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Fort Bingamon
Petersburg, WV
Near this fort, established as defense against Indians, stood Samuel Bingamon's cabin.
Fort Mulligan
Petersburg, WV
Built in 1863 by Union soldiers under Col. James Mulligan on a hill occupied by both Confederates and Federals, the fort protected the...
Fort Ogden
Frontier defense, including blockhouse, stockade, and cabins.
Grant County/Hardy County
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Grant County/Maryland
Gormania, WV
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Grant County/Mineral County
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Grant County/Mineral County
Formed from Hampshire in 1866 and named for its great mineral deposits.
Grant County/Pendleton County
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Grant County/Pendleton County
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Grant County/Tucker County
Formed in 1866 from Hardy.
Greenland Gap
Scherr, WV
Cliffs 800 feet high lining great cleft in the New Creek and Knobley mountains, which rival the famed Franconia Notch of New England.
Petersburg
Petersburg, WV
Settled about 1745. Near by was Fort George, Indian fort.
Smoke Hole
Smoke Hole, a rugged canyon formed by the South Branch of the Potomac River, extends eighteen miles south to U. S. 220.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
Original congregation organized about 1756.
Vincent Williams
Williamsport, WV
Nearby was located cabin of Vincent Williams, an early settler and noted Indian fighter of the South Branch, who lived on Patterson's...