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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XBO_van-camp-historical_Sistersville-WV.html
Village settled early 1800s, named for pioneer Steven(1793-1873) and family in 1840s. John and Margaret Van Camp gave land for Methodist E. Church, 1879; services held into 1940s; cemetery dates to 1851; site for school, ca. 1870-1920, given by fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IS5_marshall-county-wetzel-county_New-Martinsville-WV.html
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Marshall County
Formed, 1835, from Ohio and named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the unknown race which lived in the Ohio Valley centuries before the white man came.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IS4_new-martinsville_New-Martinsville-WV.html
Settled by Edward Doolin who was killed here by Indians in 1785. Named for Presley Martin. Here stands a monument to Levi Morgan, a scout for the army of General St. Clair. He was a noted Indian fighter who killed 100.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EGO_the-b-o-connection_Burton-WV.html
The East Wetzel Trail is built on the bed of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The line connecting Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, VA (later WV) was completed on Christmas Eve 1852. This route, over the Alleghenies, was the most challenging mountain terr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17JJ_adena-burial-mound_New-Martinsville-WV.html
Adena burial mound, of Woodland Period, 1000BC~AD700, flooded ca. 1890 by new Ohio River dams. Ohio Valley was a center of the Adena culture (Mound Builders). Thousands of burial mounds along river seemed like natural terrain to early settlers. Ex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW_hundred_Hundred-WV.html
Henry Church, who died in 1860 at the age of 109, was familiarly known as "Old Hundred" and the town was named for him. He was a soldier in the British Army under Conrwallis and was captured by American troops under Gen. Lafayette.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ_levi-morgan_New-Martinsville-WV.html
1736-1826. Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, this monument is erected in appreciation of the services rendered and in memory of Levi Morgan, a soldier and scout of the early border warfare.