Logan Massacre
Inscription
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 Indians, April, 1774, opposite their village at the mouth of Yellow Creek in Ohio.
Location
AddressWV 2, Mountaineer Race Track, Newell
CityNewell
CountyHancock
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates40.552870, -80.572350
Sources
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