Description: Universum20_14 1859 Meyer print WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, #14 Nice view titled Wheeling in Virginia, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 25.5 x 17.5 cm, approx. image size is 15.5 x 10.5 cm. From Meyer's Universum, published by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen Germany. Wheeling, city, seat (1797) of Ohio County, in the northern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S., on the Ohio River (there bridged to Martins Ferry, Bridgeport, and Bellaire, Ohio). The site was settled in 1769 by the Zane family. The name Wheeling is supposedly derived from a Delaware Indian term meaning "head," or "skull," a reference to the beheading of a party of settlers. Ft. Fincastle, built there in 1774 and renamed Ft. Henry for Patrick Henry, was the scene (Sept. 11-13, 1782) of one of the last skirmishes of the Revolutionary War. Zane Grey wrote a novel (Betty Zane) depicting the legendary heroism of his ancestor who braved gunfire to carry powder from an outlying cabin during that siege. The town's growth in the early 19th century as the western terminus of the Cumberland Road and as a port of entry was further stimulated by the arrival of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (1852). A pro-Unionist centre in the American Civil War, it served as seat of the restored government of Virginia in 1861. The Wheeling Conventions (1861-62) led to the formation of West Virginia, and Wheeling was twice the state capital (1863-70 and 1875-85). The Greater Wheeling area, which includes Marshall and Belmont counties in Ohio, is well diversified industrially, with iron and steel works, coal and gas production, and a variety of manufactures including sheet metal, tinplate, glass, tobacco, pottery, and textiles. The city is the seat of Wheeling College (1954) and West Virginia Northern Community College (1972). Nearby are Bethany College (1840) and West Liberty State College (1837). Inc. town, 1806; city, 1836. Pop. (1990) city, 34,882; Wheeling MSA, 159,301.
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Date of Creation: 1800-1899
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