Category Archives: Glinda Bowman
WHEELING ICE MAKING AND ICEBOXES by John Bowman
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 MoreRUSSELL’S DADDY RAT© 1988 by Glinda Bowman
Now what I’m going to tell you is a true story, it’s about a black man that don’t get much glory. He found out you never take more than you need, and he learned a lesson from his one day of greed. Daddy Rat was an old man; he was jet black, he lived his […]
Read MoreTHE ZANE’S PATH TO WHEELING IN 1769 by John Bowman Celebrating in 2019 Wheeling’s 250th Anniversary
In the late summer of 1769, brothers Silas, Jonathan, and Ebenezer Zane left Red Stone Old Fort Pennsylvania, and traveled over a path, well known to frontier scouts, Indian traders and Indians alike, and made claim to land that would one day become Wheeling. The Zanes were not the first white men to lay claim […]
Read More2220 Market Street Wheeling Fremder-Treiber House
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 MoreWHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA’S First Official TOWN ‘CLOCK and BELL’
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 MoreCENTRE MARKET HISTORY WHEELING WV originally Wheeling’s FIFTH WARD MARKET History and photos by John Bowman
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
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 MoreGlinda Bowman “Meet Me In The Alley”
Glinda Bowman “Meet Me In The Alley” Glinda Bowman Author, (Miniature Perfume Bottle Books) Seamstress, and Business Owner Photo by Bennett McKinley Photography 2014
Read MoreGlinda Bowman and John Bowman Civil War Period Dress
Glinda Bowman and John Bowman dressed in Civil War Period Dress at West Virginia Independence Hall Wheeling, West Virginia. Dresses by seamstress Glinda Bowman
Read MoreWheeling Flood Wall
WHEELING FLOOD WALL Wheeling WV River History Eugene ‘Gene’ Long November 1, 1998 at his Wheeling Island Flood Wall Marks Gene Long at The Gene Long Family Center “Since 1868 Wheeling Island’s Own Town Hall” Eugene Long 1924-2011 Photos taken by John Bowman November 1, 1998
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