That was then (1953). Looking to the west.
Intro to chapter 21:
Looking out across the rooftops of Wheeling, West Virginia, the observer stands on the hillside about a thousand feet above sea level, and about 400 feet above the main channel of the Ohio River, its glassy surface unruffled by either wind or current.
This is now. Looking north.
When author George R. Stewart drove through Wheeling in the early 1950s, the city's population was already in decline from its 1930 peak of 61,689. Since 1930, Wheeling's population has dropped 57%, and the city now has fewer residents than it did in the 1870s.
Wheeling is located 58 miles west of Pittsburgh.
Photo by Retiring Guy: 1952 Rand McNally Road Atlas (arrow added)
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Chapter 1: Beginnings. (7/19/2024)
Chapter 2: Coastal Plain. (7/20/2024)
Chapter 5. Six-Lane Highway. (8/4/2024)
Chapter 6. Bush River. (8/5/2024)
Chapter 7: Baltimore rows. (8/6/2024)
Chapter 8: Ellicott City. (8/7/2024)
Chapter 9. Frederick. (8/8/2024)
Chapter 11. Horrible example. (8/16/2024)
Chapter 12. Mount Prospect. (8/17/2024)
Chapter 13: Ridge and Valley. (8/18/2024)
Chapter 14: The Narrows. (8/19/2024)
Chapter 15: From Little Savage Mountain. (8/27/2024)
Chapter 16: Mason-Dixon Line. (8/28/2024)
Chapter 17: Fort Necessity (8/29/2024)
Chapter 18: Braddock's Grave, (8/30/2024)
Chapter 19: Toll House. (9/2/2024)
Chapter 20. Coal Mine. (9/5/2024)
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