The First Wheeling Convention, which set the stage for the creation of West Virginia, began on May 13, 1861.
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First Wheeling Convention
Summary of the First Wheeling Convention
Proceedings of the First Wheeling
Convention
Delegates to the First Wheeling Convention
"Recollections and Narative [sic] of a Member of the May
Convention of 1861..."
On This Day in West Virginia History: May