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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CL4_daniel-haymond-polsley_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Daniel Haymond Polsley. Born 1803 in Palatine, Polsley was a noted lawyer and publisher of the Western Transcript in Wellsburg until he moved to Mason County in 1845. A delegate to the Wheeling conventions, Polsley served in the Restored Governmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CIP_dr-jesse-bennett_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Dr. Jesse Bennett. Grave and home (½ mile west) of Dr. Jesse Bennett, whose Caesarean operation on his wife, 1794, was the first in America. Bennett, colonel of Virginia Militia, 1804-1814, refused to aid Blennerhassett and Burr in their ambi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDT_early-graves_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
In Point Pleasant Cemetery are graves of John Roush and John Roseberry, Revolutionary War soldiers, Major Andres Waggener, hero of Craney Island in the War of 1812, and others who were prominent in early history.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCJ_fort-robinson_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Near here stood the blockhouse built by Captain Isaac Robinson in 1794. Indians attacked the fort soon after its erection but the little garrison drove them away. Robinson spent 12 years as an Indian captive and was a noted border scout.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CCD_john-hall_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Born 1805 in Ireland but moved to Mason County as a child. He served as sheriff and in both houses of Virginia legislature. Delegate to the first Wheeling convention, he was elected president of the first constitutional convention, serving 1861-62…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2C8K_virgil-a-lewis_Mason-WV.html
Educator and historian born near West Columbia, July 6, 1848; died in Mason City, December 5, 1912; was buried in Point Pleasant. He founded the Southern Historical Magazine in 1892; was State Superintendent of Schools, 1893-97; first State …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BY4_silver-bridge-collapse_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Constructed in 1928, connected Point Pleasant and Kanauga, OH. Name credited to aluminum-colored paint used. First eye-bar suspension bridge of its type in the U.S. Rush hour collapse on 15 December 1967, resulted in 31 vehicles falling into the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BWK_border-grays_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Organized at Barboursville Sept. 18, 1862, with Captain William Gunn as commander. Served with the Guyandotte Battalion until Jan. 1863, then was assigned as Company D 8th Virginia Cavalry, CSA under Col. Albert G. Jenkins.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BWG_historic-point-pleasant_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Scene of first battle, American Revolution, Oct. 10, 1774. Site of Washington's Camp, 1770. Site of Fort Randolph, 1776
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BW2_boones-trading-post_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Daniel Boone, noted scout and Indian fighter, operated trading post here, 1790. He was scout for General Lewis enroute to Point Pleasant, 1774. Named County Lieutenant for Kanawha and served in the Virginia General Assembly.
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