Wheeling Trivia Quiz

From the Daily Herald - Sunday, February 25, 1990 - Chicago, Illinois

 

 

These facts are all documented in the popular local book. Wheeling Through the Years, our own village history book. Get out your answer sheets and see how you fared.

 

QUESTION
ANSWER
What was the cost of a good meal at Wheeling's first tavern built by Joseph Filkins in 1837?

25 cents for all you can eat, whiskey 5 cents extra.

According to local historians, "When Filkins rang the dinner bell, his customers rushed from the washing trough to the table, to eat all they could hold for 25 cents."

What was housed at Palwaukee Airport in 1933-34? The Goodyear blimp. The blimp was in town for the 1933-34 Century of Progress Exposition.
What was the cost of the first village hall In Wheeling (now located in Chamber Park, 251 N. Wolf Road)? $553.26. (The original lot at 84 S. Milwaukee was an additional *150.)
What was the former use of the present Congregation Beth Am building at 850 Jenkins Court, Wheeling? the Indian Trails Library. This was originally the home of St. Mark's United Church of Christ.
What Wheeling structure was known as The Bon Air in prohibition days? Chevy Chase Country Club. Built in 1917 by the Knights of Columbus, Chevy Chase's first name was Columbian Country Club.
What event was announced in the Wheeling Independent on Wednesday, Aug. 15,1956? a rattlesnake hunt. This is legitimate! The longest snake caught was bottled in formaldehyde and is among artifacts belonging to the Wheeling Historical Society.
Click HERE for more details of the event.
What was formerly standing on the present site of the Maine Bank of Wheeling? a mill. The mill was Reed's Mill, opened in 1920, which ground feed for cattle and hogs and in the fall processed apples for cider.
Why was Wheeling's former Vitruvius Lodge called a "moon lodge?" its meetings were held on or near the full moon. This was done so that members could walk or drive home by moonlight!
What was the very first name of Milwaukee Avenue? Des Plaines Valley Trail. , "Milwalky Trace" and "Milwaukee Plank Road" were also former names, but not the first.
What did children wait to sec on summer evenings in Wheeling? the lamplighter. He came nightly with torch and ladder.
Where did Wheeling's first veterinarian have his farm? on the present site of Shadow Bend. The good doctor's name was George J. Schneider, who came from Alsace-Lorraine in 1853.
What was the main problem of patients entering the former Wheeling Hospital, opened in 1927? car accidents. According to our history book, the hospital "provided emergency facilities where Dr. Larson could patch up automobilists who survived the many accidents that occurred, especially on summer weekends, along heavily-traveled Milwaukee Avenue."
What did Wheeling win an award for in 1962? safety. In 1962 Wheeling won its fourth safety award in a row for reducing the number of traffic accidents.
What were two trades that failed to survive in Wheeling?
  • wagon builder
  • harness maker.




So how did you do?

  • All 14 right? Consider yourself a Wheeling historian.
  • Ten to 13 right? Give yourself a pat on the back.
  • Six to 9 answers correct? You can have a retest.
  • Less than six correct? Call the Wheeling Historical Museum at 537-3119 for your own copy of Wheeling Through the Years.


Thank you for playing !

 

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