The spectacular backdrop along the Ohio River features stunning architecture and renovated industrial buildings with retail stores, restaurants and interpretative exhibits. With various activities and a variety of attractions, it is no surprise that the city is a popular destination for tourists from all over the country.

The Ohio River is flanked by the Wheeling Heritage Trail, which lights up in the evening when you walk along the water's edge or when you want to walk to the water's edge, the Brooke Pioneer Trail, which follows the Ohio River's eastern bank. This route is much shorter than the other major highways that pass through Wheeling. The highway runs through the West Virginia Panhandle and is the only route between the city and the state capital.

The antiques and specialty store is located in Wheeling, West Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina, and Gogego County, Georgia.

I-70 provides primary access to the region's major roads, and travelers from northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania can access Wheeling via Interstate 70 from the Ohio River Valley in minutes. In addition, I-70 crosses the back channel of the Ohio River to Wheeling, West Virginia, providing direct access to other major highways in the region, such as Interstate 95 and Interstate 75. Travelers from southern Ohio, northern Pennsylvania, western Virginia and eastern Kentucky can also travel to Wheeling via Interstate 65, Interstate 35 or Interstate 80.

Parkersburg is the second-most populous city in West Virginia with 1.5 million residents, followed by WV-2 with 2.2 million, according to the 2010 census.

The city is commonly referred to as Parkersburg, WV-2, West Virginia's second-largest city and has more than 1.5 million residents, according to the 2010 census.

When Virginia seceded from the Union, delegates from western counties met in Wheeling to introduce the restored Virginia government. According to the National Archives, the birthplace of West Virginia is called the Wheeling Convention, which took place on July 23, 1861, at which all 32 counties in Virginia voted to secede and join the Union.

While the defeated Confederate states faced bayonet supremacy, federal troops were sent to West Virginia, a loyal union state, to enforce black civil rights. The proclamation applied to all rebellious states, meaning it was explicitly not applicable to the new state of West Virginia. That was close enough to Ohio and Pennsylvania, where they had no Jim Crow laws, but not as close as Virginia.

The city is located on an island in the middle of the river called Wheeling Island, and it is located in the Ohio River on the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, in West Virginia, north of Charleston, the county seat. WheelsWheeling is located at about 3,000 feet above sea level, east of I-70, from where it continues to Pennsylvania.

It refers to an episode of "The Waltons," set in Schuyler, Virginia when Richard Thomas' character John Boy travels 539 miles to the city of Wheeling in 1934. It is also mentioned in the TV show "Waltons and Friends" (which is set near Columbus, Ohio) when it says "let's go have a drink" in "Wheeling, West Virginia."

As Mr. Jones reminds us, Wheeling was part of Virginia's first slave colony during the American Civil War. The city became one of the western areas to secede from Virginia, and the city voted, along with the rest of West Virginia and parts of North Carolina and South Carolina, to secede from the Union. This led to the creation of the new state of West Virginia, which was quickly accepted by the United States.

In 1787, the United States gave Virginia part of the land west of the Appalachians to settle its claims. The Northwest ordinance of that year established a Northwest Territory that included large parts of West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and parts of Tennessee.

Willey's proposal was successful, and the new state of West Virginia, with 18,000 enslaved people, was born. Although West Virginia's black population as a whole declined significantly shortly before the Civil War, it grew again after the war.

Wheeling is leveraging its rich architectural heritage and working to revitalize itself as a tourist destination and destination for visitors from around the world. The 61.5-mile Montour Trail follows the west - south of Pittsburgh - and offers scenic views of the Allegheny Mountains, Ohio River and Appalachian Trail. A proposed 4-mile Browns Run Trail from the West Virginia-Pennsylvania border is open, as is the 1.6 million-square-foot Green Mountain State Park.