The Act of 1816 that established the Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Co. was amended by the General Assembly of Virginia on March 19, 1847. The amendment allowed for the sale of capital stock up to $135,000 and incorporated the Back Channel Bridge and easement across the Wheeling Island into the new company. In May of the same year, the Board of the bridge company invited Ellet and Roebling to submit their designs and cost estimates. However, the bridge company did not provide sufficient details for the bridge design, resulting in both men bidding on different structures. This was not unexpected, given the era's lack of a modern system for producing detailed contract documents. The Board asked Ellet and Roebling to revise their proposals for a direct comparison, and Ellet was ultimately appointed. Recently discovered sketches of their Wheeling bridge proposals showed a clear contrast between Ellet's bold 1000 foot span bridge and Roebling's more conservative design, which included river piers that would have been challenging to construct and posed obstacles to navigation and floodwater passage on the Ohio River. In all aspects, Ellet's design was superior, and the Board made a wise decision in choosing it.
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Marshall County was created from part of Ohio County on March 12, 1835. The Virginia General Assembly enacted "That all that part of the county of Ohio, lying south of a line beginning on the Ohio river at a stone to be fixed on the bank of the said river one half mile above the mouth of Bogg's run, thence a direct line to the northern boundary of the town of West Union, and thence continuing the same course to the Pennsylvania line, shall form one distinct and new county, and be called and known by the name of Marshall county." The county was named in honor of John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. Marshall County has an area of 240 square miles (https://rb.gy/jcw4nt). The Wheeling neighborhoods of Benwood and Mount Olivet lie mostly in Marshall County. Mozart partially lies in Marshall County. Sherrard lies fully in Marshall County (https://rb.gy/xng3ol).
The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania experienced a partial meltdown, causing concern for nearby residents in Wheeling and the surrounding areas about potential radiation exposure (1979).
187 years ago, on March 11, 1836, the General Virginia Assembly passed an Act of Incorporation that made the town of Wheeling, Virginia a city. The Governor of Virginia at the time, Littleton Waller Tazewell, signed the law into effect. (https://rb.gy/epmtql)
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Mike MinderMike Minder was born and raised in Wheeling, West Virginia. He is the author of Wheeling's Gambling History to 1976. Archives
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