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Fairmont, WV

Attorney Alpheus Haymond voted against secession as a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861 but served in the Confederacy during...

Barrackville, WV

This covered bridge, built in 1853 by Eli and Lemuel Chenoweth, West Virginia's pioneer bridge builders, is an excellent example of a...

Fairmont, WV

Here in 1819, on land purchased from Thomas Barns, Boaz Fleming, pioneer, soldier of the American Revolution, founded his town, which, in...

Boothsville, WV

Named for Captain James Booth, pioneer soldier and settler.

Fairmont, WV

Near this point, in a mass grave, lie the remains of 39 Confederate soldiers from the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Virginia cavalry...

To south, Indian fort built in 1777 under direction of Captain James Booth.

Fairmont, WV

Home of Francis H. Pierpont, whose services in the organization of this State are commemorated by his statue in Statuary Hall, Washington.

Fairmont, WV

Founded through private enterprise in 1865.

Farmington, WV

Explosion in Consolidated Coal No. 9 mine November 20, 1968 resulted in deaths of 78 miners, with only 21 men rescued.

Fairmont, WV

Site of Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, now Central United Methodist, where Father's Day was first observed on July 5, 1908.

North on high flat, overlooking the junction of Pawpaw Creek and the Monongahela River, was "Pawpaw Fort", a ninety-foot square...

Fairmont, WV

Born 1814, Francis Pierpont was a respected lawyer and supporter of the Union.

Fairmont, WV

Completed in 1921, honoring WW I veterans.

Fairmont, WV

Completed in 1921, honoring WW I veterans.

Here Nicholas Wood and Jacob Straight were killed and Mrs. Elizabeth Dragoo captured during Indian raid in 1786.

Fairmont, WV

Born July 1828 in New York, she was the wife of Francis Pierpont, who served as governor of Loyal Virginia throughout the Civil War.

Basnettville, WV

Born in 1878 in Basnettville, Marion Co. President of Women's Christian Temperance Union by 1908; led state suffrage movement in 1917,...

Once called Koontown but renamed in 1856 when chartered as town by Va.

Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia.

Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia.

Formed, 1844, from Marion, Harrison and Barbour.

Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia.

Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia.

Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia.

Fairmont, WV

David Morgan, soldier French & Indian War, serving at Fort Necssity and in Braddock and Forbes Expeditions.

To the north stood the fort built, 1774, by Jacob Prickett.

Fairmont, WV

Named in honor of local American hero, "Spanky" Roberts (1914-84), grad.

Fairmont, WV

Named in honor of local American hero, "Spanky" Roberts (1914-84), grad.

Farmington, WV

A mile north stood the cabin in which Waitman T. Willey, the State's first U.S. Senator was born, October 18, 1811.