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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4K_george-washington-stopped-here_Morgantown-WV.html
One half mile north of this marker stood the house where George Washington stopped in September 1784 and conferred with leading men of this section "pursuing my inquiries respecting the navigation of the western waters". Eager to investigate the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4J_west-virginia-pennsylvania_Morgantown-WV.html
West Virginia (Monongalia 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 during the French a…
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Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States. The survey establishing Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary began 1763; halted by Indian wars, 1767; continued to southwest corner, 1782; marked, 1784.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4F_ices-ferry_Cheat-Lake-WV.html
Ice's Ferry was settled by Frederick Ice in 1767. His son Adam, born the same year, was the first white child born in Monongahela Valley. Andrew Ice in 1785 started the first authorized ferry in western Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM95H_easton-roller-mill_Morgantown-WV.html
Steam driven grist mill, built ca. 1870 by Henry Koontz, could grind 120 bu. of grain daily. Stone burrs were replaced with iron rollers in 1894, improving output and quality, and representing peak technological development for a local flour mill.…