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Fire Department


WHEELING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT members of 1938 line up with their tanker truck. In the foreground is the department's original hand-pulled and hand-operated pumper, replaced in 1925 and now in the Wheeling Historical Museum.







Mors Tavern



MORS TAVERN and livery stable was on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue south of Dundee, about where the Forke house is.








White Hearse




WHITE HEARSE with a team of white horses was driven by Frank Forke, Wheeling's early funeral director. He also had a black rig with horses to match, so you could take your pick.










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This photo gallery compliments of Gary Belniak at Marcus, Inc.