Today in Wheeling History: July 16--François André Michaux, M.D., a celebrated French botanist, journeyed from West Liberty to Wheeling (1802). Dr. Michaux wrote: "A mile and a half from West Liberty town, the road passed through a narrow valley four miles in length, the sides of which in some places from twenty-five to thirty feet in height, exhibit strata of coal from five to six feet in thickness, and lying in a horizontal direction. This substance is extremely common in this part of Virginia." (https://rb.gy/f4d6e) (https://rb.gy/lzyiy)
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