from Pyles Addition.

Colorized photo image of the National Guard Headquarters located at Spring Street and Gallia Pike in Wheelersburg.

Photo image of a typed bulletin thanking the National Guard in the aftermath of the Wheelersburg Tornado.

Colorized photo image of the National Guard Headquarters at the Baptist Camp Ground

Colorized photo image of Joe Thieken standing beside the jeep he drove during the relief effort after the tornado in Wheelersburg.
Under the photo:
"When he reported to his command at 11:00 PM, his commander told him he was the man he wanted since…

Black and white photo image of Hay's Grocery at the corner of Oak Street and Lick Run Road. This was a National Guard station after the tornado in 1968.

Colorized photo image of when the National Guard used bus for shelter one rainy night at Check Point of Lick Run and Dogwood Ridge in Wheelersburg after the tornado.

Scan of a newspaper article from the Herald Advertiser about the rebuilding of Wheelersburg after the tornado of 1968.

Scan of a newspaper article from the Columbus Dispatch with a map of Ohio with counties outlined in the center. Inside the counties are numbers denoting the number of tornadoes, deaths by tornadoes, and injuries by tornadoes for that county.

Scan of a Portsmouth Daily Times newspaper article telling about Wheelersburg rebuilding itself one year after the tornado. Article includes photos of the destruction and then the rebuilding process.