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Blumancru

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13. I lived in Wheeling for a year in the 1970s

Reply to mountain grammy (Reply #11)

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 11:48 AM

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Used to jog across the beautiful old Roebling suspension bridge from Wheeling Island over to the area by Capitol City Music Hall.
The Northern Panhandle is very different from the rest of WV. It is more like Pittsburgh or Youngstown Ohio.
People don’t generally realize that the Confederacy stretched almost to the Great Lakes for a brief period.

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