Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
Identifier:
017125
Collection Number:
A&M 1561
Title:
Steamboat Chesapeake Moving State Archives to Charleston, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
1885/05/02
Creator:
Brown, W. C.
Description:
Several items of the West Virginia State Archives sit onshore waiting to be loaded on the "Chesapeake". After having a "floating state capitol", the issue was settled in 1885, when Charleston was named the permanent site.
Subjects:
Cities--Wheeling--Scenes and Views., Steamboats--West Virginia.
