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Ansted, WV

Built, 1830, on the old James River and Kanawha Turnpike.

Ansted, WV

Regular stop on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.

The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va.

Fayetteville, WV

On September 10, 1862, soldiers under the command of Confederate Gen. W. W. Loring attacked Union forces in Fayetteville under Col....

Glen Ferris, WV

Located across Kanawha River from this point was Civil War camp for Union Army, 1862-64.

Clifftop, WV

Camp named for Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) and George Washington Carver (1864-1943).

Montgomery, WV

Born in slavery in Monroe Co., Sept. 7, 1848, he worked as servant in the Confederate army.

Born 1813 in Matthews County, VA, Tompkins was an 1836 graduate of West Point.

Formed, 1831, from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Formed, 1831, from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, and Logan.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Belva, WV

Formed in 1818 from Greenbrier, Kanawha and Randolph.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Prince, WV

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Formed in 1831 from Nicholas, Greenbrier, Kanawha, Logan.

Fayetteville, WV

In the attack on Federal forces here, 1863, Milton W. Humphreys, the educator and soldier, gunner of Bryan's Battery, 13th Virginia Light...

Fayetteville, WV

Memorial Park was presented to citizens of Fayetteville to honor all veterans who served to defend their country.

Here New and Gauley rivers unite to form Great Kanawha River.

Near here, at highest point on the Midland Trail, Gen. Robert E. Lee had headquarters during his campaign in West Virginia in 1861.

Montgomery, WV

In the bottomland towards Kanawha River was an extensive Indian village site.

Fayetteville, WV

Nearby on May 19-20, 1863, Corp. Milton W. Humphreys, gunner in Bryan's Battery, 13th Virginia Light Artillery, C.S.A., made first use of...

Ansted, WV

In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.

Oak Hill, WV

Born on May 16, 1870, in Augusta County, Virginia, Ellis graduated from Wayland Seminary in 1895 and earned his law degree from...

Montgomery, WV

Settled before the Revolution by Levi Morris, whose father, William Morris, made the first permanent settlement in the Great Kanawha Valley.

Montgomery, WV

Settled before the Revolution by Levi Morris, whose father, William Morris, made the first permanent settlement in the Great Kanawha Valley.

Nallen, WV

Wilderness Lumber Co. camp, named for John I. Nallen, manager, ca.

Oak Hill, WV

Built in 1903 by the White Oak Railway Company, the depot is one of the oldest surviving structures in the community.

Carlisle, WV

White Oak Fuel Company built the Oakwood Mine Complex in 1902.

Hilton Village, WV

Southwest is the Old Stone House, built, 1824, by Richard Tyree on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike.

Belva, WV

Nearby is grave of Seaberry Osborne (circa, 1815-66), daughter of Chief Running Bear.

Rainelle, WV

From August to October 1861, about 17,000 Union and Confederate troops operated near the Sewell Mountain area.

Lookout, WV

Sandstone formation at 2510 feet is landmark known for view of Sewell Mt. range to SE.

Fayetteville, WV

John Townsend bought a large tract of land here in 1841, an area that became Lansing, Ames Heights and Canyon Rim Park.

Fayetteville, WV

Masonic group owned property in 1854.

Montgomery, WV

State institution established in 1895 as Preparatory Branch of West Virginia University.