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1769 establishments in the Colony of Virginia | HearLore
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1769 establishments in the Colony of Virginia
Wheeling, West VirginiaIn 1769, Ebenezer Zane girdled trees to claim land at the confluence of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River. The name Wheeling likely comes from a Lenni-Lenape…