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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BUY_andrew-charles-lewis-march_Meadow-Bridge-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 ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VZ1_sandstone-high-school-historical_Meadow-Bridge-WV.html
Sandstone Visitor Center was constructed in 2003 to provide knowledge and information, inspiring a personal connection for visitors to New River Gorge National River and to our national park system. The site of the visitor center is an important a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VYX_brooks-overlook-welcome-historical_Shady-Spring-WV.html
Before you is an excellent view of the upper gorge area of New River Gorge National River. This section of the gorge is broad and the river is wide, unlike the steep V-shaped canyon found downstream of Sandstone Falls. As the New River cut its way…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VCC_civil-war-camp-historical_Forest-Hill-WV.html
Forest Hill United Methodist Church, founded in 1835, served as temporary shelter in 1863 for 23rd Ohio Vol. Inf., including Col. R.B. Hayes and Major W. McKinley, later presidents of U.S. Preceding frame church building, 2nd on site, was one of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAY_hinton_Hinton-WV.html
Named for its founder. Indian raids broke up early settlements in southern part of this county. First permanent settlements were those of James Graham at Lowell and of Robert Lilly on Little Bluestone from 1770 to 1772.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GAW_fort-culbertson_Hinton-WV.html
South on New River at Crump's Bottom, Fort Culbertson was built, 1774, at outbreak of Dunmore's War by Capt. James Robertson on order of William Preston, Lieutenant-Colonel of Fincastle County. This fort was garrisoned by troops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GA5_wreck-on-the-c-o_Hinton-WV.html
Across Greenbrier River, on October 23, 1890, engineer George Washington Alley (b. July 10, 1860) was scalded to death. Engine No. 134, pulling Fast Flying Virginian from Cincinnati to Washington, hit a boulder on tracks. Lewis Withrow & Robert Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9O_greenbrier-county-summers-county_Boston-WV.html
Marker Front:Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery. Named for the river which drains it. This county had many pioneer forts and saw many bloody Indian battles. Here are the world-famed White Sulphur and other mineral springs. Marker Reverse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM147T_big-bend-tunnel_Hinton-WV.html
The great tunnel of the C & O Railroad was started at Big Bend in 1870 and completed three years later. It is more than a mile long, and now has a twin tunnel. Tradition makes this the scene of the steel drivers ?ballad' "John Henry"
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