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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12TC_brooke-county-ohio-county_Wheeling-WV.html
Brooke County(South Face)Formed in 1797 from Ohio County. Named for Robert Brooke, Virginia governor, 1794-1796. Here Alexander Campbell founded the Christian Church and established a college. First Grimes Golden apple tree in this county.
Ohio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12T9_the-washingtons_Wheeling-WV.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12T5_marshall-county-ohio-county_Wheeling-WV.html
Marshall County(North Face)Formed in 1835 from Ohio. Named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the unknown race which lived in the Ohio Valley centuries before the white man came.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQLQ_b-o-railroad_Wheeling-WV.html
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad reached Wheeling on Christmas Eve 1852 and was one of the best presents the city of Wheeling ever received. From that Christmas until the last "All Aboard!" was shouted on June 30, 1961, our city utilized this grand r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKW_oglebay-manson-musuem_Wheeling-WV.html
Former Waddington Farmresidence ofEarl William Oglebay1849 — 1926and Sallie Paull Howell Oglebay1856 — 1916Daughter Sarita Oglebay Burton1882 — 1930Grandson Courtney Burton, Jr.1912 — 1992
Waddington Farm was a giftFrom …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKP_the-defenders-of-the-union_Wheeling-WV.html
[Front Side of Monument]
Rich MountainAntietam, Gettysburg,Vicksburg, Cloyd MountainOpequan, Appomattox.
[Back Side of Monument]
They counted not theirlives dear unto them.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQIP_west-liberty_Wheeling-WV.html
First organized town in the Ohio Valley. Formed in 1787. First court of Ohio County met at Black's Cabin here in 1777. Near by is grave of Captain Samuel, hero of the Pennsylvania and Virginia frontiers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3P_independence-hall_Wheeling-WV.html
This building, erected as a Federal customs house in 1859, is known as West Virginia Independence Hall. Considered the birthplace of West Virginia, it is the site of a series of events that led to the state's creation in 1863.
In spring and sum…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3O_the-first-campaign_Wheeling-WV.html
West Virginia, born of a nation divided, was the setting for the first campaign of America's Civil War. Although still part of Virginia in1861, many citizens of the west remained loyal to the Union, rather than the Confederacy. By late May, Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3N_old-custom-house_Wheeling-WV.html
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 he…