Peter G. Van Winkle
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Peter Godwin Van Winkle was an American lawyer, businessman, and politician. A prominent officer of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad for many years, he became one of the founders of West Virginia an
Sketch of Van Winkle by Joseph Diss Debar
Former Home of Peter Van Winkle in Parkersburg, WV
Wheeling Convention
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The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance of Secession, which had been approved by refere
Arthur I. Boreman, 1861 Wheeling Presiding officer
West Virginia Independence Hall
1913 photos of five survivors of the First Wheeling Convention
John J. Davis Member of suspended Virginia Assembly