Category Archives: Wheeling WV History
WHEELING MANUFACTURED PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO LEATHER ‘LEATHEROID’ INVENTED IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA by John Bowman 2018
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 23, 2018
- CategoryJohn Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Steamboat Birthplace, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Stogie, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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WHEELING MANUFACTURED PAPER AND TURNED IT INTO LEATHER ‘LEATHEROID’ INVENTED IN WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA by John Bowman 2018 Shelves of books with their Leather Binding’s look great but you just know that many of the books bindings aren’t really leather. Faux leather book bindings, and artificial leather that we find covering many products are manufactured […]
Read MoreBOAT BUILDING WHEELING’S FIRST MAJOR INDUSTRY Book by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on May, 11, 2018
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Steamboat WASHINGTON, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, Yates Marine Construction Co. Wheeling WV
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BOAT BUILDING WHEELING’S FIRST MAJOR INDUSTRY With Early WHEELING History Including Maps of Streets, Businesses and Dwellings CELEBRATING WHEELING’S 250th ANNIVERSARY Book by John Bowman $19.95 Available on Amazon.com Books, and at Wheeling’s ‘Artisan Center’. The Zane Brothers Founded Wheeling in 1769. A full and complete history of this is chronicled in the first part […]
Read MoreWHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA’S First Official TOWN ‘CLOCK and BELL’
- JohnBowman
- on Jan, 09, 2018
- CategoryGlinda Bowman, John Bowman, Steamboat Birthplace, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash
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WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA’S First Official TOWN ‘CLOCK and BELL’ John Bowman 2018. Source: Bowman, John “Bills of Lading Freight on Board Wheeling West Virginia” 2012 Wheeling, WV page 152, And…WHERE IS THE “CLOCK and BELL” NOW? CLOCK History: In 1835, the first official Town ‘Clock‘ of the city of Wheeling, Virginia (West Virginia) was placed […]
Read More“BONNIE BELMONT” Book by Judge John S. (Salisbury) Cochran,1907 with history by John Bowman 2017
- JohnBowman
- on Nov, 20, 2017
- CategoryBellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Civil War, John Bowman, Martins Ferry Ohio, Ohio, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History
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I believe this is a picture you will never see anywhere else…all three “BONNIE BELMONT” Editions together in one photo. “BONNIE BELMONT A Historical Romance of the Days of Slavery and the Civil War” Cochran, Judge John S. 1907, Wheeling, W. VA. Press of Wheeling News Lithograph Co. BONNIE BELMONT is perhaps is the […]
Read MoreSISTERSVILLE FERRYBOAT HISTORY by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Sep, 05, 2017
- CategoryClarington Ohio, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Monroe County Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Sistersville WV Ferry, Tyler County West virginia, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, Yates Marine Construction Co. Wheeling WV
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SISTERSVILLE FERRYBOAT HISTORY by John Bowman The Ohio Historical Highway Marker at the Fly Landing tells us that the Sistersville Ferry was in operation in 1815, other local histories tell us the Sistersville1 ferry was established in 1817. This we know for sure, January 28, 1818 the General Assembly of Virginia passed an act granting […]
Read MoreCENTRE MARKET HISTORY WHEELING WV originally Wheeling’s FIFTH WARD MARKET History and photos by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Aug, 31, 2017
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History
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CENTRE MARKET WHEELING WV originally Wheeling’s FIFTH WARD MARKET History and photos by John Bowman Excerpts from booklet: CENTRE MARKET EVER CHANGING by John and Glinda Bowman Wheeling, WV 2013 CENTRE MARKET’S, Fifth Ward Market Houses Architect Thomas Pope designed the 1853 ‘Upper Market House’ building in the ‘Greek Revival’ style. The building, with a […]
Read MoreCENTRE MARKET WHEELING, WV WINTER SNOW SCENE
- JohnBowman
- on Aug, 31, 2017
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History
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CENTRE MARKET WHEELING, WV WINTER 2003 SNOW SCENE by John Bowman Excerpts from booklet: CENTRE MARKET EVER CHANGING by John and Glinda Bowman Wheeling, WV 2013 CENTRE MARKET’S, Fifth Ward Market Houses Architect Thomas Pope designed the 1853 ‘Upper Market House’ building in the ‘Greek Revival’ style. The building, with a dirt floor was open […]
Read More“INLAND RIVER RECORD” 1945 Book by Way, Frederick, Jr. History by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 15, 2017
- CategoryBelmont County Ohio, Clarington Ohio, John Bowman, Monroe County Ohio, Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Uncategorized, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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“INLAND RIVER RECORD” 1945 Book by Way, Frederick, Jr. History by John Bowman INLAND RIVER RECORD 1945 Way, Frederick, Jr. Steam and Diesel Vessels of the Mississippi River System in Operation as of March 1, 1945 Compiled by Frederick Way, Jr. 1945 121 River Avenue Sewickley, Pa. Sewickley Printing Shop, Inc. 148 pages 5 ½” […]
Read MoreMOUNDSVILLE FERRYBOAT “PAM” built in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1958 and named for Pam Ruble by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 15, 2017
- CategoryBelmont County Ohio, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, Moundsville WV Ferry, Ohio, Steamboat Birthplace, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, Yates Marine Construction Co. Wheeling WV
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PAM was built by YATES MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO. (Yates, Jack) in Wheeling, (Wheeling Island) West Virginia in 1958 as a steel-hulled single prop Diesel Ferry Towboat with a General Motors 3-71 100 hp diesel engine for Rosswell E. Ruble of Powhatan Point, Ohio, Rosswell named the boat for his daughter, Pam Ruble. Ruble owned the […]
Read MoreMOUNDSVILLE FERRYBOAT “RANDY” built in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1957 and named for Randy Ruble by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 15, 2017
- CategoryBelmont County Ohio, Clarington Ohio, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, Moundsville WV Ferry, Ohio, Steamboat Birthplace, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, Yates Marine Construction Co. Wheeling WV
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RANDY was built by YATES MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO. (Yates, Jack and Pluckebaum, Arthur) built RANDY in Wheeling, (Wheeling Island) West Virginia in 1957 as a steel-hulled single prop Diesel Ferry Towboat with a General Motors 3-71 100 hp diesel engine for Rosswell E. Ruble of Powhatan Point, Ohio. Rosswell named the boat for his son, […]
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