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HOW WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA GOT ITS NAME by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on May, 08, 2019
- CategoryEbenezer Zane Comes to Wheeling 1769, John Bowman, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, WV Independence Hall
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HOW DID WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA GET ITS NAME? 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.[1] Delf Norona, a […]
Read MoreWHEELING’S MINGO and GLADES INDIAN PATH by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Apr, 16, 2019
- CategoryEbenezer Zane Comes to Wheeling 1769, John Bowman, Ohio, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, WV Independence Hall
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INDIAN PATHS Regarding WHEELING and the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia Generally, Indians made cuts to the bark of trees creating a marked ‘Indian Path’, its long usage established a well-beaten path. The most thorough written material on “Indian Paths” comes from Wallace, Paul, A.W., “Indian Paths of Pennsylvania”. Delf Norona, “Eighteenth Century Paths, Roads […]
Read MoreSECESSIONISTS TICKET May 23, 1861 WHEELING, VIRGINIA by John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Apr, 11, 2019
- CategoryCivil War, Clarington Ohio, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Monroe County Ohio, Ohio Valley River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, 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, WV Independence Hall
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SECESSIONISTS TICKET May 23, 1861, the people of the state of Virginia ratified the Virginia Ordinance of Secession by a vote of 132,201 to 37,451. The Poll-book of Wheeling listed those who voted to approve the Ordinance of Secession and to secede from the Union.[1] [2] Wheeling persons voting to approve the ordinance of Secession […]
Read MoreWHARFBOATS AT WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA By John Bowman
- JohnBowman
- on Jan, 28, 2019
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Centre Wheeling South Wheeling, Ritchietown, Manchester Addition, Westview Addition, LaGrange, Fulton, Civil War, Civil War Steamboat Model, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Ohio Valley River Museum, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat book, Steamboat History, Steamboat Model, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Boat Building, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling Steamboat History, Wheeling Wharfboats, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's 250th Birthday Bash, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, WV Independence Hall
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You may wonder, what is a Wharfboat? A Wharfboat was a floating warehouse found moored (tied-up) at a waterfront. If you wanted to mail a letter, you took it to a Post Office. If you wanted to send something by train, you took it to the Railroad’s Depot. If you wanted to send an item […]
Read MoreWHEELING CANNON “Old Garibaldi”
- JohnBowman
- on Jul, 02, 2017
- CategoryCivil War, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, West Virginia History Hero, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, WV Independence Hall
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WHEELING’S “OLD GARIBALDI” Civil War CANNON by John Bowman “OLD GARIBALDI” was forged at Wheeling, Virginia’s La Belle Iron Works, Cut Nail Plant in 1861 and fired following the CIVIL WAR, the SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, the KOREAN WAR, the VIETNAM WAR, and the PERSIAN GULF WAR. The Cannon, named […]
Read MoreWHEELING or ROSECRANS CIVIL WAR AMBULANCE
- JohnBowman
- on May, 11, 2017
- CategoryBelmont County Ohio, Civil War, John Bowman, Ohio, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, Wheeling's Manufacturing History, WV Independence Hall
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Civil War Style Ambulance to be Displayed June 6, 2013 By SHELLEY HANSON , WVweb Save | RAYLAND, Ohio – A replica of a Civil War-era ambulance once built and used in Wheeling is slated to be on display June 20 at the West Virginia Welcome Center on […]
Read MoreSteamboat Stamp WASHINGTON
- JohnBowman
- on Dec, 28, 2016
- CategoryJohn Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat History, 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, WV Independence Hall
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STEAMBOAT WASHNGTON 1816 STAMP ISSUED MAR 3, 1989 In 1929, Garnett Laidlaw Eskew writes of Wheeling, West Virginia on page 32 in his critically acclaimed book, ‘The Pageant of the Packets, A Book of American Steamboating’: “We wonder if Wheeling knows she is the birthplace of the American steamboat. Is Midland America aware that it is […]
Read MoreWHEELING BUILT STEAMBOATS the Washington
- JohnBowman
- on Dec, 06, 2016
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Steamboat Birthplace, 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, WV Independence Hall
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Washington Henry Miller Shreve’s 1815 stern-wheel steam-powered Washington, built on the North bank of Wheeling Creek was the first steamboat built in Wheeling, Virginia. The Washington was one hundred and thirty-four feet in length and twenty-eight feet in width with two decks, the first double-decker steamboat. Washington had two high-pressure steam engines, the first on […]
Read MoreWHEELING BUILT STEAMBOATS the Liberty No. 2
- JohnBowman
- on Dec, 06, 2016
- CategoryAuthentic Steamboat Model, Civil War, Civil War Steamboat Model, John Bowman, John Bowman's Steamboat Models, Steamboat Birthplace, Steamboat Model, 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, WV Independence Hall
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Liberty No. 2 The side-wheel steam-powered packet Liberty No. 2 was built by the Wilson, Dunlevy & Wheeler Yard at Wheeling, Virginia in 1861 for Capt. Charles Booth. She replaced his 1857 Liberty, recently sold to the Mason City Coal Co. T. Sweeney & Co. of Wheeling placed her machinery. She was placed in the […]
Read MoreGlinda Bowman and John Bowman Civil War Period Dress
- JohnBowman
- on Dec, 06, 2016
- CategoryCivil War, Glinda Bowman, John Bowman, Uncategorized, W. Va. History, West Virginia, Wheeling, Wheeling Author, Wheeling Historian, Wheeling WV History, WV Independence Hall
- 70 Comments.

Glinda Bowman and John Bowman dressed in Civil War Period Dress at West Virginia Independence Hall Wheeling, West Virginia. Dresses by seamstress Glinda Bowman
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