Gilmer
Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge
1922-1992. Funds raised and labor provided by Duck Run and Bear Run citizens: Wilfong, Keith, Bush, Hess, Wright, Summers, Langford,...
Fort Moore
Glenville State College, WV
At top of the hill is the site of a log fort 30 X 30 feet in size, built in spring, 1864, for Capt. W. T. Wiant's Gilmer County Home Guards.
Gilmer County/Lewis County
Formed in 1845 from Kanawha and Lewis.
Gilmer County/Ritchie County
Formed, 1845, from Kanawha and Lewis.
Glenville State College
Glenville State College, WV
A college that offers both professional and general education with emphasis on teacher education was established by the Legislature in...
Glenville State Teachers College
Glenville State College, WV
A central West Virginia college maintained for the training of grade and high school teachers.
Job's Temple
Begun 1860; finished after the Civil War; handhewn log church is oldest in Gilmer Co. Job's Temple Class of M. E. Church, South was...
Old Stalnaker Family Cemetery/Stalnaker Plantation
Earliest burial for Stalnaker family: Frances (ca.
Raid on Troy
Troy, WV
On September 18, 1863, a band of 30 Confederate guerillas raided the town of Troy.
Samuel Lewis Hays
Glenville, WV
Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845.
Site of First Gilmer Court
On 24 March 1845, Commissioners met here in Salathiel Stalnaker's brick home to organize Gilmer County from parts of Lewis and Kanawha.