Historical Marker

Hacker's Creek/Jane Lew

US 19 in Jane Lew, at junction with Broad Run Road, just north of I-79 exit 105 - at opposite end of bridge from ML-14 ยท Lewis

West Virginia marker

Inscription

At mouth of Jesse's Run was home of Jesse Hughes, Indian fighter and scout. About 1770, John Hacker settled here. Near by is scene of Cozad and other border massacres. Several Indian villages and burying grounds were here.

[Reverse]

Here Fort West was built, 1770-1773, by Edmund West and sons and burned by the Indians, 1778. Beech's Fort was later erected near by during the Indian wars. A mill was built here by Henry McWhorter in 1793.

Location

AddressUS 19 in Jane Lew, at junction with Broad Run Road, just north of I-79 exit 105 - at opposite end of bridge from ML-14
CountyLewis
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates39.012080, -80.565920

Sources

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