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    Wheeling
    Wheeling
    Wheeling
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    Wheeling

    By William A. Carney Jr. and Brent Carney

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    When most people think of Wheeling they remember Independence Hall and the birth of West Virginia, but Wheeling's history goes back even further to the frontier legends of Lewis Wetzel and Maj. Samuel McColloch. Images of America: Wheeling includes photographs of both Wetzel's cave and Major McColloch's smoke house, as well as a multitude of historic photographs depicting the way life used to be in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.Famous visitors such as Babe Ruth, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles Lindbergh, President John F. Kennedy, actress Sarah Bernhardt, and Buffalo Bill are featured. Within these pages memorable snapshots document some famous moments in the history of the 20th century, such as when President Eisenhower decided to keep Senator Nixon on the ticket at the Ohio County Public Airport and Sen. Joseph McCarthy's famous speech about Communists in the State Department at Wheeling's McLure Hotel. However, the real stars of this book are Wheeling's own buildings, industries, and people, from machine workers on the job to millionaires at play. A chapter devoted to the African-American experience in Wheeling includes Center Market's slave auction block as well as an image of the great jazz saxophonist Leon "Chu" Berry. This collection highlights some of the horrific natural disasters that occurred at the turn of the century as well as Wheeling's Victorian architectural treasures, which were erected during the same era.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439629482
    Wheeling
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    William A. Carney Jr.

    Authors William A. Carney Jr. and Brent Carney have gathered many never-before-seen images in this charming retrospective, a companion to their first Arcadia volume, Wheeling in Vintage Postcards.

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      Wheeling - William A. Carney Jr.

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      INTRODUCTION

      The former Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neill once famously quipped that All politics is local. His statement touches on the fact that broad national legislation is judged through the prism of how it affects one’s immediate, local situation. After working on this book, we have come to believe that All history is local. While collecting the hundreds of photographs for this book, we have come to realize that people from Fulton view Wheeling’s history differently than someone from Elm Grove or Bethlehem. Each town has singular experiences, industries, and stories to tell. Everyone had a piece of Wheeling’s puzzle and most knew of a friend of a friend who had a great photograph. Some of the most unusual photos came not from the major studios, but from the friend of a friend. Most of these people understandably cherish these visual treasures. A college study asked people if they could only take one thing from a burning house, other than a living being, what would that be? The number one answer was my photos. After writing this book, we now understand why. Local photographs say more than this is me at Myrtle Beach. They tell about family and friends, businesses and buildings that are no longer. They tell of the way we once lived, dressed, and worked. More importantly, they capture the journey of Wheeling to present day. Many of the photographs in this book will be familiar to our historians but many have only been seen by a small group of people. We tried to strike a balance between showing some of the best images for those unfamiliar with the Brown and Kossuth collections, and surprising those who think they have seen it all. No one has seen all of Wheeling’s photographs. That is a testament not to a lack of diligence in our pursuit, as the Acknowledgements will testify. But rather, it shows that Wheeling’s photographic history is so rich and so deep that it is practically unfathomable. We have only scratched the surface with this book and its sister book: Wheeling in Vintage Postcards. In the first book, we focused on buildings, streets, and parks. Those were the central themes in early 20th-century postcards. In this second work, we are looking at Wheeling’s greatest resources—the people. The purpose of these two books is only to add a few more chapters to the voluminous history of our beloved city. The mission of this work is to show that America is not a simple meal of 50 different states, but rather, is a complex bouillabaisse consisting of thousands of different neighborhood ingredients. It is this uniquely American quality which gives our city, our state, and our country its rich flavor.

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      WHEELING’S AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

      MARKET HOUSE. The Market House was built for $690 on the corner of 10th and Market Streets. The Town Hall, on the second floor, rented rooms and slaves were sold at the west end of the market. People were called to the grotesque human auction by a large bell. At the west end of the market (pictured right) stood a wooden movable platform about two and a half feet high and six feet square, approached by some three or four steps. From this site, the auctioneer sold slaves, which would probably be taken west along the National Road or north along the Ohio River. A whipping post was also reportedly near the site. (Courtesy of Margaret Brennan.)

      AUNT MARY, FORMER SLAVE, 1898. This 102-year-old woman was a slave and nurse to the Chapline family of Wheeling. When her master became afraid that his family heirlooms would be stolen, Aunt Mary buried them in a secret location. Years later she revealed the location of her master’s sword, medals, and Wedgewood vases. (Courtesy of Margaret Brennan.)

      KU KLUX KLAN FUNERAL, 1920. This Klan funeral took place at the Stone Church Cemetery. The KKK harassed the black community in Wheeling as it did in the rest of the country. (Courtesy of John Weitzel.)

      PARSONS BLOCK, 26TH AND MAIN STREETS, JULY 1949. Wheeling’s Black History Census Statistics are listed below. In 1787, the statistics for Virginia, Ohio County (includes Marshall and some of Tyler Counties), were the following: 67 slaves over the age of 16, 70 slaves under the age of 16, 1 freeman, and 48 owners of slaves. In 1810, statistics for the Virginia, Ohio County (includes Marshall and some of Tyler Counties), were the following: 56 free black persons, 440 slaves, and it is noted that many free black people were residing in the household of whites. (Courtesy of Gary Zearott, Zee Photo.)

      LEON CHU BERRY AND HIS NEIGHBORHOOD BAND, C. 1923. Chu Berry (1908–1941) was one of the world’s greatest tenor saxophone players, though not as well known due to his early death at the age of 33 in an auto accident near Conneaut Lake, Ohio. He played with Cab Calloway, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, and others. In 1984, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame and in 1998 honored at the Wheeling Hall of Fame. Coleman Hawkins said, Chu was about the best. When asked who his favorite

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