Author Ryan Stanton

Ryan Stanton

Ryan Stanton is a 2002 graduate of Wheeling Park High School. In 2006 he graduated from West Liberty State College with a bachelor’s degree in history and later earned a master’s degree in social studies education from West Virginia University. For nine years, Ryan has been a social studies teacher at Wheeling Park High School where he teaches AP U.S. government and politics and the history of Wheeling.

Suicide, a Suspicious Drowning and Good Times Are Brewing at People’s University

Ryan Stanton

May 5, 2019

Editor's note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People's University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky, whimsical stories from Wheeling, including: Native-American oddities, ...

What Really Happened That Tragic Night of Aug. 14, 1878?

Ryan Stanton

August 14, 2018

Henry Schmulbach: entrepreneur, beer baron, philanthropist and socialite. These are all words that describe one of Wheeling’s most influential and successful businessmen. Schmulbach built an empire during an...