Andrew & Charles Lewis March
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 13.091 W 081° 25.585
17S E 462672 N 4230109
The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va. from Lewisburg to Point Pleasant.
Waymark Code: WM24Q4
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 09/03/2007
Views: 27
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: US 60, at junction with County Route 81/12 (Kelleys Creek Mammoth Road, just east of Cedar Grove
County or Independent City: Kanawha
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Culture and History 1964
Marker Number: Not listed
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