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133. Scene on Chapline St., Wheeling, W. Va.

134. Center Market Place, Wheeling, W. Va.

Showing Market and South Streets and Flat Iron Building.

135. View From Baltimore & Ohio Viaduci, Wheeling, W. Va.

136. New Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.

137. Paxton Fountain at City Hall, Wheeling, W. Va.

138. The Circle, Mount De Chantal, Wheeling, W. Va.

Scene of McColloch's leap. At the top of Wheeling Hill on the National Highway is this monument in honor to Samuel McColloch who, in September 1777 during an assault on Fort Henry, escaped from the Indians by leaping from this point of the hill side into the creek far below, hence the monument to his memory.

139. Major Samuel McColloch's Monument, Wheeling, W. Va.

Showing stadium and Ohio.

140. Wheeling Downs, Wheeling, W. Va.

141. Bird's Eye View of W. Va. State Fair Park, Wheeling, W. Va.

From CBS 1962 On The Road series.

142. Charles Kauralt With Barn Painter, Harley Warrick, Wheeling, W. Va.

Caption on postcard reads: "A street scene from the early 1900's. Mail Pouch advertising was everywhere."

143. Mail Pouch Advertisement on Building, Wheeling, W. Va.

The fort was subject to two major sieges, two notable feats (McColloch's Leap and Betty Zane's trek through the battle), and other skirmishes.

144. Fort Henry, Wheeling, W. Va.