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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOU_presbyterian-church_Romney-WV.html
Presbyterian Church was first organized in Romney in 1787, after supplications dating as early as 1740. . . The present church was erected in 1860. It was used as a stable and hospital during the war between the states.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOT_easton-family-homesite_Romney-WV.html
Easton Family Homesite. This homesite served as residence and office for beloved Romney physician, Dr. James F. Easton from 1927 until his death in 1972. Born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in 1879, "Doc" Easton saw patients here every day …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOS_gilbert-proctor-miller_Romney-WV.html
Gilbert Proctor Miller. Pioneer Orchardist of Hampshire County. This tablet commemorates the founding of the fruit industry in Hampshire County and the planting of the first large commercial orchard three miles east of Romney in 1890 Erected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QU0_capon-lake-whipple-truss-bridge_Yellow-Spring-WV.html
First erected in 1874 as a two span bridge on US Route 50 near Romney, one span was moved here in 1938 and re-erected on a new foundation. the 17' wide by 176' long bridge is a Whipple-Murphy Truss. The state's oldest extant metal truss, the bridg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JII_camp-washington_Springfield-WV.html
In 1861, during the early part of the Civil War, Union Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley established Camp Washington here on the Washington Bottom Farm to secure the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in this area. Located between Romney and Cumberland, Maryland, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JIH_wire-bridge-engagement_Springfield-WV.html
On October 24, 1861, Union Gen. Winfield Scott ordered Gen. Benjamin F. Kelley to strengthen his position at New Creek Station (present-day Keyser) on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and then march to Romney and occupy the town. Situated on the No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AAC_grapeshot-among-the-pines_Romney-WV.html
"Somehow they found out we were in the woods east of town. They took two cannon up the pike to where the Toll House now stands and fired several rounds of grapeshot among the pines." John Starnes Memoir
The road passing before you is the Old No…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T9_hampshire-county-courthouse_Romney-WV.html
On May 23, 1861, Virginians voted in a statewide referendum to approve or disapprove the Ordinance of Secession that the convention in Richmond had passed on April 17. Here at the Hampshire County Courthouse, 1,188 out of 2,635 eligible voters app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T7_romney-in-the-civil-war_Romney-WV.html
Romney experienced many troop movements and skirmishes during the course of the war because of its location on the vitally important North Western Turnpike The road linked Winchester, near the northern end of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, with Par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13T4_jacksons-headquarters_Romney-WV.html
(Preface): On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson led four brigades west from Winchester, Va., to secure Romney in the fertile South Branch Valley on the North Western Turnpike. He attacked and occupied Bath on January …