Kanawha

Charleston, WV

Two companies of this regiment, consisting of 212 African American soldiers, were credited to WV.

Charleston, WV

Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the U.S. in 1860.

Alum Creek, WV

In 1881, the community of Rome was established at the forks of the Coal River.

The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va.

Dunbar, WV

The nearby highway is part of route traversing W. Va.

Charleston, WV

On September 13, 1862, armies under command of Gen. Loring (CSA) and Col. Lightburn (USA) fought for control of salt works, recruitment,...

Charleston, WV

At this site, April 1926, E. I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. produced first successful, commercially synthesized ammonia from air and water.

Coal Fork, WV

Born June 1822 in Kanawha County, Fry served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War and moved to Alabama prior to the Civil War.

Holly Grove, WV

Armor-plated train used against striking miners during the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Strike.

West Belle, WV

Site of the largest Civil War camp in the Kanawha Valley, it was named for Union Col. A Sanders Piatt of the 34th Ohio (Zouaves).

Grave of Revolutionary War Vet.

Charleston, WV

Founded by George Clendenin and named for his father.

Coalburg, WV

Here was the home of W. H. Edwards, naturalist and explorer, who led an important expedition to the Amazon in 1846 and was one of the...

Clendenin, WV

Born 1746 in Ireland; died 1797; wife, Jemima McNeill.

Charleston, WV

Built 1834 as "Elm Grove" by James Craik, grandson of Geo.

Charleston, WV

Across the Great Kanawha River, lived Daniel Boone, the noted frontiersman, from about 1788 to 1795.

Charleston, WV

In 1924, ground was broken for this magnificent Georgian colonial style mansion, official home of the State's governors since 1926.

Charleston, WV

In 1815 Captain James Wilson while drilling here for salt brine vowed he would drill to Hades if necessary.

Walter Kelly settled here about 1773 but was killed by Indians.

Charleston, WV

A western frontier outpost, guarding settlers against the Indians.

Charleston, WV

At the top of the hill is the site of an earthwork fort built by Union soldiers in 1863.

Coal Fork, WV

With a commanding view of the area below, present-day Fort Hill was used by both Civil War armies.

Nearby stood Fort Tackett, destroyed by Indians, 1790.

Virginia's Chapel was built in 1853 as gift for Wm.

In 1883, the Smithsonian Institution excavated the South Charleston or Criel Mound.

Dunbar, WV

Here in the Shawnee Reservation is found an Indian mound which was probably excavated in 1884 by the Smithsonian Institution.

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Coal Fork, WV

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Charleston, WV

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Authorized, 1788; organized in 1789 from Greenbrier and Montgomery.

Malden, WV

Born 1797, he was a prominent sale manufacturer in the Kanawha Valley.

Charleston, WV

Near this place, the army of Gen. Andrew Lewis camped, Sept. 21, 1774, enroute from Lewisburg.

Malden, WV

Site of the Great Buffalo Licks, in 1755, captives Mary Ingles and Betty Draper were brought here by Native Americans and made salt.

Nitro, WV

December 1, 1773, George Washington patented 21,941 acres known as the "Pocatalico Survey.

Constructed in 1846.

Coal Fork, WV

This plant was built by the United States Government during the Word War at a cost of over ten million dollars to supply armor plate for...

Clendenin, WV

In 1920, Union Carbide built first plant for the production of synthetic organic chemicals from natural gas on a site directly across Elk...

Pinch, WV

Oldest of its kind in nation.

Charleston, WV

First settled in early 1780s and incorporated in 1905.

Malden, WV

In cemetery nearby is grave of Dr. Henry Ruffner, eminent theologian and writer, called father of Presbyterianism in the Kanawha region.

Malden, WV

In 1808 David and Joseph Ruffner near here on the bank of the Kanawha completed a well into solid rock to a depth of 59 feet by a method...

Belle, WV

House built circa 1810 by Samuel Shrewsbury (1763-1835) on a 704 acre tract of land received from Colonel John Dickinson.

Charleston, WV

In 1860 Virginia, nearly 491,000 men, women, and children of African descent were held in slavery under the law.

Charleston, WV

Born 1791 in New York, he moved to Kanawha County to practice medicine and became a prominent politician.

Discovered in 1963 by Sam Kessell.

Located at site of the crossing of the James River and Kanawha Turnpike and Coal River.

Charleston, WV

West Virginia's Capitol is much traveled; Wheeling to Charleston to Wheeling and then back to Charleston, it moved.

Charleston, WV

West Virginia's Capitol first located in Wheeling, 1863; located in Charleston, 1870; again in Wheeling, 1875, and finally in Charleston,...

Charleston, WV

West Virginia's Capitol first located in Wheeling, 1863; moved to Charleston, 1870; back to Wheeling, 1875; and finally to Charleston, 1885.

Charleston, WV

Constructed of buff Indiana limestone and lined with Imperial Danby marble from Vermont, the State's Capitol is considered one of the...

Charleston, WV

Grave of Joseph Ruffner, who bought the site of Charleston from the Clendenins.

Dunbar, WV

The Mouth of Tyler Creek Tract of 2,950 acres was patented by George Washington on April 12, 1784, for services in French and Indian War.

Coal Fork, WV

First public black college in state founded in 1891 as West Virginia Colored Institute.

Charleston, WV

Born in Kanawha County on 19 September 1892.

Charleston, WV

Born in Ohio in 1848, Davis served during the Civil War in the Union Light Guard of Ohio that was tasked with protecting President Lincoln.

Born 1819, he was an 1842 graduate of West Point.