Region 6 - West Virginia Department of Commerce

Regional Highlights• First national highway, the National Road (US Route 40)reached the city of Wheeling in 1818• Homer Laughlin China Company (Newell), est. 1871, largestdomestic pottery specializing in high-fired, lead-free glazeswith an Alpha Alumina added body• Oglebay Resort & Conference Center (Wheeling), home ofmillion bulb Festival of Lights• Racetracks for horses (Mountaineer Race Track & GamingResort in Chester) and greyhounds (Wheeling Island RaceTrack & Gaming Center)• Marble King (Paden City), marbles have been featured in“Home Alone”, “Hook”, and “Goonies”; developed firstAmerican made Cat’s Eye marbles and offers widest rangeof color assortments made in U.S. by manufacturing morethan one million marbles daily for toy marbles, gamemarbles, decorative marbles, collectible marbles, marblesfor filtering systems, and other industrial applications• WWII vintage terminal at Wheeling airport• Brooke Cemetery (Wellsburg), burial site for Sgt. PatrickGass (oldest survivor of Lewis and Clark Expedition and firstto have his Corps of Discovery journals published)• West Virginia Independence Hall, listed on Civil WarDiscovery Trail and site of West Virginia’s first capitol(Wheeling)• Oglebay Institute Glass Museum, featuring more than 3,000examples of Wheeling Glass made from 1829-1939,including largest piece of cut lead crystal ever made, TheSweeney Punch Bowl, weighing in at 225 pounds andstanding five feet tall• World’s Largest Teapot located in Chester• The Official Marx Toy Museum (Glen Dale) preserves thebeauty and history of Marx toys, the passion and genius ofthe man who made them possible, and the talents andcreativity of those who dedicated their lives to toy production• Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum (Wheeling) featuresexhibits of toys and trains from every generation, interactivedisplays, restored railroad caboose, and more• Wissmach Glass (Paden City), manufacturer of the largestvariety of colored rolled sheet glass in the world, givesfactory tours year-roundProduction Credits — Made inRegion 1• 2000, AMERICA’S HEART AND SOUL, Walt Disney Pictures(Weirton, Hancock County)• 1997, WHATEVER, Sony Pictures Classics (Wheeling, OhioCounty)• 1983, RECKLESS, MGM Entertainment (Weirton, HancockCounty; Wheeling, Ohio County)• 1978, THE DEER HUNTER, Universal Pictures (Hancock andBrooke Counties)• 1971, FOOLS’ PARADE, Columbia Pictures (Moundsville,Marshall County)• 1955, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, MGM (Moundsville,Marshall County; Sistersville, Tyler County; New Martinsville,Wetzel County)• 1925, STAGE STRUCK, Paramount Pictures (NewMartinsville, Wetzel County)Cities & TownsBROOKE COUNTY: Beech Bottom, Bethany, Colliers,Follansbee, Short Creek, Weirton, Wellsburg (county seat),Windsor HeightsHANCOCK COUNTY: Chester, New Cumberland (countyseat), New Manchester, Newell, WeirtonMARSHALL COUNTY: Benwood, Cameron, Dallas, Glen Dale,Glen Easton, McMechen, Moundsville (county seat), ProctorOHIO COUNTY: Bethlehem, Clearview, Elm Grove, Mozart,Overbrook, Triadelphia, Valley Grove, Warwood, West Liberty,Wheeling (county seat)TYLER COUNTY: Alma, Bens Run, Friendly, Middlebourne(county seat), Paden City, Shirley, Sistersville, Wick, WilburWETZEL COUNTY: Alvy, Big Run, Bur ton, Coburn, Folsom,Hastings, Hundred, Jacksonburg, Knob Fork, Lima, Littleton,New Martinsville (county seat), Paden City, Pine Grove,Porters Falls, Reader, Smithfield, WileyvilleInterstate Welcome CenterOHIO COUNTY• Interstate 70 Welcome Center, Valley Grove, 304-547-0660Chambers of CommerceBROOKE COUNTY• Follansbee Chamber of Commerce, Follansbee, 304-527-2668• Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce, Wellsburg, 304-479-2115, www.wellsburgchamber.comHANCOCK COUNTY• Chester-Newell Area Chamber of Commerce, Chester, 304-387-2025• Weirton Area Chamber of Commerce, Weirton, 304-748-7212, www.weirtonchamber.comMARSHALL COUNTY• Marshall County Chamber of Commerce, Moundsville, 304-845-2773, www.marshallcountychamber.comOHIO COUNTY• Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce, Wheeling, 304-233-2575, www.wheelingchamber.com26