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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYV_contentment_Ansted-WV.html
After the Civil War, George W. Imboden lived here with his wife, Mary Tyree, the daughter of William Tyree of Tyree Tavern. When the war began, Imboden enlisted in the Staunton Artillery in Augusta County, Virginia, where he then resided. He subse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMKO_andrew-charles-lewis-march_Danese-WV.html
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W.Va. from Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month's march this army defe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPT_ancient-works_Mt-Carbon-WV.html
On a ridge between Armstrong and Loop creeks across the river are extensive prehistoric stone ruins whose walls are several miles long, and enclose a large area. Many of these stones are from the valley below the old wall.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDPR_gauley-bridge_Gauley-Bridge-WV.html
Here New and Gauley rivers unite to form Great Kanawha River. Piers still stand of old bridge destroyed by the Confederate troops in 1861. Here Thomas Dunn English, author of the ballad, "Ben Bolt," wrote "Gauley River".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDM8_hawks-nest_Ansted-WV.html
Once called Marshall's Pillar for Chief Justice John Marshall, who came here, 1812. U.S. engineers declare the New River Canyon, 585 feet deep, surpasses the famed Royal Gorge. Tunnel for river makes vast water power here.