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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM306_historic-heights_Bolivar-WV.html
Surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the Potomac and the Shenandoah Rivers, Harpers Ferry thrived as an industrial community during the first half of the 19th century. By 1860, nearly 3,000 residents lived in the Harpers Fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WI_rays-arithmetic_Valley-Grove-WV.html
North, Joseph Ray, who wrote the celebrated Ray's Arithmetic, was born, Nov. 25, 1807. At the age of 16, Ray went to Cincinnati where in 1834 he published the first of his series of textbooks on arithmetic and algebra.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2V7_mccollochs-leap_Wheeling-WV.html
Major Samuel McCollochdaring scout, gallant soldierwhile attempting the relief ofFort Henry at WheelingSeptember, 1777escaped an overwhelming body of Indiansby forcing his horse over this precipice
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UX_the-national-pike_Wheeling-WV.html
The National Pike, called the "Old Cumberland Road" , was started in 1811 and used to Wheeling in 1817 and by mail coaches from Washington by 1818. Most of it followed the Nemacolin Path and Braddock's Road from Cumberland, Md.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2UN_the-dwight-d-eisenhower-highway_Valley-Grove-WV.html
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the "Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway," in tribute to President Eisenhower's early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance the mobility…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2RP_the-madonna-of-the-trail_Wheeling-WV.html
The statue before you was created as a tribute to the pioneer women who braved the uncertainties of the great journey west. The Madonna memorials were a project of the Daughters of the American Revolution and were dedicated between 1926 and 1929. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2R4_madonna-of-the-trail_Wheeling-WV.html
(South Face)N.S.D.A.R. Memorialto thePioneer Mothersof theCovered Wagon Days.
(East Face)To the pioneer mothers of our mountain state, whose courage, optimism, live and sacrifice made possible the National Highway that united east and west.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O3_george-washington-heritage-trail_Shepherdstown-WV.html
In 1775, Shepherdstown (formerly known as Mecklenburg) was asked to furnish one company (about 100 men) to assist patriots fighting the British around Boston. In July, the company marched in high spirits down German Street with the entire town che…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LV_aurora_Aurora-WV.html
Rev. John stough and family settled at Mount Carmel about 1787, and about 1790 Stough started the first gristmill. The first church was the Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church orginized between 1792 and 1796.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2LM_gantz-sand_Aurora-WV.html
The upper Devonian or lower Mississippian strata and the "Gantz" or "Berea Sand" of the driller, is a clean pebbly sandstone. It produces oil and natural gas at depths greater than 1700 feet in north central West Virginia.