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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1P_west-virginia-university_Morgantown-WV.html
Founded by the Legislature on February 7, 1867 as the Agricultural College of West Virginia under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act of 1862. On December 4, 1868, the name was changed to West Virginia University.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1N_seneca-glass-company_Morgantown-WV.html
In 1891, a small group of glass-making artisans from Seneca County, Ohio, founded the Seneca Glass Company. For almost 100 years, Seneca Glass Company's highly skilled craftspeople manufactured glassware and exquisitely etched lead crystal by hand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F1K_monongalia-county-courthouse_Morgantown-WV.html
Monongolia County was established in 1776 from the Virginia District of West Augusta and named for the Monongahela River. When the Mason Dixon line was formally recognized in 1783, officials determined that the first meeting place of the county co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F10_fort-martin_Maidsville-WV.html
Fort Martin was built in 1769 by Colonel Charles Martin. Three settlers were killed and seven captured near the fort in 1779. At the Methodist Episcopal Church here Bishop Francis Asbury preached in 1784.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0Z_the-baptist-church-at-the-forks-of-cheat_Morgantown-WV.html
The oldest denomination of Christians west of the mountains on the Waters of the Cheat and Monongahela Rivers in the Commonwealth of Virginia (now West Virginia).
First meeting house erected of logs on the highest point in the graveyard near Ce…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F0Y_stewartstown_Morgantown-WV.html
William Stewart settled here in 1771. Northeast was Fort Dinwiddie. Forks of Cheat Baptist Church was organized here, 1775, by John Corbley, the pioneer minister, whose family was massacred later by the Indians.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZO_site-of-the-birthplace-of-david-adam-ice_Morgantown-WV.html
Revolutionary Soldier 1780-81. First white child born in West Virginia. Son of Frederick Ice, who hewed these millstones from the adjacent hill, installed them on Buffalo Creek, Barrackville W. Va. in the mill operated by his descendants for 135 y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZM_salt-sand_Masontown-WV.html
The massive pebbly Connoquenessing Sandstone, one of the "Salt Sands"of the driller, forms Coopers Rock. The "Salt Sands" produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia and commercial brines on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYT_henry-clay-furnace_Morgantown-WV.html
West, in Coopers Rock State Forest, is the Henry Clay cold blast furnace, built 1834-36 by Leonard Lamp. It had capacity for four tons pig iron per day, and furnished employment for 200 people. Sold to Ellicots in 1837. Operated until 1847.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYP_henry-clay-iron-furnace_Morgantown-WV.html
Henry Clay Furnace, located on Quarry Run, was built between 1834 and 1836 by Leonard Laws for Tassey and Bissell. It was a cold-blast furnace and produced 4 tons of pig iron each 24 hours. It was one of several furnaces that were operated in this…