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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 ...
HABS No. WV-276, "184 Zane Street (House)", 7 photos, 5 data pages, 4 photo caption pages Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-2, " Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40 ", 56 photos, 10 color transparencies, 4 measured drawings, 31 data pages, 5 photo caption pages
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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 ...
HABS No. WV-187, "William T. Zink Double House, 2206–2208 Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 5 photos, 1 color transparency, 1 measured drawing, 7 data pages, 2 photo caption pages; HABS No. WV-258, "William Mueller Store, 2242 Eoff Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 3 photos, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page
Wheeling Historic District, also known as the Wheeling Central Business District, is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 205 contributing buildings in the central business district of Wheeling. It includes the site of the original location of Fort Henry.
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.
West Virginia Independence Hall is a historic government building at 1528 Market Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, United States.It was built in 1860 under the supervision of architect Ammi B. Young for the federal government as a custom house, post office and courthouse.