Author: Gibson Lamb CranmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens
Author: Gibson Lamb CranmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and Representative Citizens
Author: Gibson Lamb CranmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ohio County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
History of Wheeling City and Ohio County
Author: Gibson L. CanmerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780832846496
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 853
Book Description
Directory of the City of Wheeling & Ohio County
Author: Oliver I. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Directory of the City of Wheeling & Ohio County
Author: Oliver I. TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Sketch of the life of Brig. Gen. B. F. Kelley
Author: John B. FROTHINGHAMPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Chronicles of Border Warfare, Or, A History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that Section of the State : with Reflections, Anecdotes, &c
Author: Alexander Scott WithersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
The focal point of Chronicles of Border Warfare is the American settlement throughout the northwestern portion of colonial Virginia (an area which today encompasses parts of Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) from the French and Indian War to the Battle of Fallen Timbers, and the ensuing clashes with the indigenous population. -- From the publisher.
Illustrated History of the City of Wheeling, W. Va. and the Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly and Its Affiliated Organizations
Author: Ohio Valley Trades and Labor AssemblyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Legendary Locals of Wheeling, West Virginia
Author: Seán Patrick DuffyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781467100625
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From its founding as a frontier outpost through its role as the birthplace of a new state during the Civil War and its evolution into a manufacturing center, Wheeling has been home to a fascinating array of personalities. The old legends feature Betty Zane's bold dash to save Fort Henry and Samuel McColloch's daring leap on horseback from Wheeling Hill. Businessmen like Henry Schmulbach and Michael Owens contributed to Wheeling's industrial rise, while Augustus Pollack and Walter Reuther earned fame as friends of labor. And even as notorious men like "Big Bill" Lias capitalized on Wheeling's wide-open ways, community leaders like James "Doc" White worked quietly for racial justice. On local ball fields built in the shadows of steel mills, Wheeling's gritty sports heroes, like Chuck Howley and Rose Gacioch, demonstrated their athletic prowess. Notoriety in the arts was earned through the music of Doc and Chickie Williams and opera star Eleanor Steber as well as the works of writers like Keith Maillard and Marc Harshman, the current West Virginia Poet Laureate.
Mobsters, Madams & Murder in Steubenville, Ohio
Author: Susan GuyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625851014
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This true crime history chronicles more than a century in the life of a small Midwestern city with an outsized reputation for violence and vice. Gambling, prostitution and bootlegging have been going on in Steubenville for well over century. In its heyday, the city’s Water Street red-light district drew men from hundreds of miles away, as well as underage runaways. The white slave trade was rampant, and along with all the vice crimes, murders became a weekly occurrence. This revealing history chronicles the rise of Steubenville’s prodigious underworld from the 1890s to the modern day. By the turn of the century, Steubenville’s law enforcement seemed to turn a blind eye, and cries of political corruption were heard in the state capital. This scenario replayed itself over and over again during the past century as mobsters and madams ruled and murders plagued the city and surrounding county at an alarming rate. Newspapers nationwide would come to nickname this mecca of murder "Little Chicago."
