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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IIV_waugh-flour-mills_Wellsburg-WV.html
Four flour mills were constructed near Wellsburg in the early 1800s. The first of these mills was built by John Moore in 1800. Moore's son-in-law, Richard Waugh, built the old stone mill in 1824, and the upper mill in 1835. A. M. Buchanan built th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFF_grimes-golden-apple_Wellsburg-WV.html
Watering trough marks location of first Grimes Golden Apple tree, discovered by owner of land, Thomas Grimes, in 1802. Memorial Trough sponsored by the Franklin Country Women's Club in 1922.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1171_patrick-m-gass_Wellsburg-WV.html
The grave of Patrick M.Gass, a sergeant on theLewis and Clark Expeditionand a soldier of the Warof 1812 is located in thiscemetery. His wife Mariais buried beside him.
Placed by the Lewis and Clark TrailHeritage Foundation, assisted by theNatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSA1_drovers-inn_Wellsburg-WV.html
Constructed by John Fowler, 1848-51 with bricks fired on the property. First known as Fowler's Inn, the house provided food and lodging for drovers herding livestock over the Wellsburg-Washington Turnpike to eastern markets. Other services provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKB_patrick-gass_Wellsburg-WV.html
Born 12 June 1771, Gass served as carpenter for Lewis and Clark. The expedition explored and studied the land, waterways, animal life, natural features and resources of the West. Gass's journal of trip was published in 1807. Soldier in the War of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQJM_wellsburg_Wellsburg-WV.html
Established in 1791. Brooke Academy, started, 1778, incorporated in 1799. Here lived Joseph Doddridge, the author of "Frontier Notes," and Patrick Gass, member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and author of its "Journal."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQI5_isaac-duvall-and-company_Wellsburg-WV.html
The first glass house in Western Virginia was built at Charlestown, now Wellsburg, in 1813, by Isaac Taylor Duvall and Company. It was located on the southeast corner of Fifth and Yankee Streets. Cobalt blue, green and clear flint glass wares were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAF_wellsburgs-giant-sycamore_Wellsburg-WV.html
This giant Sycamore tree stands at the top of the Wellsburg Wharf it was planted in the early years of the 19th century by Dr. Albert Wheeler who practiced medicine in Wellsburg until his death in 1864.
It was under this tree that militiamen ga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAD_the-lewis-and-clark-connection_Wellsburg-WV.html
The Corps of Discovery, under the command of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, was the first official expedition through the interior of the North American Continent sponsored by the United States.
Captain Meriwether Lewis passed Charles Town…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEAB_wellsburg-wharf_Wellsburg-WV.html
In the 1790's, flatboats left here with their cargoes for southern markets. To accommodate and store products, warehouses and wharfs were built along our river banks. This wharf, which was established in the 1800's, extended twenty feet out in the…