Stone Church Cemetery Restoration Work Session Set for October 23 Provided October 21, 2022 On Sunday, October 23 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Friends of Wheeling will hold a cemetery work session at Stone Church Cemetery for volunteers to reset, clean and repair monuments. Last May, a workshop attracted ...
No Rest for the Dead: The History of Moving Bodies in Wheeling’s Cemeteries Emma Wiley November 30, 2020 Wandering around some of Wheeling’s graveyards, you might see some gravestones with dates older than the cemetery itself. How can that be? Answer: For many residents of Wheeling’s existing cemeteries, thi...
Greenwood Cemetery Tour 2017 Judi Hendrickson August 26, 2017 Sunday, September 10, 2017 is the date of the next Friends of Wheeling historic tour of Wheeling’s Greenwood Cemetery. Costumed characters will portray the lives of some of Wheeling’s most notable … and notorio...
Don’t Miss the Greenwood Cemetery Tour Jeanne Finstein September 16, 2015 1 Friends of Wheeling will host another Greenwood Cemetery Tour on Sunday, Sept. 20. Two, seven-person walking tours will include notable people from Wheeling’s past, in first person, costumed presentations. Cont...
Wheeling Heritage Continues Mt. Wood Restoration Jackie McDermott September 2, 2015 The Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation continues to breathe new life into Wheeling’s oldest cemetery. This summer, the Mt. Wood restoration project, led by Wheeling Heritage historian Bekah K...
The Mabel Files: Tale of the Sweeney Punchbowls Gerry Griffith May 18, 2015 2 “Young lady,” whispered the old man to Mabel Minns as he moved slowly and quietly between weathered gravestones and pointed a bent, wrinkled finger toward an unusual mass of granite and glass. “Do you know what...
