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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JW9_coketon-colored-school_Thomas-WV.html
Segregated school located along the North Fork of the Blackwater that served Coketon, center of coal and coke empire of H. G. Davis. In 1892 teacher Carrie Williams, represented by J. R. Clifford, state's first African Amerian lawyer, sued when co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F63_the-blackwater_Thomas-WV.html
To the southwest is Blackwater Falls, 63 feet high, and its rugged gorge. It drains lovely Canaan Valley, which may be seen from the mountain top, 3700 feet high. It was made famous in "Blackwater Chronicles" by "Porte Crayon."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21S_fairfax-stone_Thomas-WV.html
This monument, at the headspring of the Potomac River, marks one of the historic spots of America. Its name is derived from Thomas Lord Fairfax who owned all the land lying between the Potomac and Rappahannock rivers. The first Fairfax Stone, mark…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21R_fairfax-stone_Thomas-WV.html
The Fairfax Stone (1/2 Mi.E.) marking the Potomac's headwaters, was a corner of Lord Fairfax's vast estate. The line of 1736 was checked in 1746 by a survey on which Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson, was engaged.
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