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WHEELING , a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Ohio county, See also:West See also:Virginia, U.S.A., on the See also:east See also:bank of the Ohio See also:river, at the mouth of Wheeling See also:Creek, 66 m. (by See also:rail) S.W. of See also:Pittsburg. Pop. (1890) 34,522; (1900) 38,878, of whom 1o66 were negroes, and 5461 were See also:foreign-See also:born, including 3106 Germans and 876 Irish; (191o, See also:census) 41,641. See also:Area, 3.2 sq. m. Wheeling is served by the See also:Baltimore & Ohio, the See also:Pennsylvania and the Wheeling & See also:Lake See also:Erie See also:railways, by the See also:belt See also:line of the Wheeling Terminal See also:Company and by interurban electric lines. Wheeling is the largest city in West Virginia, and commercially the most important See also:place on the Ohio river between Pittsburg and See also:Cincinnati. It is built on a narrow See also:strip of bottom See also:land, between the river and steep hills, at an See also:elevation of about 64o ft. above tidewater. Between the mainland and Wheeling (formerly Zane's) See also:Island, which forms a See also:part of the city, there are a suspension-See also:bridge, which has a span of 1o10 ft., and a See also:steel bridge, and from the island across the back river channel there are two See also:bridges to the Ohio See also:shore, one from the See also:middle of the island to
See also:Bridgeport on which the Old See also:National Road crosses the river, and the other from the See also:northern end of the island to See also:- MARTIN (Martinus)
- MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
- MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
- MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
- MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
- MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
- MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
- MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
- MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
- MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
- MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)
Martin's See also:Ferry, Ohio. A fifth bridge connects Wheeling with See also:Bellaire, Ohio. Wheeling has a public library, containing 23,261 volumes in 1909. Near the city is the See also:Mount de Chantal See also:Academy (See also:Roman See also:Catholic) for girls, and in Wheeling is Linsly See also:Institute, a secondary school for boys. The See also:principal public buildings are the See also:Custom-See also:House and See also:Post-See also:- OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")
Office, the City See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall, a High School, a Y.M.C.A. See also:building and a Scottish Rite See also:Cathedral. In the city are a City See also:Hospital (private, 1890) and the Wheeling Hospital (under the Sisters of St See also:Joseph, 1853). On the National Road there is a See also:monument to See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Clay; and in the City Hall Square is a Soldiers' Monument. By See also:reason of its situation on the Ohio river Wheeling js an important See also:shipping and distributing centre, and it has various important manufacturing interests. Its factory products were valued in 1905 at $23,297,475. The See also:chief See also:industry is the manufacture of See also:iron and steel, which in 1905 gave employment to more than 34% of the city's wage-earners, and yielded more than 46% of the See also:total value of its products. The manufacture of nails, begun here in 1849, was for many years of See also:great importance. Other products in 1905 were slaughtering and See also:meat products, $1,812,348; See also:malt liquors, $1,541,185; See also:tobacco and cigars (especially stogies), $1,161,594; foundry and See also:machine-See also:shop products, $709,376; See also:lumber and planing See also:- MILL
- MILL (O. Eng. mylen, later myln, or miln, adapted from the late Lat. molina, cf. Fr. moulin, from Lat. mola, a mill, molere, to grind; from the same root, mol, is derived " meal;" the word appears in other Teutonic languages, cf. Du. molen, Ger. muhle)
- MILL, JAMES (1773-1836)
- MILL, JOHN (c. 1645–1707)
- MILL, JOHN STUART (1806-1873)
mill products, $685,861; pickles, preserves and sauces, $676,437; See also:glass, $508,145; and pottery. Glass was first manufactured here in 1821. See also:Coal is found in abundance in the surrounding region, and also natural See also:gas, which is much used as See also:fuel in the manufacture of iron, steel and glass.
The first See also:settlement here was made in 1770 by See also:Colonel Ebenezer Zane (1747-1811), and his See also:brothers, See also:Jonathan (one of the founders of See also:Zanesville, Ohio) and See also:Silas, who in the autumn of that See also:year made their way to this point from their See also:home in Virginia, and took See also:possession of claims at the mouth of Wheeling Creek. Other settlers came soon afterward, and in 1774 a strong stockade fort was erected within the See also:present limits of Wheeling —at the See also:top of See also:Main See also:Street See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill. Until 1776 this fort was called Fort Fincastle in See also:honour of See also:Lord See also:Dunmore, See also:Viscount Fincastle, See also:governor of Virginia from 1771 to 1776. After 1776 it was called Fort Henry, in honour of See also:Patrick Henry. During this See also:period the See also:Indians were hostile, and the settlers were frequently forced to take See also:refuge in the stockade. On the 1st of See also:September 1777 the fort was attacked by a large force of Indians and 15 of the whites were killed; during this attack, when the See also:ammunition of the defenders had failed, See also:Elizabeth Zane (c. 1759-1847), a See also:sister of 'Ebenezer, brought under See also:fire a keg of See also:powder from a house sixty yards from the fort. In September 1782 the fort was unsuccessfully besieged for two days by a force of about 40 See also:British See also:regular soldiers and about 250 Indians. The See also:town was laid out by Colonel Zane in 1793, was incorporated in 18o6, and was chartered as a city in 1836. It was designated as the See also:capital of the " restored See also:government of Virginia " in 1861, after the See also:secession of Virginia at the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War, and was the capital of West Virginia from 1863 to 1869, and again from 1875 until May 1885.
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