Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-26
vensworth," and the mistake was never

vsnswcrth," and the mistake was never
corrected.
Joseph Holdren, George Worth, ,Barthol-
omew Fleming, Thomas Coleman, John
Thorn, Thomas Slagel and David Stanley
purchased the first lots and were the first
settlers. Joseph Holdren was the first mer-
chant, having began business in 1887. The
second were Bartholomew Fleming and
David Stanley, doing business under the
firm name of Fleming & Stanley. The
first school was taught by young man of
the name Of Smith in 1887. The FIRST hotel
was opened by Thomas Slsgel about the
year 1889. Dr.. James Henry was the
frst resident physician and John
Clark the first blacksmith; Bartholomew
Fleming kept woodward for many years,
from which he claimed to have sold $4,000
cords of wood to the early steamboats, on
the Ohio. He also kept ferry IS early as
1881, but it was not established by law I'm.
I'll IS4l. Walter Holmes and B Fleming
brought the first Uhsrfboat to the place in
1874. The first voting place was q. the
residence of B. Fleming, and here for the
frst time the voters cast their ballots for
the candidates of their choice at the close
of the famous Hard Cider Campaign Of
lS4O." The postofice was established in
1876 with Thomas Atkinson, postmaster.
Such is the past Of Rsvenswocd.
The town was visited by the Eighth Con
federate Cavalry in September. 1862, a
portion Of which crossed the river, and
on the opposite bank placed upon tree
nov witbered and decsying the first Con-
federate flag north OF the Ohio. The fsg
itself had an interesting history. Before
General jenkins started on his famous raid
through Northwestern Virginia, he visited
Richmond and while then o number of la.
dies proposed to make him q silk flag if be
would promise to plant it north of the
Ohio. He made the promise and fulfilled
il on the sloping hillside opposite Ravens
wood. On his way to this place he came
BY way of Buckhsnnon, Weston, Harris.
vile, and at Spencer. the county seat OF
Roane. compelled Colonel Rathbone to
surrender the place with companies B Z.
F. and D., Of the Eleventh West Virginia
Federal Infantry, prisoners of war.
The town has population of l,200 and
nowhere on the Ohio can be found more
generous progressive and cultivated PEG,
pie. They are fully alive to everything in
the way of public improvement, and, hsv-
ing voted q liberal appropriation to the
Ohio River Railroad are now bending
their united energies to secure the con-
struction of the Raverswood and Spencer
line, with the completion of which the
town will become the outlet for fully 30r
square miles of ga fine territory as West
Virginia contains From her depots will be
shipped to Wheeling aad other points almost
the entire products of Jackson and Rosue
counties, both of which now rank high in
the list of agricultural and grsziug coun-
ties.
The town stands upon one of the most
beautiful sites along the Ohio The
bottom ia broad, and rises ter
race above terrace from the
river 10 the hills thus giving it the appear,
ance of q vast amphitheatre. The future
prospects indicate that ere long the little
city will develop into such proportions that
she may well be courted By the Nail Civ,
which hes so long been "Virgiuis's Me.
tropolis of the West"
This is the home of the Rsvenswood
News and the Jackson Blgle. The former,
us it's name indicates contains inforrns.
ton from the four cardinal points, north,
east west aud south, while the latter pipes
forth the anthems of progress, its notes
swelling longest and dwelling longest upon
the true principles of Democracy.
TUCKAHOE