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Author: James Thornton

OCPL’s Lunch with Book Feastures Author Alan Fitzpatrick

EventsNovember 5, 2024

Alan Fitzpatrick returns to discuss his latest book, Vengeance is Mine: The Untold Story of Bemino, Known as Killbuck. This frontier history book is about a most unusual and fierce Lenape warrior and shaman who ravaged...

‘Winter on the Plaza’ Returning to Downtown Wheeling

NewsNovember 5, 2024

Santa Claus is coming to town on Nov. 20! Jolly old St. Nick will be making an appearance at Winter on the Plaza, the City’s holiday tree lighting ceremony and kickoff to the Winter season. The event...

Gone Forever – Memories of The Hub Department Store

HistoryNovember 27, 2022

The department store was very popular in downtown Wheeling.

Gone Forever – A Neighborhood Known as Grandview Manor

HistoryNovember 6, 2022

When I grew up, I didn’t know what the Housing Act of 1937 involved, but it was legislation that appropriated funding for public housing. I...

Gone Forever – One. Two. Three Bridges Across the Ohio River

HistoryOctober 30, 2022

A historic story and photo series on the Steel Bridge, a span once in the city of Wheeling.

Gone Forever – Before I-70, There Was the Fort Henry Motel

HistoryMay 22, 2022

The Fort Henry Motel was located on U.S. Route 40, or National Road, in Elm Grove, and it seemed to be there during whole childhood.

‘Gone Forever’ – Why Did They Replace Ohio County Courthouse?

HistoryMay 1, 2022

There is not much you can say about this building except it is a shame it is gone forever and I could show many photographs, but I will try to keep it to a minimum.