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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LZ_halfway-house_Ansted-WV.html
Regular stop on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike. The original building, dating from before the Revolution, was rebuilt by William Tyree, 1810. During the winter of 1861-62, it was headquarters for Chicago Gray Dragoons.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14PN_tyree-tavern_Ansted-WV.html
During his and Gen. Henry Alexander Wise's unsuccessful Kanawha Valley campaign, Confederate Gen. John B. Floyd made his headquarters here, August 17-18, 1861, while Wise camped on the top of Big Sewell Mountain. In 1862, according to an inscripti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1477_westlake-cemetery_Ansted-WV.html
This is one of the earliest identified cemeteries west of the Allegheny Mountains. William Tyree, owner of nearby Tyree Tavern, and Confederate Col. George W. Imboden, brother of Gen. John D. Imboden, are buried here. The cemetery is best known, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0E_contentment_Ansted-WV.html
Built, 1830, on the old James River and Kanawha Turnpike. Restored antebellum home of Colonel George W. Imboden, on General Lee's staff, C.S.A. Property and headquarters of the Fayette County Historical Society, organized in 1926.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN23_new-haven-veterans-memorial_Ansted-WV.html
Proudly and humbly dedicatedthis Memorial to all who servedour country;especially those whogave the ultimate sacrifice
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN03_salt-sand_Ansted-WV.html
The sheer cliffs of Nuttall sandstones forming the walls of the New River Gorge are the "Salt Sands" of the driller. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia and commercial brines on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.
Sponsored by the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN00_hawks-nest-tunnel-disaster_Ansted-WV.html
Construction of nearby tunnel, diverting waters of New R. through Gauley Mt. for hydroelectric power, resulted in state's worst industrial disaster. Silica rock dust caused 109 admitted deaths in mostly black, migrant underground work force of 3,0…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMZ0_jacksons-mother_Ansted-WV.html
In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The monument at the grave was placed by Captain Thomas Ranson, who had fought in Jackson's old brigade in the War between the States.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYV_contentment_Ansted-WV.html
After the Civil War, George W. Imboden lived here with his wife, Mary Tyree, the daughter of William Tyree of Tyree Tavern. When the war began, Imboden enlisted in the Staunton Artillery in Augusta County, Virginia, where he then resided. He subse…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDM8_hawks-nest_Ansted-WV.html
Once called Marshall's Pillar for Chief Justice John Marshall, who came here, 1812. U.S. engineers declare the New River Canyon, 585 feet deep, surpasses the famed Royal Gorge. Tunnel for river makes vast water power here.