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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-9cd3c_anna-wallace_Marlinton-WV.html
Home of Anna Wallace (1867-1952), in 1922 the first woman elected as Superintendent of Schools for Pocahontas County. Ten women were elected county superintendents in 1922, the first year WV women were able to run for that office after passage of …
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The Greenbrier Limestone in the quarry represents the "Big Lime" of the driller. Fish-egg like oölitic zones in the "Big Lime" yield oil and natural gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13LI_marlinton-heritage_Marlinton-WV.html
Marlinton"There ain't no G in MARLINTON!"o wrote Andrew Price, the first mayor of Marlinton. The town gets its name from Jacob Marlin who arrived here in 1749 with Stephen Sewell and built a cabin near the mouth off the Greenbrier River. This esta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1J_black-mountain-fire_Marlinton-WV.html
You are standing on Black Mountain. This mountain and Big Spruce Mountain, to your left, were named for the giant spruce trees that once darkened their slopes. In the early 1900's, loggers from eight camps in this valley hauled valuable spruce …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZX_edray_Marlinton-WV.html
Site of early settlement and fort of Thomas Drinnon. Scene of attacks by Indians in 1774 and 1778. To the east, on the land of Jacob Warwick, stood Fort Clover Lick, garrisoned during the Revolutionary War by Augusta County militia.
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(Front):The old Seneca Indian Trail from New York to Georgia may be seen at this point. During the French and Indian War, 18 settlers lost lives in vicinity. During Indian raids in 1779, 13 were killed and many were taken captive. (Back):Settle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYD_hillsboro_Marlinton-WV.html
Here Gen. W.W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain and after his raid to Salem, Virginia, in 1863. Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760s by John McNeel and the Kinnisons. Birthplace of Pearl Buck.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXX_william-l-mudwall-jackson_Marlinton-WV.html
William L. "Mudwall" Jackson and the main body of the 19th Virginia Cavalry were in camp near Mill Point on November 3, 1863, when they received a message from Lt. George W. Siple, a Pocahontas County native in Capt. William L. McNeel's Company F,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMVI_west-virginia-virginia_Marlinton-WV.html
(West Virginia Side):West Virginia(Pocahontas County)"The Mountain State" ~ western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French durin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUM_rider-gap_Marlinton-WV.html
In this mountain gap, through which came early pioneers, Gen. W.W. Loring camped, 1861, with 10,000 Confederates. In July, Gen. Robert E. Lee succeeded him. North and south is the mountain road which offers a remarkable sky line drive.
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