A look at the history of an area in downtown Wheeling.

Gone forever from Wheeling.

Retail once thrived in downtown Wheeling.

A look back at a place no longer here.

The span remained in place for many years after train travel ended in Wheeling.

The Point Museum When you think of Wheeling Gone Forever, you don’t always think of people. But, one of my great friends, Chip West, along...

A history piece on the prominence of trains in Wheeling.

A history piece on an old record store.

It was once a popular destination for Wheeling residents.

Many people of my age might say they don’t remember this building, but as you can see in these photographs, there were many businesses within it over the years. Several bars were there, as was a laundromat and dry cleaner, offices, and even a bingo parlor.

There's even a stretch of Interstate 70 named for them.

It happens in every small city in the United States, and when a business closes or a building is torn down, the names, faces, and the experiences of the people that lived and worked within those walls are gone forever.