Bertha Michelfelder (Hager) and Flora McCracken, 1909 Woodsdale telephone
exchange. Carol Ebeling Collection
The first central telephone office was established in Wheeling on May 15, 1880.
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First Telephone Exchange in West Virginia
"The Telephone" (Wheeling, 1880)
"First Telephone Office in W. Va. Opened in
Wheeling May 15, 1880"
Callin's Wheeling Directory, Telephone Listings,
1881
Advertisement for J. M. Clouston, Wheeling,
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