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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JYY_the-conley-graves_Valley-Head-WV.html
Nearby is the burial place of Darby Conley (Connolly) and members of his family, victims of an Indian attack on this upper Tygart Valley settlement in 1777 ("bloody year of the three sevens"). One headstone marks graves.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JYX_big-lime_Valley-Head-WV.html
The Greenbrier Limestone in this quarry represent the "Big Lime" of the driller. Fish-egg like oölitic zones in the "Big Lime" produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN0B_valley-head_Valley-Head-WV.html
In 1777, Indians killed Darby Connolly and several members of his family on Connolly Run. Other settlers were taken captive. At Indian Run in 1780, three members of surveying party under Jacob Warwick were killed by the Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYY_mingo-flats_Valley-Head-WV.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYU_elkwater-col-j-a-washington_Valley-Head-WV.html
(Obverse)Elkwater
Trenches made by Federal troops under Gen. Reynolds, 1861. Nearby were the two Haddan Indian forts, scene of the Stewart and Kinnan massacres. Important features of 4-H Club work among rural youth started here in 1915.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYR_camp-elkwater_Valley-Head-WV.html
Following success at Rich Mountain in July 1861, Federal troops under Gen Joseph Reynolds built Camp Elkwater to deter Confederates from returning. Fortifications here blocked the narrow valley floor and a turnpike leading to the Virginia Central …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYQ_lees-headquarters_Valley-Head-WV.html
One-half mile east is the site of Gen. R. E. Lee's Valley Mountain Headquarters where he camped with his troops from Aug. 6 to Sept. 20, 1861 while he directed the ill-fated Cheat Mountain Campaign.