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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25SV_john-f-kennedy-memorial-park_Star-City-WV.html
John F. Kennedy Memorial Park
A Father's Love
It was here in Star City that John F. Kennedy announced his intention to enter the West Virginia primary as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. This decision was motivated by deep co…
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Honor Roll
Star City, W.Va.
In Honor Of
Those Who Have Served and Are Serving
In the Armed Forces of the
United States of America
World War II
Anderson, Ralph R. · Anderson, David C. · Audia, Frank A. · Audia, Lou…
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WV
Star City
In Honor
Of All
Star City
Veterans
Past
Present
Future
Dedicated
May 30, 2011
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z0H_joseph-snider_Morgantown-WV.html
Born in Monongalia County in 1827, he was a delegate to the First and Second Wheeling Conventions and a member of the Restored Government of Virginia. Appointed colonel of the 7th WV Infantry in 1862, he was wounded at Fredericksburg. In late 1863…
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…
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On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched 1,10…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E50_old-iron-works_Morgantown-WV.html
Iron furnaces were busy in Monongalia County at early date. At Rock Forge, Samuel Hanway started work, 1798, and on Cheat River, Samuel Jackson built a furnace. The latter plant, under the Ellicotts, worked 1200 men.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E4Y_first-pottery_Morgantown-WV.html
The first pottery in West Virginia was founded here about 1785 and the making of pottery was important before 1800. John Scott, Jacob Foulk, John Thompson, and Francis Billingsley were among the first potters.