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Now Available : The Upper Ohio Valley Historical Review (Vol. 45, No. 1, Fall -Winter2025)

The latest edition of the Upper Ohio Valley Historical Review, Volume 45, No. 1, Fall-Winter 2025 is available now at the Circulation Desk at the Library for ony $5.00

In this edition, award winning storyteller Judi Tarowsky shares the saga of the U.S.S. Shenandoah, 100 years after its crash in eastern Ohio. Included are never before published photographs from the crash site taken by Wheeling man, John Lawrence Vensel.

Award winning writer Dr. Christina Fisanick tells us about the surprising means used by the War Department to test national military preparedness on the first “Defense Day” in 1924.

Zach Musilli gives us a deeper look into the life of Wheeling’s own unsung hero, Valentine Reuther.

And a 1921 photograph of a local football team inspires an exposé of the origins of a violent sport and its popularity on local sandlots.

Contents: 

  • The Heroes of the Shenandoah by Judi Tarowsky
  • “A Mild Form of Massacre:” A Sandlot Football History of the Upper Ohio Valley, Part 1 by Seán P. Duffy
  • The Day the US Military Bombed the Upper Ohio Valley by Dr. Christina Fisanick
  • More Wheeling Legends:
    • Valentine Reuther by Zach Musilli
    • John Pai by Seán P. Duffy
    • New Wheeling Hall of Fame Inductees

Want a Print Copy?

Paper copies are available at the Circ Desk or by mail order. Individual copies are $5.00 each plus $3 shipping ($8.00 total). 

If you'd like a copy sent to your home address, please send a check to:

UOVHR
c/o Ohio County Public Library
52 16th Street
Wheeling, WV 26003

Please make all checks or money orders out to “Ohio County Public Library” with memo note of “UOVHR.”

For more information, please email us or call 304-232-0244.

Looking for back issues of the UOVHR?

We're working on digitizing all of the previously published UOVHR in a format that makes the text searchable while still keeping file sizes small. We currently have all editions from 1968 to the present digitized. See the document center. 

To inquire about purchasing back issues still in print, email us or call 304-232-0244.

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