Andrew & Charles Lewis March
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 50.137 W 082° 07.418
17S E 402476 N 4299134
Point Pleasant (Andrew & Charles Lewis March)
Waymark Code: WM16MM
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/02/2007
Views: 23
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va. from Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month's march this army defeated a Shawnee Indian force led by Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant on the banks of the Ohio & Kanawha rivers, October 10, 1774.
Marker Title: Andrew & Charles Lewis March
Marker Location: East of Pt. Pleasant, east part of Krodel Park, 2.1 miles west of WV 2/WV 62 split
County or Independent City: Mason
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History 1982
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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