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Camp Laurel Hill
in West Virginia Historical Markers
A sign telling about some of the happenings here during the Civil War.
posted by: Paintedwarrior
location: West Virginia
date approved: 02/26/2013
last visited: 03/02/2013
Historic Campell School
A two sided sign telling about noted alumni, Arch Hall, M.D. who performed 1st open~heart surgery.
Industrial Home for Girls
A sign telling about the home for girls that was opened here in 1899.
date approved: 02/11/2013
last visited: 02/18/2013
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: 02/05/2013
last visited: 05/07/2017
Hundred
A sign telling how the town got its name.
last visited: 02/09/2013
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: 01/21/2013
last visited: 01/26/2013
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: 08/01/2004
Gen. Lightburn
Tells about local cemetery and that after the Civil War General Lightburn became a Baptist minister.
date approved: 01/14/2013
last visited: 01/15/2013
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: 06/29/2013