Built by the brewer, George Smith in the 1840s, the mansion had several owners before Earl Oglebay purchased the house and farm. When Mr. Oglebay died, he willed the house, the farm, and surrounding area to the people of Wheeling so long as they . . . — — Map (db m224529) HM
Ohio County. Formed in 1776 from West Augusta. Named for the river which bears an Indian name meaning “Beautiful River.” Scene of last battle of the Revolution, 1782. Visited by La Salle, Celoron, Gist, Washington, and later explorers.
. . . — — Map (db m9386) HM
Designed by federal architect Ammi B. Young for use as Custom House, Post Office and Federal Court. Constructed 1856-9 at cost of $96,918. Convention here in 1861 helped set stage for West Virginia Statehood. State’s first constitution approved . . . — — Map (db m34564) HM
Cannon made 1861 by Workmen of La Belle Nail Factory.
"Old Garibaldi"
Civil Way.
Fired after Spanish American War.
World War.
Wheeling, W.Va.
This cannon fired after the Persian Gulf War 1990-91.
Also fired to commemorate the . . . — — Map (db m176837) HM WM
Erected by the grateful Parish of
Our Lady of Mount Lebanon
in honor of those who served
their country and dedicated
to the memory of those who
gave their lives for our liberty
World War II
David Brice • Joseph Bryan • Nicholas . . . — — Map (db m83125) WM
The Pallas's cat is currently classified as near threatened, but populations are decreasing due to hunting for fur and medicinal usage. Their main food source, the pika, is considered a pest and is often poisoned to control its population. The . . . — — Map (db m196433) HM
The mighty Pennsylvania Railroad rolled into Wheeling on February 24, 1878. It provided access north to Pittsburgh and south to Parkersburg for Wheeling's industrial products. It also enabled Wheeling's farmers and manufacturers to increase trade . . . — — Map (db m71171) HM
A project of the Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission, it was Wheeling's first contemporary art installation. Built as temporary - all the sculptures have been re-purposed and placed around town after the park was dismantled. Artists included . . . — — Map (db m224370) HM
The fastest land animal is becoming one of the fastest to disappear! Cheetah once roamed throughout Africa and into eastern India. Today, they are found in less than 1/4 of their original range. It is estimated that the population of wild cheetah . . . — — Map (db m196446) HM
Born 1831 in Washington, PA. she moved to Wheeling with her family in 1836. The early industry of the city served as a major influence in her later writings. In 1861, The Atlantic Monthly published her most acclaimed work. Life in the Iron . . . — — Map (db m189418) HM
Red wolves are larger than coyotes, weighing 45-80 pounds. This elusive species is usually active at dawn and dusk. They hunt mostly white-tail deer and small mammals, such as rabbits or rodents. They have been known to travel up to 20 miles to . . . — — Map (db m196436) HM
Thanks to reintroduction efforts, about 40 red wolves reside in a wildlife refuge in North Carolina. however, they continue to face threats such as competition, disease transmission, and hybridization with coyotes, as well as habitat . . . — — Map (db m196440) HM
Robert W. Hazlett House
Built in 1887
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m176762) HM
Dairy goats include breeds such as Saanen and Nubian. Despite their small size, Nigerian Dwarf goats are occasionally utilized for their milk.
Goat's milk can be used in many ways ranging from specialty cheese and ice cream to soaps and . . . — — Map (db m196419) HM
Founded 1819
Erected 1866
Consecrated 1888
May the Gospel be preached, the Sacraments administered, and prayers and praises offered in this place, from generation to generation. — — Map (db m176796) HM
In 1882, German-born Henry Schmulbach started the Schmulbach Brewing Company in South Wheeling. To help promote his beer he built Mozart Park on the hill overlooking South Wheeling. It featured an incline, a roller coaster, bowling alley, and . . . — — Map (db m224427) HM
"A perfect road winds up the hillside, between banks of well-kept shrubberey, leading one at last out onto the hilltop, where is the vast and glorious lawn of Waddington. Thereon all are manners of beautiful trees, shrubs, fruits and flowers, . . . — — Map (db m139631) HM
Servals have the largest ears of any feline species in comparison to their body size! Being nocturnal, these large ears help them locate prey in complete darkness.
Although their populations are stable, their numbers are affected by the . . . — — Map (db m196445) HM
On this site stood Wheeling High School. The bricks and the mortar are gone, but the memory of her will linger on in the hearts of those who loved her. — — Map (db m83126) HM
Although the residents of the western part of Virginia owned far fewer slaves than their counterparts to the east, antebellum Wheeling was part of the social and political fabric of slaveholding Virginia. A slave-auction block stood at the . . . — — Map (db m71029) HM
Snow leopards are one of the least understood of the big cats, because their secretive nature and remote habitat make them difficult to study. Their exact numbers are not known, but it is believed there are a between 4,500 and 10,000 . . . — — Map (db m196422) HM
Waddington Farms was the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl W. Oglebay. Today the farm is one of the finest municipal parks in the country — Oglebay Park. The map above is from a plan created for Mr. Oglebay in 1909 for the proposed . . . — — Map (db m139622) HM
How do we decide which animals that we are going to get at the zoo? One way we make these decisions is through Species Survival Plans (SSP's). In 1982, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) developed a managed breeding program known as . . . — — Map (db m196420) HM
The first Stone & Thomas Department store was originally called the "Bee Hive." The store opened its doors in Wheeling in 1847 on Market Street and would become West Virginia's largest independent retailer. The business was started by Jacob C. . . . — — Map (db m223871) HM
The Athenaeum, once the biggest building in Wheeling, stood here. It was constructed in 1854, with three stories supported by cast-iron roof and floor beams. It served as an adjunct of the nearby Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station, to encourage . . . — — Map (db m71019) HM
Built in 1853-1854 for use as a theater, warehouse, and office space, it was the largest building in Wheeling at the time. During the Civil War, it became a Union military prison, mostly for the transitory holding of POWS and Southern sympathizers, . . . — — Map (db m167246) HM
This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
This structure has been
recorded by the
Historic American
Buildings Survey
of the United States . . . — — Map (db m176805) HM
The
Eckhart House
810 Main Street
is listed in
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1892
— — Map (db m176769) HM
West Virginia, born of a nation divided, was the setting for the first campaign of America’s Civil War. Although still part of Virginia in 1861, many citizens of the west remained loyal to the Union, rather than the Confederacy. By late May, Union . . . — — Map (db m198566) HM
This base and fluted columns are from the interior of the first St. Joseph Cathedral which stood on this site from 1849 until it was torn down in 1923. This base and column pieces were discovered in excavations under the Cathedral during the 1996 . . . — — Map (db m176804) HM
The Phillips House
Wheeling, West Virginia
1831
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m176780) HM
By authority of the State of West Virginia, to commemorate the siege of Fort Henry, Sept. 11, 1782, the Last Battle of the American Revolution, this tablet is here placed.
T.M. Garvin, W.W. Jackson, S. H. Gramm, } Comm.,
G.W. Atkinson, . . . — — Map (db m71096) HM
They arrived in Wheeling, April 13, 1853 to teach, nurse in hospitals, take care of orphans, and help the poor. They left Carondelet (St. Louis) Missouri by boat, traveling down the Mississippi River to Cairo, Illinois and then up the Ohio River to . . . — — Map (db m196365) HM
In June 1816, Henry Miller Shreve launched his steamboat "Washington" from Wheeling, where it was built. The boat represented a major shift from the Fulton-Livingston design of larger steamships. Its minimal draft made it particularly well suited to . . . — — Map (db m142393) HM
Site of 31 acre vineyard owned and operated by Father John Peter Kreusch (1818-88), German priest who served Saint Alphonsus German Catholic Church (1859-83). Vineyard, set circa 1862, yielded from 4,000 to 15,000 gallons of unadulterated altar wine . . . — — Map (db m64228) HM
In 1946, Walter P. Reuther became president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) and in 1952 became president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He is still seen as a working-class-hero in the struggle for economic and social justice. . . . — — Map (db m71222) HM
Born in Wheeling on September 1, 1907, fittingly just one day before Labor Day. Walter P. Reuther (1907-1970), went on to become one of the most innovative, influential, and charismatic labor leaders of the 20th Century. Walter Reuther's father, . . . — — Map (db m71223) HM
The Wheeling National Heritage Area preserves and celebrates the city's dramatic setting, resources, and history, including its role as the birthplace of the state of West Virginia during the Civil War.
A National Heritage Area is a part of . . . — — Map (db m176840) HM
In honor of the men and women who served in the armed services of our country, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice. — — Map (db m176842) WM
The first Wheeling Convention of the people of North Western Virginia was held here on May 13-15, 1861. The Convention was held to determine what action should be taken as a result of the secession of Virginia from the Union. It ended without a . . . — — Map (db m71013) HM
Indian word. Settled, 1769, by Ebenezer, Jonathan, Andrew, and Silas Zane. Fort Henry, once Fort Fincastle, built, 1774. Mail boats, 1794, National Pike, 1818, and B&O Railroad, 1852, combined with its iron mills to make Wheeling a great . . . — — Map (db m534) HM
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Arrived in Wheeling January 13, 1853
Ohio River Railroad
Incorporated in 1881
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway
Incorporated in 1868
Pittsburgh, Wheeling & Kentucky Railway . . . — — Map (db m196412) HM
"this was a considerable Village contains about fifty houses...it is situated on the east side of the river on an elevated bank; the landing is good, just below the town and on the side big Wheeling creek emtys itself into the . . . — — Map (db m71105) HM
The name Wheeling comes from the Delaware Indian word, Wihling, meaning “place of the skull” – Wih is the Delaware word for head and ling is their word for place. Legend has it that Native Americans were so angered by a white . . . — — Map (db m198420) HM
In April 1861, as Virginia debated seceding from the Union, Governor John Letcher instructed Wheeling Mayor Andrew Sweeney to seize control of this building. Sweeney defied Letcher's orders and secured the building for the United States. In doing . . . — — Map (db m200541) HM
Erected in honor of
Wheeling High School Students
who served their country
during World War II,
and dedicated to
the Glory of God
and the memory of those
who gave their lives
for freedom — — Map (db m83129) WM
Oldest hospital in the state, chartered March 12, 1850, thru efforts of Dr. S. P. Hullihen and Bishop R. V. Whelan. In 1853, located at 110, 15th St. by Sisters of Saint Joseph. Moved to this site in 1856. As Union Army hospital during Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m16255) HM
You are standing at the site of Wheeling Hospital during the Civil War. Local doctors and the Catholic Bishop Richard V. Whelen founded the hospital on March 12, 1850, 11 years before the war began. At first, the hospital was located in a . . . — — Map (db m189412) HM
At a meeting called in this building by Joselph H. Reass on March 1, 1919, was effected the first permanent organization of veterans of the World War which later became Wheeling Post No. 1 of the American Legion. At that meeting the following . . . — — Map (db m71014) HM
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, constructed by Charles Ellet, Jr. between 1846 and 1849, was the first long-span wire-cable suspension bridge in the United States. For many years it was the longest clear-span bridge in the world. The deck was . . . — — Map (db m535) HM
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, designed and erected by Charles Ellet, Jr., was completed in 1849. Known as the "Gateway to the West," the bridge was the first to cross the Ohio River carrying people and products to the West along the National Road. . . . — — Map (db m71038) HM
In 1816, with a strong interest in internal improvements, the legislatures of Virginia and Ohio authorized the formation of the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company (Belmont because the bridge company was to connect from Wheeling, Virginia to . . . — — Map (db m230968) HM
The Wheeling Wharf played a crucial role in bringing people and products to and from our growing city. The port has seen the arrival of visitors such as Lafayette, Meriwether Lewis, Mark Twain, and thousands of steamboat passengers. The port was . . . — — Map (db m71134) HM
The number of white-naped cranes is rapidly declining due to habitat loss and military activities.
Found in the wetlands, their habitat is declining due to agriculture, mainly farming rice and cattle.
Severe drought conditions in their . . . — — Map (db m196430) HM
During the Civil War, women helped the war effort in many ways, such as women's aid societies. These important organizations were formed to make and collect food, bedding, clothing, and other supplies for troops, and they provided help to soldiers . . . — — Map (db m189415) HM
The Wheeling National Heritage Area preserves and celebrates the city's dramatic setting, resources, and history, including
its role as the birthplace of the state of West Virginia during the Civil War.
A National Heritage Area is a part of our . . . — — Map (db m176839) HM
This historical landmark was
built and dedicated on May 30, 1923.
Warwood was annexed to the city of
wheeling on January 1, 1920, despite
the Warwood citizens vote against
annexation. In response to this
negative vote, the city built this . . . — — Map (db m176843) HM
Nearby are buried Lawrence Augustine Washington, his wife, Dorcas, and daughter, Emma Tell. Lawrence was the son of Samuel Washington, youngest brother of General Washington. Part of their original home is standing. — — Map (db m57256) HM
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