Genealogy: The Ohio River Valley near Wheeling

A couple of months ago Mom sent me a package of family records that included family genealogy. After reading through them a couple of times, I found myself looking for a map to make sense of what I was reading. On Mom's side of the family much of the family history takes place in West Virginia along the Ohio River, from Wheeling to Moundsville, including Benwood, where Grandma Beresford was born. Here's what the area looks like:


Wheeling is to the left of the map and Moundsville is to the right. The Ohio River runs right to left, north to south. You should be able to click on the map to get a larger image. Here's a closer look at Benwood today. It's a few miles south of Wheeling:



Here's a bridge over the Ohio River at Wheeling that would have been familiar to the families living in Wheeling and south.
The bridge is part of the National Road.