Hardy
Battle of Moorefield
Moorefield, WV
After a failed raid on New Creek on August 4, 1864, the Confederate cavalry of Gens.
Fort Pleasant
Old Fields, WV
Built on lands of Isaac Van Meter who took up claim near Old Fields, 1735, and settled there, 1744.
Gen. Joseph Neville/Mc Neill's Raid
Moorefield, WV
Near here, grave of Gen. Joseph Neville; officer in Revolution; member of conventions of 1775 and 1776.
Hardy County/State of Virginia
Formed in 1786 from Hampshire.
Hardy County/Virginia
Formed from Hampshire in 1786.
Howard's Lick/Jackson Home
Mathias, WV
Howard's Lick, also known as Lee White Sulphur Springs, was once owned by General Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee of Revolutionary War fame.
Lost and Found
Wardensville, WV
Here Lost River disappears under Sandy Ridge.
Lost River
Lost River, WV
Settled before 1750.
Lost River's First Church
Lost River, WV
300 yards east is the first Lost River Valley Church.
Moorefield
Moorefield, WV
Chartered, 1777, and named for Conrad Moore, early settler.
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Peru, WV
Founded in 1888 by Dr. Conrad B. Gohdes Last of the Lutheran horseback circuit riders, who was known as a dynamic pastor, theologian,...
Presbyterian Church
Moorefield, WV
During the years this church was used by both North and South as a Hospital.
South Branch Valley
Moorefield, WV
Named for the river flowing through it, the valley runs from Pendleton to Hampshire County and has some of the state's most productive...
Wardensville
Wardensville, WV
George Washington laid off land here for William Wallace Warden, Nov. 11, 1749.
West Virginia (Hardy County)/Virginia
"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.
Willow Wall
Old Fields, WV
This U-shaped Georgian-Tidewater house, built 1811-12, was the home of the McNeill family.