Camp Elizabeth

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So beautiful

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Good morning campers

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Early spring weekend. It's cold but we have good coffee

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#Cubs#Darvish No hitter through 6. Pitching a Gem

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Newest camp dog

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Everyone loves to hate billboards. And you can blame West Virginia for that. Outdoor advertising actually got it’s start in Wheeling, in 1908 when the Block Brothers Tobacco Company adorned bridges and barns with their slogan: “Treat Yourself to the Best, Chew Mail Pouch.”

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One of the first suspension bridges in the world was completed in Wheeling in 1849.

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Little known fact about WV. It is perfectly legal for a man to beat his wife as long as it occurs both on a Sunday and on the steps of a courthouse.

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Wheeling Creek is a tributary of the Ohio. It is 25 miles long. It flows into the Ohio river in downtown Wheeling.

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Wheeling Creek is formed in NE Marshal county WV, by the confluence of streams known as the Enlow Fork and the Dunkard Fork

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Through an active industrial economy and large working population, Wheeling became the richest city per capita in America at the end of the 19th century.

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In the last decades of the 19th century, iron and steel mills developed on the banks of the Ohio River. In particular, the manufacture of cut iron nails became a major element of Wheeling’s economy and Wheeling became known as the "nail capital of the world."

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Wheeling, West Virginia, was the capital of the newly formed state from 1863 to 1870 when it was moved to Charleston. In 1875, the seat of the government was brought back to Wheeling and remained until 1885, again being transferred to Charleston where it has since remained.

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Monday at the corner

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All corner all the time

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The corner is open

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Going in

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Wild nights in south meadow