Paden City, 43 m. (630 alt., 2,281 pop.), an orderly and spacious river town, specializes in the manufacture of bottles. In 1790 Obadiah Paden patented 2,000 acres of hill and river bottom here and in succeeding years fathered 10 children, who in turn fathered the town.

Paden Island (R) was acquired by Obadiah, according to family tradition, through outscheming the Indian chief, Munsie, who lived on it. Munsie much admired and coveted a gun and powder horn ownd by Paden and one morning came to tell him how in a dream, these things had been presented to him by Paden. As Indian custom required that Paden make the dream come true, he did so but was very thoughtful for several days. A week later he told Munsie of a dream that he had had, in which the chief had given him the island. Munsie surrendered the island he loved, but told Paden no more of his dreams.

Source: Federal Writers' Project - 1941, Transcribed by C. Anthony

Paden City - Tyler and Wetzel Counties
Chartered by the circuit court under chapter forty-seven of the code, December 15th, 1916. Population 1,705; part in Tyler county 215; part in Wetzel county 1,496. No report on municipal officers for 1922.

Source: West Virginia Official Register, 1922, Compiled and Edited by John T. Harris, Clerk of The Senate.

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