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The first event to be called the State Fair occurred in Wheeling on February 1, 1881. [1] The Lewisburg fair evolved from local events that date back to 1854. World War I caused the 1917 & 1918 fairs to be cancelled. In 1941 the state government declared it to be the official State Fair. However, World War II forced cancellation of the event ...
Thomas Sweeney was born in Armagh, Ireland to Thomas Sweeney and Sarah Ann Campbell.His family emigrated to the United States when he was a child. He and his brothers Michael, Campbell and Robert Henry Sweeney lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and by 1830 settled near the important Ohio River port of Wheeling in what was then Ohio County, Virginia.
A Second Wheeling Convention included 32 western counties, Alexandria and Fairfax County. [1] Twenty-nine of the convention delegates were members of the Virginia General Assembly as state delegates or state senators, such as John J. Davis of Harrison County and Lewis Ruffner of Kanawha County. [2]
State Fair Grounds, Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. ABA and world light-heavyweight titles at stake; (via KO only) 219 Win 151–37–31 Clay Turner NWS 8 Aug 11, 1919 Open-Air Arena, Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. 218 Win 150–37–31 Jim Tulle KO 1 (10) Aug 9, 1919 Tully Coliseum, Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. 217 Win 149–37–31 Ed Kinley ...
1859 – Wheeling Library Association established. [5] [12] 1860 – Population: 14,083. [10] 1861 January: Andrew J. Sweeney becomes mayor. [9] [13] May: First Wheeling Convention held. [14] June: Second Wheeling Convention held. [14] 1863 June 20 Wheeling becomes capital of the new state of West Virginia. [2] West Virginia Legislature ...
A formal state of war between the two sides persisted for another seven months, until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles with Germany on 28 June 1919. The US Senate did not ratify the treaty despite public support for it, [ 217 ] [ 218 ] and did not formally end its involvement in the war until the Knox–Porter Resolution was signed on 2 ...
German revolution of 1918–1919 (post ww1 part) Russian Civil War (only parts related with World war I) Estonian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Latvian War of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of 1918–1919; Lithuanian Wars of Independence (1918-1920) Soviet westward offensive of ...
Wheeling Warehouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 20 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures. They are warehouses and commercial style buildings and structures between Main Street and the Ohio River. All of the buildings date to the late-19th ...