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Industrial Home for Girls
in West Virginia Historical Markers
A sign telling about the home for girls that was opened here in 1899.
posted by: Paintedwarrior
location: West Virginia
date approved: 2/11/2013
last visited: 2/18/2013
Ritchie County / Wirt County
A two sided sign telling about the formation of the two counties.
Shinnston Tornado
A short story about the tornado that struck the area in 1944.
date approved: 2/5/2013
last visited: 5/7/2017
Hundred
A sign telling how the town got its name.
last visited: 2/9/2013
Marion County / Wetzel County
A sign at the county line telling about the formation of the counties.
Bathsheba Bigler Smith
A sign telling about Bathsheba Smith.
Lumberport
The home of Col. Benjamin Robinson, a soldier in the Revolution.
Harrison County / Taylor County
A sign at the county line telling about the formation of Harrison and Taylor counties.
Early Oil Wells
Tells about the birth of West Virginia's oil industry.
date approved: 1/21/2013
last visited: 1/26/2013
Endless Cable System
Tells about a system installed to produce oil from low producing wells.
Doddridge County / Tyler County
Tells about the formation of the two counties.
National Cemetery
Tells about the first National Military Cemetery in West Virginia.
Fairmont State College
Tells when Fairmont State College was started.
Boothsville
Tells how the town received its name.
Marion County / Taylor County
Tells where the counties where formed from.
The Jackson Cemetery
In this cemetery lie buried members of the Stonewall Jackson family.
last visited: 8/1/2004
Gen. Lightburn
Tells about local cemetery and that after the Civil War General Lightburn became a Baptist minister.
date approved: 1/14/2013
last visited: 1/15/2013
Jane Lew / Hacker's Creek
Tells about the forts that were built nearby and the various fights with Indians.
Harrison County / Lewis County
A sign at the county line telling about the formation of each county.
West Milford
Site of Richards' Fort or Lowther's Fort.
Johm Simpson
In 1764, John Simpson, hunter and trapper, established a camp here.
Oak Mounds
Directly to the east are two earthen, domed burial mounds.
Veterans Administration Hospital
last visited: 6/29/2013
Towers School
Built in 1894 and named in honor of Reverend George Towers, graduate of Oxford, England who was a teacher at Randolph Academy.
Gantz Sand
date approved: 12/14/2012
last visited: 11/30/2012