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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling is the county seat for Ohio County
Wheeling is in Ohio County
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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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