Wheeling+Island

Wheeling Island
In many ways the heart of the city, Wheeling Island is today a mere shade of its former glory: scribbled along the walkway on the Ft Henry Bridge leading to the Island are signs saying //Welcome to Drug Island.// The Island has relics of grand homes from a hundred years ago, and it has long been a center for parks and recreation; some homeowners are working to bring it back. Wheeling Island has many interesting historic places to investigate and is safe to walk (daytime) and drive around exploring. Here are a few of them.

In 1836 the island was known as Columbia City, according to p. 157 of the //Western Address Directory// of 1837.

Note from Jan 2011: Here are some [|comments] about the joys of living on the Island.

[|Google Map view of Wheeling Island]

No picture exists, but an Indian mound was said to previously exist on the island according to Meier, p 3. Belmont Covered Bridge - now gone, but memories remain Bridgeport Iron Bridge Broadway Flood House Front Street - North Front Street - South Georgia St Bridge Madison School McConkey Monument Ohio County Highway Marker Penn Street State Fair Grounds Thomson Church Virginia Street Wheeling Downs

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