Search Results
- IDNO:
- 030865
- Title:
- Pocahontas County Historic Marker in West Virginia
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Formed from Bath. Pendleton, and Randolph in 1821. It bears name of Pocahontas, Indian princess, the friend of the Jamestown settlers. Site of Droop Mountain Battle, Nov. 6, 1863. The famous Cranberry Glades are here."
- IDNO:
- 030866
- Title:
- Edray Historic Marker on U. S. Route 219 in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "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."
- IDNO:
- 030867
- Title:
- Greenbrier County Historic Marker in West Virginia
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Formed in 1778 from Botetourt and Mongomery. named for the river which drains it. This county had many pioneer forts and saw many bloody Indian battles. World-famed mineral springs at White Sulphur and elsewhere in Greenbrier Valley."
- IDNO:
- 030869
- Title:
- Beverly Historic Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by. Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774. In Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain."
- IDNO:
- 030878
- Title:
- Mingo Flats Historic Marker on U. S. Route 219 at Valley Head, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Mingo Flats--Named for the Mingo Indians who had a village here. This tribe was a branch of the Iroquois. The Seneca Indian Trail passes this point. On Valley Mountain in 1861. Gen. Robert E. Lee camped while campaigning in this valley."
- IDNO:
- 030879
- Title:
- Rich Mountain Historic Marker at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Rich Mountain--At Rich Mountain 5 miles west, July 11, 1861. Federal forces defeated Confederate troops whose trenches may still be seen. Military reputations of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans were established by this victory."
- IDNO:
- 030880
- Title:
- Huntersville Historic Marker on Knapp Creek, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- "Huntersville--Established in 1821. Early trading post here brought hunters and trappers and gave name to the town. In 1822, first county court met here at the home of John Bradshaw. Gen. Lee was encamped here in 1861.
- IDNO:
- 031058
- Title:
- Greenbrier Military School Marker
- Date:
- 1952
- IDNO:
- 031104
- Title:
- Hillsboro Historic Marker
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- Hillsboro marker below Marlinton on U.S Route 219. 'Hillsboro, Here Gen. W. W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain 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.'
- IDNO:
- 031125
- Title:
- Cranberry Glades Marker at Mill Point, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- IDNO:
- 031307
- Title:
- Droop Mountain Marker in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- The marker is on US Rt. 219: Here, November 6, 1863, Union troops, commanded by Gen. W. W. Averell, defeated Confederate forces under Gen. John Echols. This has been considered the most extensive engagement in this State and the site was made a State park in 1929.
- IDNO:
- 031308
- Title:
- West Virginia Historic Marker Between Monterey, Va. and Durbin, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1952
- Description:
- 'West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in 1863.'
