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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EY9_lost-and-found_Wardensville-WV.html
Here the Lost River disappears under Sandy Ridge. Two miles away on the other side of the mountain the stream is "found" again as the headwaters of the Cacapon River. This stream has the Indian name for "Medicine Waters."
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13TR_mill-island_Moorefield-WV.html
The mansion in front of you is Mill Island, constructed about 1840 in the Greek Revival style for Felix Seymour and his wife, Sidney McNeill Seymour. During the Civil War, Mill Island served as a Confederate hospital, especially for Capt. John Han…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13TO_cemetery-hill_Moorefield-WV.html
During the Civil War, Moorefield could be seen in front of you from this then-treeless hill. Beyond the town is the confluence of two watercourses that form the South Branch River, which flows north through a fertile valley. The Harness family cem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY2A_howards-lick-jackson-home_Mathias-WV.html
Howard's Lick Howard's Lick, or Lee White Sulphur Springs, was once owned by Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary War fame. It was owned later by Charles Carter Lee, brother of the beloved Gen. Robert E. Lee. Jackson Home Here John …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXGH_mt-olive-lutheran-church_Moorefield-WV.html
Last of the Lutheran horseback circuit rides, who was known as a dynamic pastor, theologian, professor of history, philologist and a Christian gentleman. Died 1952 A.D.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXEQ_james-ward-wood_Mathias-WV.html
While a student at Washington College in Lexington, Virginia, Wood formed a society that he named Phi Kappa Chi. He authorized its ritual; created a seal; enlisted family friend, William Nelson Scott, and organized the group in the South Dorm room…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX1O_fort-pleasant_Old-Fields-WV.html
Built on lands of Issac Van Meter who took up claim near Old Fields, 1735, and settled there, 1744, in chain of forts which Washington established. For a time it was garrisoned by British regulars. Near it was Battle of the Trough, 1756.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX15_battle-of-moorefield_Old-Fields-WV.html
The Confederate cavalry brigade of Gen. BradleyT. Johnson bivouacked in the fields to your lefton August 7, 1864. Willow Wall (built ca. 1830), visible to your left down the road, was Johnson's headquarters. Johnson's brigade and that of Gen. John…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX13_woodlawn_Lost-City-WV.html
The frame house across the road is Woodlawn, the home of James Ward Wood, who served as a private in Co. F (originally the Hampshire Riflemen), 7th Virginia Cavalry (CS), from January to August 1864. During this period, the unit fought in the batt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX07_lost-rivers-first-church_Mathias-WV.html
300 yards east is the first Lost River Valley Church. Built of logs, prior to 1797, on land deeded by Anthony Miller, 1831, to the Baptists and Presbyterians "to hold in common for a meetinghouse and graveyard."