Hancock
Brickyard Bend
New Cumberland, WV
Named by boat captains for many brick works shipping from area.
Brickyard Bend
Named by boat captains for many brick works shipping from area.
Capt. John Porter/Chelsea China Company
New Cumberland, WV
(Aug. 7, 1838 - Feb. 7, 1893) Early developer of New Cumberland, he operated line of steamboats and barges on Ohio River, Chelsea China...
Contested County Seat
New Cumberland, WV
Hancock County, formed in 1848 in home of Sam C. Allison in Fairview, also known as Pughtown and New Manchester.
Early Mills
Site of Nesselroad's powder mill which operated from 1795 to 1801.
Gravel Hill Academy
New Cumberland, WV
Located beside courthouse, original building of four rooms built in 1869, opened in 1870 with town hall on 2nd floor.
Hartford's Mill
On Tomlinson Run, Nesselroad's powder mill began operation about 1795.
Holliday's Cove
Weirton, WV
East was Fort Holliday, built in 1776.
Logan Massacre
Newell, WV
One of the events which led up to Dunmore's War was the killing at this point of the family of Chief Logan, eloquent leader of the Mingo...
New Cumberland
New Cumberland, WV
Near New Cumberland, George Chapman settled, about 1783, and built an Indian fort.
New Cumberland
New Cumberland, WV
Near New Cumberland, George Chapman settled, about 1783, and built an Indian fort.
Old Town
New Cumberland, WV
In 1839 John Cuppy laid out 42 lots on his farm between Ohio River and hill; added 50 lots in 1850.
Old Town
New Cumberland, WV
In 1839 John Cuppy laid out 42 lots on his farm between Ohio River and hill; added 50 lots in 1850.
Peter Tarr Furnace
Weirton, WV
Two miles east is the site of first blast furnace west of the Alleghenies.
State of Ohio/Hancock County
Named for the river, called by the Iroquois the "Beautiful River.
Three Springs Church
Weirton, WV
100 yards south is site of original log Three Springs Church.
Weirton
Weirton, WV
Founded, 1909, by Ernest T. Weir, industrialist.
West Virginia (Hancock County)/Pennsylvania
"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.
West Virginia (Hancock County)/Pennsylvania
Formed in 1848 from Brooke.