Wihlink

Wihlink is a Delaware name recorded for Wheeling Creek, near its meeting with the Ohio River. English settlement began here in 1769 on land contested by Pennsylvania and Virginia. During the American Revolution, Fort Henry stood at Wheeling and was attacked in 1777 by Shawnee, Wyandot and Mingo forces. The river remained a route westward, and in 1818 the National Road reached Wheeling, linking the Ohio valley with the Potomac country to the east.