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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ED1_valley-falls-whip-and-grist-mill_Fairmont-WV.html
Valley Falls Whip and Grist Mill. . In 1827 W. W. Fetterman purchased the land surrounding Valley Falls, and built a ship saw mill, and contracted with William Hanley, an English stone cutter, to cut a mill race for water power, using black powder…
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. var pl…
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/HM2DIF_dedicated-to-you-a-free-citizen-in-a-free-land_Charleston-WV.html
Dedicated to You, A Free Citizen in a Free Land. West Virginia's Liberty Bell Replica. This reproduction of the Liberty Bell was presented to the people of West Virginia by direction of The Honorable John W. Snyder Secretary of the Treasury A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CM5_organized-pendleton-county_Franklin-WV.html
Organized Pendleton County. On this site on 2 June 1788 in a building owned by Seriah Stratton and formerly the property Col. Benjamin Wilson. Pendleton County was organized by justices commissioned by Virginia Governor Edmund Randolph from portio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CL4_daniel-haymond-polsley_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Daniel Haymond Polsley. Born 1803 in Palatine, Polsley was a noted lawyer and publisher of the Western Transcript in Wellsburg until he moved to Mason County in 1845. A delegate to the Wheeling conventions, Polsley served in the Restored Governmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CIP_dr-jesse-bennett_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Dr. Jesse Bennett. Grave and home (½ mile west) of Dr. Jesse Bennett, whose Caesarean operation on his wife, 1794, was the first in America. Bennett, colonel of Virginia Militia, 1804-1814, refused to aid Blennerhassett and Burr in their ambi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CHN_destruction-of-saltpeter-works_Franklin-WV.html
Destruction of Saltpeter Works. A key component of gun powder,the saltpeter mined near Franklin was of great importance to the South during the Civil War. On August 19, 1863, during his raid of Pendleton and surrounding counties, Union Gen. Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDV_kellian-v-whaley_Point-Pleasant-WV.html
Born May 6, 1821, Whaley served as a Union recruiter and colonel in the 9th WV Volunteer Infantry. He was captured November 10, 1861, in Guyandotte during the battle there but escaped. First elected to the U.S. Congress in 1861, in 1863 he became …
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