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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B1S_oriskany-sand_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
The pure massive sandstone forming the Warm Springs Ridge is the Oriskany of the driller and geologist. The "Oriskany Sand," an important gas Sand, has produced in excess of a trillion cubic feet of gas in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SQ_engagement-at-great-cacapon_Berkeley-Springs-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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SO_battle-for-bath_Berkeley-Springs-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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SN_campaign-in-the-snow_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
The summer of 1861 had been disastrous for Confederate arms in western Virginia (present day West Virginia) and by the New Year the Virginia counties west of the Alleghenies were on the road to statehood. On January 1, 1862, Confederate Gen. Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SM_a-winter-refuge_Berkeley-Springs-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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13SL_camp-mud_Berkeley-Springs-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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IC_stonewall-jackson-hill_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
From this point, "Stonewall" Jackson shelled Hancock, Md., Jan 5, 1862. After destroying supplies, the B&O Railway track and the bridge over the Great Cacapon, Jackson marched his army of 8,500 men to Romney and captured it. January 14.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IB_tuscarora-clinton-sand_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
The massive resistant Tuscarora Sandstone is steeply inclined here and forms Fluted Rocks. The "Tuscarora (Clinton) Sand" of the driller produces some gas although it is largely untested in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8I9_washington-heritage-trail_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
Today's ViewPanorama Overlook marks the north end of Cacapon Mountain's 30-mile march. Composed of Oriskany sandstone, it plunges nearly 1000 feet into the Potomac River which bends along the base of the Overlook as it heads downstream (to the rig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8I6_sir-johns-run_Berkeley-Springs-WV.html
Sir John's Run was named for Sir John Sinclair, the quartermaster for General Braddock on expedition in 1755 against the French at Fort Duquesne. James Rumsey demonstrated his steamboat here in 1785.