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WHEELING’S SCULL and SHELL BOAT RACING and WHEELING BOAT CLUBS 1865 – 1900 by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Sep, 12, 2019
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In 1865, the Civil War had ended, soothing the entirety of America’s humanity. What was one to do now? Wheeling had the river, the magnificent Ohio River, and it would fit into the thoughts of “something to do now”. The colleges of Harvard and Yale in 1843 made use of the river, racing rowboats; making this […]
Read MoreWHEELING RETAIL GROCERS 1820 – 1920 by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on May, 25, 2019
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Ebenezer Zane Comes to Wheeling 1769, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Stores, Wheeling Streets, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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Today, Wheeling has Kroger and a Riesbeck’s Food Market, Sav-A-Lot, and a few convenient Convenience Stores where one buys groceries. Maybe today, that is enough stores to fill the need, but it wasn’t always so. A timely trend may be that you make your order from one of these stores and it will be delivered […]
Read MoreWHEELING ICE MAKING AND ICEBOXES by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on May, 23, 2019
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Steamboat book, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Streets, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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A listing for Ice in Wheeling finds ‘Louis Niebergall Ice Co., Inc.’ 4419 Eoff Street, Wheeling, WV. Over 100 years ago, in 1894, there was a listing: Louis Niebergall manufacturers “Pure Crystal Ice” at 4400 Water Street, Wheeling. The Ice plant has a capacity of 25 tons per day. We know we can find Ice […]
Read MoreWHEELING’S FIRST TELEPHONE 1879 by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on May, 20, 2019
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, John Bowman, Steamboat History, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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The TELEPHONE, A device nearly everyone everyday has in their hand, but this was the first telephone in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1879, a telephone line connecting two telephones was strung between the H.F. Behrens Co. grocery store at 2217 Market Street and their warehouse at 2219 Market Street. The novel invention, then just three […]
Read MoreBOOKS by WHEELING AUTHOR John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jan, 24, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Bellaire Ohio, Belmont County Ohio, Centre Market Wheeling, Civil War, Civil War Ironclad, Civil War Steamboat Model, Ferry Boat Ohio River, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Point Pleasant River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Steamboat WASHINGTON, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, Warwood West Virginia, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Stogie, Wheeling Streets, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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John Bowman Author, Historian, West Virginia History Hero and Steamboat Model Builder. John’s writings concentrate on Wheeling’s boat history. Wheeling began building boats, Barges, Bateaux, Flatboats, Keelboats, and Pirogues in 1774, the first Ohio River city to build boats, and the third settlement on the ‘Western Rivers’ to have a boat building industry. ‘Western Rivers’ […]
Read More2220 Market Street Wheeling Fremder-Treiber House
- JohnBowman
- on Dec, 06, 2018
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History
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In 1868, Edward Fremder a painter-glazer and recent émigré; along with his wife Anna Marie and mother Louisa Fremder from the Hessian area of Germany, built this two-story, four-room brick house on a lot Edward had purchased from the Caldwell’s in 1866. The rather unique separated front entries accommodated privacy for two families. Edward’s mother […]
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 MoreJOHN BOWMAN Wheeling, West Virginia
- JohnBowman
- on Aug, 24, 2016
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“CENTRE MARKET EVER CHANGING”
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 15, 2015
- CategoryCentre Market Wheeling, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History
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“CENTRE MARKET EVER CHANGING” A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE John and Glinda Bowman $7.00 Available on Amazon.com Books. Centre Market residents, John and Glinda Bowman wrote this book. It is the first book dedicated solely to Centre Market’s history and chronicles the building and rebuilding history of Centre Wheeling’s Market Houses. Listed are names of over 300 […]
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