Timeline of Wheeling, West Virginia

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Wheeling, West Virginia, US.

18th century

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  • 1769 – Wheeling founded by Ebenezer Zane.[1]
  • 1774 – Fort Fincastle built.[2]
  • 1777 – September: Siege of Fort Henry "by a large force of Indians."[3]
  • 1782 – September: Attempted siege on fort by "about 40 British regular soldiers and about 250 Indians."[3]
  • 1793 – Town grid laid out.[2]
  • 1795 – Town incorporated.[2]
  • 1797 – Wheeling becomes seat of Ohio County.[4]
  • 1798 – Shepherd Hall (residence) built.

19th century

  • 1806 – George Miller becomes town mayor.
  • 1807 – Wheeling Library Company founded.[5]
  • 1814 – Linsly Institute for boys founded.[6]
  • 1817 – Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge built.
  • 1818
    • National Road begins operating.[1]
    • Va. North-Western Gazette newspaper begins publication.[7]
  • 1821 – Glass manufacturing begins.[3]
  • 1834 – Wheeling Water Works established.[8]
  • 1836
    • City chartered.[2][3]
    • Moses W. Chapline becomes city mayor.[9]
  • 1840 – Population: 7,885.[10]
  • 1848 – Wheeling Female Academy and Wheeling Lyceum[5] established.
  • 1849
    • Wheeling Suspension Bridge opens.[4]
    • Nail manufacturing begins.[3]
  • 1850
  • 1852 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad built.[4]
  • 1853
  • 1859 – Wheeling Library Association established.[5][12]
  • 1860 – Population: 14,083.[10]
  • 1861
  • 1863
  • 1865 – St. Joseph's Academy for girls established.[6]
  • 1866 – Greenwood Cemetery established.[15]
  • 1870
    • West Virginia capital relocated from Wheeling to Charleston.[1]
    • Population: 19,280.[10]
  • 1875 – Wheeling becomes capital of West Virginia again.[2]
  • 1879 – Bloch Brothers in business.[4]
  • 1880 – Population: 30,737.[10]
  • 1882 – Wheeling Public Library established.[12]
  • 1883 – Soldiers and Sailors Monument dedicated.[4]
  • 1884 – Ohio River flood.[16]
  • 1885 – West Virginia capital relocated from Wheeling to Charleston again.[1]
  • 1890
    • City Hospital established.[3]
    • Population: 34,522.[10]
  • 1897 – Cathedral Parish School built.
  • 1898 – March 26: Ohio River flood.[4]
  • 1900 – Population: 38,878.[10]

20th century

  • 1904 – Victoria Theater in business.
  • 1907 – March 15: Ohio River flood.[4]
  • 1910 – Population: 41,641.[3]
  • 1913 – March 28: Ohio River flood.[4]
  • 1915 – Rex Theater in business.[17]
  • 1917 – Liberty Theatre in business.[17]
  • 1922 – Lincoln Theater in business.[17]
  • 1926
    • WWVA radio begins broadcasting.[18]
    • Wheeling Area Historical Society founded.[19]
  • 1928
  • 1929 – Wheeling Country Day School incorporated.[1]
  • 1930 – Oglebay Institute established.
  • 1933 – Ohio County Public Library active.[12]
  • 1935 – Wheeling News-Register newspaper in publication.[7]
  • 1936
    • March 19: Ohio River flood.[4]
    • City centennial.[16]
  • 1937 – January 26: Ohio River flood of 1937.[4]
  • 1942 – December 21: Ohio River flood.[4]
  • 1950 – February 9, 1950: Senator Joseph R. McCarthy made the "Enemies Within" speech before the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club[20]
  • 1952 – October 23: US president Truman visits city during election campaign.
  • 1953 – WTRF-TV (television) begins broadcasting.[21]
  • 1955 – Fort Henry Bridge and Jesuit Wheeling College open.
  • 1970 – Wheeling Area Genealogical Society founded.[22]
  • 1976 – Wheeling Park High School established.
  • 1977 – Oglebay's Good Zoo established.[23]
  • 1983 – Alan Mollohan becomes U.S. representative for West Virginia's 1st congressional district.[24]

21st century

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Official Website of Wheeling West Virginia: Our History". City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: G. & C. Merriam Co., 1960, p. 1257, OL 5812502M
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Britannica 1910.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Timeline". West Virginia Encyclopedia. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. Retrieved June 26, 2016. + Wheeling timeline
  5. ^ a b c Davies Project. "American Libraries before 1876". Princeton University. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Patterson, Homer L. (1932). Patterson's American Educational Directory. Vol. 29. Chicago. hdl:2027/uc1.b3970358.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ a b c "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  8. ^ a b "City of Wheeling, West Virginia Historic Resources". City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Coniff 1901, p. 771: "Mayors"
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, U.S. Census Bureau, 1998
  11. ^ "Chronology of Catholic Dioceses: USA". Norway: Oslo katolske bispedømme. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  12. ^ a b c Charles A. Julian (2013). "Wheeling/Ohio County Public Library Chronology" (PDF). Wheeling: Ohio County Public Library.
  13. ^ "Wheeling History: Wheeling Hall of Fame". Ohio County Public Library. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  14. ^ a b c Federal Writers' Project 1941, p. 523: "Chronology"
  15. ^ "Wheeling History: Places of Wheeling". Ohio County Public Library. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Wheeling History: Events in Wheeling". Ohio County Public Library. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  17. ^ a b c d "Movie Theaters in Wheeling, WV". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  18. ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: West Virginia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
  19. ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "West Virginia". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). Rowman Altamira. ISBN 0759100020.
  20. ^ ""Enemies from Within": Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's Accusations of Disloyalty". History Matters. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  21. ^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: West Virginia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
  22. ^ "W. A. G. S. History". Wheeling Area Genealogical Society & Ohio County WVGenWeb. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  23. ^ Vernon N. Kisling, Jr., ed. (2001). "Zoological Gardens of the United States (chronological list)". Zoo and Aquarium History. USA: CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-4200-3924-5.
  24. ^ "West Virginia". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1983. hdl:2027/msu.31293104127141 – via HathiTrust.
  25. ^ "Wheeling city, West Virginia". QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  26. ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  27. ^ "Mayor-Elect Glenn Elliott Leads Fresh Faces For Wheeling", The Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV, May 11, 2016

Bibliography

published in 19th c.

  • J.B. Bowen (1839), Wheeling Directory and Advertiser, Wheeling: John M. M'Creary, Printer, OCLC 3456530, OL 23720924M
  • "Wheeling". Kimball & James' Business Directory for the Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: Printed by Kendall & Barnard. 1844. hdl:2027/chi.20799213 – via HathiTrust.
  • "Wheeling, Va.". Commercial Gazetteer and Business Directory of the Ohio River. Indianapolis: G.W. Hawes. 1861.
  • "Wheeling". Commercial Directory of the Western States. St. Louis: Richard Edwards. 1867.
  • "Ohio River: Wheeling". James' River Guide...Mississippi Valley. Cincinnati: U.P. James. 1871.
  • "Wheeling". Wiggins and Weaver's Ohio River Directory. Cleveland: Fairbanks, Benedict & Company. 1871.
  • J.H. Newton; G.G. Nichols; A.G. Sprankle (1879). "Wheeling: Past and Present". History of the Pan-handle: Being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia. Wheeling: J.A. Caldwell.
  • George E. Waring, Jr.; U.S. Department of the Interior, Census Office (1887), "West Virginia: Wheeling", Report on the Social Statistics of Cities: Southern and the Western States, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, pp. 87–92
  • "Wheeling" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (9th ed.). 1888.
  • White & Allen, ed. (1891). Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia. Printed by the West Virginia Printing Company.

published in 20th c.

  • John J. Coniff, ed. (1901). Laws and Ordinances for the Government of the City of Wheeling, West Virginia.
  • "Wheeling" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 586.
  • Charles A. Wingerter. History of Greater Wheeling and Vicinity. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1912.
  • Thomas Condit Miller; Hu Maxwell (1913). "Wheeling". West Virginia and Its People. New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.
  • "Wheeling". Automobile Blue Book. Vol. 3. New York: Automobile Blue Book Publishing Co. 1920. hdl:2027/pst.000052908583 – via HathiTrust.
  • Federal Writers' Project (1941). "Wheeling". West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State. American Guide Series. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781603540476 – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) + chronology
  • Kenneth R. Nodyne; Densis E. Lawther (1981). The Wheeling Area: An Annotated Bibliography. West Virginia University Library.
  • Minder, Mike. Wheeling’s Gambling History to 1976. Wheeling: Nail City Publishing, 1997.

published in 21st c.

  • Fones-Wolf, Ken, “‘Traitors in Wheeling’: Secessionism in an Appalachian Unionist City,” Journal of Appalachian Studies, 13 (Spring–Fall 2007), 75–95. JSTOR 41446778.
  • Duffy, Sean, & Rinkes, Paul, Wheeling: Then & Now. Mount Pleasant, S. Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2010.
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  • "History of Wheeling (timeline)". Wheeling National Heritage Area.
  • "Wheeling History". Wheeling: Ohio County Public Library.
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