WORKING OUR WAY BACK TO YOU: Gerry Reilly on Doing History Right Phil Gable November 6, 2019 Editor’s note: Our series, Working Our Way Back to You, profiles Ohio Valley natives who have left town but returned to the community that created them. In today’s story, writer Phil Gable introduces us to Gerr...
Nuptials at Oglebay: Have a Wedding Just Like Sarita’s Stacey Miller Sacco February 15, 2019 Surrounded by friends and family in the midst of the elaborate formal gardens of the Oglebay estate, Sarita Oglebay Burton celebrated her second marriage in 1922. The only daughter of Earl Oglebay, Sarita had t...
Wheeling’s Generous Philanthropists Provide for Future Christina Fisanick November 27, 2018 EARL W. OGLEBAY Each time I walk through the Oglebay Mansion Museum, I stop in front of Earl W. Oglebay’s portrait and thank him. He is not there. I know that, but I feel so much gratitude for the incredibl...
Spirit of Oglebay Award Goes to ‘Mr. Oglebay’ — Randy Worls Phyllis Sigal July 27, 2018 2 Every morning, Randy Worls wakes up with one thing on his mind: How to continue improving Oglebay and Wheeling parks. Sixty-four years — about 70 percent of the time that Oglebay has been a park — that’s how...
Oglebay – The Park That Almost Wasn’t Christina Fisanick July 25, 2018 4 Imagine Wheeling without Oglebay Park. … At one point that nightmare was nearly reality. As one of the largest self-sustaining city parks in the country, Oglebay Park rubs shoulders with just a select few...
