Wheeling, WV

Spent time in Wheeling, waiting for The Good Mansion Wines to open. Needed some fresh, crusty, French loaves, ale cheese, port wine, and delicately sliced cured pork — all incredibly delicious!!

Definitely in oil country. Many derricks idled, many pumping.  Also had my first rescue of EM. 

Saw the Mingo. Welcoming all to Wheeling. 

Wheeling was the town I started to notice what would be a pattern across Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois – seems they all compete to see who can build the biggest and most opulent town hall. In Wheeling it was actually the Federal Customs House, which would serve as the newly formed government of West Virginia’s legislative hall (after its succession from Virginia in 1861 (?)). 

So persistent is the pattern, I started to document it in images, a short time into the future.