Today in Wheeling History: June 21—LaBelle Iron Works, Whitaker-Glessner Company, and Wheeling Steel & Iron Works combined to form the Wheeling Steel Corporation (1920). (https://rb.gy/zjqe1) (https://rb.gy/fp6sx) (https://rb.gy/f1jsa)
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Today in Wheeling History: June 20--Francis Pierpont was unanimously elected governor of the unionist Reorganized Government of Virginia (1861). The election took place in Wheeling, where the government was based until West Virginia's entry into the Union two years later. (https://rb.gy/472hm) (https://rb.gy/h6fel)
Today in Wheeling History: June 20--West Virginia became the 35th state in the Union with Wheeling as its capital (1863). (https://rb.gy/9g841)
Today in Wheeling History: June 19—Celebration of 40 years’ pastorate of Reverend A.W. Werder of St. James German Lutheran Church (1904).
During his forty years of service, Dr. Werder officiated 1,519 baptisms, 772 confirmations, 783 funerals, and 479 marriages. (https://rb.gy/thm9t) Today in Wheeling History: June 18--The final episode of "It's Wheeling Steel" was broadcasted, marking the end of the popular half-hour musical variety radio program (1944). The show, which showcased the talents of skilled employees and their families from Wheeling Steel, had a successful eight-year run and was aired nationwide. (https://rb.gy/lmwnt) (https://rb.gy/nn2h8)
Today in Wheeling History: June 17—Josiah M. Curtis, Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, dies (1875).
Josiah M. Curtis was born on November 16, 1844, in West Liberty, was the son of General William B. Curtis and Hannah M. Montgomery. After receiving education in common schools and West Liberty Academy, he enlisted as a private in the Twelfth West Virginia Infantry in August 1862. He rose through the ranks and became second lieutenant of Company I in November 1864. In January 1865, he served as aide-de-camp in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Twenty-Fourth Army Corps, where he showed exceptional valor, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for retrieving his unit's flag and being among the first to reach Fort Gregg during an assault on Petersburg, Virginia. He concluded his military service in June 1865. Subsequently, Curtis pursued medical studies, graduating with distinction from Miami Medical College in Cincinnati in March 1867. He began a successful medical practice in Besler's Station, Marshall County, until relocating to Moundsville in the autumn of 1874. Tragically, he passed away suddenly on June 17, 1875, due to suspected heart disease, shortly after returning from Bethany College's commencement exercises at his father's house in West Liberty. He was laid to rest in West Liberty Cemetery. (https://rb.gy/13a1g) (https://rb.gy/pmroy) Today in Wheeling History: June 16—John Smith buried alive in cave-in when well was being dug at Wheeling’s city water works (1884). (https://rb.gy/y7zf7)
Today in Wheeling History: June 15—Margaret Stanton crowned “Queen of the Carnival” on the closing day of the annual Wheeling Carnival. Leota Mayer came in second. Annie Barclay placed third (1903). (https://rb.gy/gj1x9)
Today in Wheeling History: June 15—Reception held for Wheeling’s James B. Taney before his departure to take up his post as U.S. Consul in Belfast, Ireland (1893).
James Ballentyne Taney of Wheeling was born in Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, on December 11, 1839. Taney served as an officer in the Union Navy aboard the USS Tacony during the Civil War. He was the publisher of the Wheeling Register newspaper. Taney served as U.S. Consul to Belfast from 1893 to 1896. He died in Wheeling on May 20 at the age of 75 years. Taney is buried at Greenwood Cemetery. (https://rb.gy/dt2m4) (https://rb.gy/nhxry) (https://rb.gy/rrc2r) Today in Wheeling History: June 14--Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Bartholomew, a renowned botanist, was born in Wheeling (1912). She played a crucial role in building the dried plant collection at West Virginia University, increasing it from 30,000 to 140,000 specimens. She also established a 2,000-plant speed collection. (https://rb.gy/bowh3) (https://rb.gy/7ytgt)
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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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