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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMYD_hillsboro_Marlinton-WV.html
Here Gen. W.W. Averell camped before the Battle of Droop Mountain and after his raid to Salem, Virginia, in 1863. Settlements were made in the vicinity in the 1760s by John McNeel and the Kinnisons. Birthplace of Pearl Buck.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMY5_mill-point_Hillsboro-WV.html
Here in 1750 Stephen Sewell, a pioneer settler, camped. It was site of Fort Day, 1774. To the north James and John Bridger were killed in the Indian raids, 1778. Here James E.A. Gibbs invented the chain stitch sewing machine.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXX_william-l-mudwall-jackson_Marlinton-WV.html
William L. "Mudwall" Jackson and the main body of the 19th Virginia Cavalry were in camp near Mill Point on November 3, 1863, when they received a message from Lt. George W. Siple, a Pocahontas County native in Capt. William L. McNeel's Company F,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUM_rider-gap_Marlinton-WV.html
In this mountain gap, through which came early pioneers, Gen. W.W. Loring camped, 1861, with 10,000 Confederates. In July, Gen. Robert E. Lee succeeded him. North and south is the mountain road which offers a remarkable sky line drive.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUL_tuscarora-clinton-sand_White-Sulphur-Springs-WV.html
This miniature anticline or upfold (Huntersville Arch) in the Tuscarora Sandstone shows the features of the larger structures which produce oil and gas. The "Tuscarora Sand" produces some gas although it is largely unexplored in West Virginia.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUK_huntersville_Marlinton-WV.html
Established in 1821. Early trading post here brought hunters and trappers and gave name to the town. In 1822, first county court met here at the home of John Bradshaw. Gen. Lee was encamped here in 1861.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUI_huntersville-jail-presbyterian-church_Marlinton-WV.html
Huntersville JailHuntersville was the county seat of Pocahontas, 1821-1891. Jail was built about 1878 of white Medina sandstone and considered almost an escape-proof structure. It was used until county seat was moved to Marlinton in 1891.Presbyter…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTV_camp-bartow_Bartow-WV.html
In August 1861, Confederate soldiers under Gen. Henry R. Jackson of Georgia erected Camp Bartow here. Fortifications on these hills guarded a disputed "middle ground" between Union and Confederate forces on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTU_travellers-repose_Bartow-WV.html
Travellers Repose was the first stage stop west of Allegheny. Andrew Yeager, son of pioneer John Yeager, built the first Travellers Repose here on the upper Greenbrier River.
Mail delivery along the length of the pike was contracted in 1847, a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMTC_yankee-army-camp_Hillsboro-WV.html
John D. Sutton, 10th West Virginia Infantry, wrote, "The army went into camp in the levels between Mill Point and Hillsboro." These fields were later owned by 2nd Lt. Matthew John McNeel, Company F, 19th Virginia Cavalry, and the Capt. Edgar estat…