BGuthrie Photos: WV -- Wheeling -- Oglebay Park

WV -- Wheeling -- Oglebay Park:

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Wikipedia Description: Oglebay Park
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Oglebay Park is a municipal park located in Wheeling, West Virginia, located on 1,650 acres (6.7 km�). Originally known as Waddington Farms, it was donated to the city of Wheeling in 1926 by Earl W. Oglebay, owner of the Oglebay-Norton Company. Its expansive history includes that of being a farmhouse – before Earl W. Oglebay bought it – and a model farm run by Earl W. Oglebay. It currently incorporates three championship golf courses, eleven tennis courts, a large outdoor pool, extensive walking trails, the Good Zoo, The Mansion Museum (operated by the Oglebay Institute), gardens, a greenhouse, the Anne Kuchinka Amphitheater, the Wilson Lodge (containing over 200 rooms), 49 cottages, The Schrader Center (a nature center operated by the Oglebay Institute), a planetarium (located within the Good Zoo), a ski slope, Camp Russel, and Schenk Lake, which is used for fishing, pedal boating, and several nightly fountain shows in season.

Annual events at the park include, but are not limited to: The Winter Festival of Lights, Oglebayfest, the Ohio County Fair, the West Virginia Open (tennis), and Springfest.

Oglebay celebrated its 80th birthday in 2006.

The Oglebay Mansion and Waddington Farm:

The Oglebay Mansion was built in 1846 by Paul Matvey. It was originally an eight-room farmhouse. Earl W. Oglebay purchased the mansion and its 25 adjoining acres in 1900, renamed it Waddington Farm, and used it as his summer estate. He was the ninth owner of the mansion, and he continually purchased adjacent farms until Waddington Farm had grown to 750 acres at the time of his death in 1926. Earl W. Oglebay made many expansions and renovations including one by the Franzheim and Klieves of the Klieves, Kraft and Company of Wheeling, West Virginia. The mansion became a museum in 1930 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Earl W. Oglebay's hope was to develop Waddington Farm as a model farm, ...More...
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2007 photos: Equipment this year: I used the Fuji S9000 almost exclusively except for the period when it broke and I had to send it back for repairs. In August, I bought a Canon Rebel Xti, my first digital SLR (vs regular digital) which I tried as well but I wasn't that excited by it. Trips this year: Two weeks down south (including Graceland, Shiloh, VIcksburg, and New Orleans), a week at a time share in Costa Rica over my 50th birthday, a week off for a family reunion in the Wisconsin Dells (with sidetrips to Dayton, Springfield, and Madison), a week in San Diego for the Comic-Con with a side trip to Michigan for two family reunions, a drive up to Niagara Falls, a couple of weekend jaunts including the Civil War Preservation Trust Grand Review in Vicksburg, and a December journey to three state capitols (Richmond, Raleigh, and Columbia). I saw sites in 18 states and 3 other countries this year -- the first year I'd been to more than two other countries since we lived in Venezuela when I was a little toddler. Ego strokes: A photo that I took at the National Archives was used as the author photo on the book jacket for David A. Nichols' "A Matter of Justice: Eisenhower and the Beginning of the Civil Rights Revolution." I became a volunteer photographer at both Sixth and I Historic Synagogue and the Civil War Preservation Trust (later renamed "Civil War Trust").. Number of photos taken this year: 225,000.
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