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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VMB_smoke-hole-cave-historical_Upper-Tract-WV.html
On Smoke Hole Knob (300 yards west), overlooking this site, is Smoke Hole Cave with its circular chamber, forty feet high and fifteen feet in diameter, resembling an inverted hornet's nest, tapering to a natural chimney or "smoke hole." …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VM7_st-georges-church-historical_Upper-Tract-WV.html
Built about 1850 as Methodist Episcopal Meeting House and known as Palestine Church. First trustees: Alfred Kimble, Jacob L. Kimble, J.H. Lantz, Abraham Kile, and Isaac Ault. Bought by Espiscopal Church, 1831; rededicated 1966.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SW2_smoke-hole-historical_Upper-Tract-WV.html
Smoke Hole, a rugged canyon formed by the
South Branch of the Potomac River, extends
eighteen miles south to U.S. 220. Early explorers
reported that heavy mists rising from the canyon
looked like smoke coming from a deep hole.
The canyon cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RUC_smoke-hole_Upper-Tract-WV.html
The Smoke Hole, a rugged canyon of 1421 feet elevation, made by the South Branch of he Potomac River, extends eighteen miles to the junction with the North Fork. In Coeymans Limestone of Devonian Age, the river has carved out various formations an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QYP_battle-of-riverton_Riverton-WV.html
At this site, Confederate infantry along with two units of cavalry engaged Union forces numbering close forty. In the skirmish that resulted, Union troops rallied: forcing the Confederates from the field. Two local, Perry Bland and Thomas Powers w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LTN_eagle-rocks_Upper-Tract-WV.html
Named for William Eagle, a Revolutionary War soldier who lived nearby. Enlisting at age fifteen, 12-24-1776, he served in the 3rd, 4th, 8th, and 12th Va. Rgts., Continental Line, at Valley Forge and Yorktown. Died, 1848, and is buried here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWB_oriskany-sand_Riverton-WV.html
The massive sandstone across the road is the Oriskany of the driller and geologist. The "Oriskany Sand", an important gas sand, has produced in excess of a trillion cubic feet of gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IWA_tuscarora-clinton-sand_Riverton-WV.html
The massive vertical sandstone forming Judy Rocks is the Tuscarora of the driller and geologist. The "Tuscarora (Clinton) Sand" yields some gas although it is largely untested in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13U3_mccoy-house_Franklin-WV.html
(Preface): Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's unsuccessful attack on Union forces at Kernstown on March 23, 1862, alarmed Federal officials, who assigned additional troops to the Shenandoah Valley to guard against a Confederate assault on Washin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0N_fort-upper-tract_Upper-Tract-WV.html
Site of Fort Upper Tract, one of the forts erected under Washington's orders to guard the settlements. In 1758, Indians captured and burned it. Captain James Dunlap and 21 others were killed. No one escaped.