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Wheeling Thunderbirds Players
Wheeling can refer to: Places in the United States of America *Wheeling, Illinois *Wheeling, Carroll County, Indiana *Wheeling, Delaware County, Indiana *Wheeling, Gibson County, Indiana *Wheeling, a populated place in Winn Parish, Louisiana where Thomas Simpson Woodward lived *Wheeling, Missouri *Wheeling, West Virginia *Wheeling Creek (Ohio), a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia *Wheeling Creek (West Virginia) *Wheeling Island in the Ohio River Other uses *Wheeling (electric power transmission) *Wheeling (see breaking wheel), a form of torture *"Wheeling", an American slang term for off-roading, a type of off-road motorsport *Wheeling, a technique for the cold forming of sheet metal into complex shapes using the English wheel *The Wheeling, common short name for the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway (1990) *''Fort Wheeling'' or simply ''Wheeling'', a comics series by Hugo Pratt *Lottery Wheeling *Wheeling Jesuit University See also *Wheel (other) {{disambigua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheeling, Illinois
Wheeling is a village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and Lake County, Illinois, Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it is primarily in Cook County, approximately northwest of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 39,137. Wheeling is named for Wheeling, West Virginia. History The land that is now Wheeling, Illinois, was controlled by the Miami people, Miami Confederacy which contained the Illinois Confederation, Illini and Kickapoo people, Kickapoo tribes) starting in the early 1680s. The Confederacy was driven from the area by the Iroquois and Meskwaki, Fox in the early 1700s. The French-allied Potawatomi began to raid and take possession of Northern Illinois in the 1700s. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Potawatomi expanded southwards from their territory in Green Bay and westward from their holdings in Detroit, until they controlled in an L-shaped swath of territory from Green Bay to the Illino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |