Virginia/West Virginia (Mc Dowell County)
Inscription
Named for Queen Elizabeth, the Virginia Queen of England. Site of the first permanent English settlement, 1607, in America. One of the 13 original colonies. Virginia is the birthplace of eight Presidents of the United States.
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"The Mountain State" -- western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863. Settled by the Germans and Scotch-Irish. It became a line of defense between the English and French during the French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Location
AddressWV 83, West Virginia-Virginia border
CityNorthfork
CountyMcDowell
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates37.416116, -81.429060
Sources
More markers in McDowell
Mc Dowell County/West Virginia (Mc Dowell County)
Welch, WV
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Mc Dowell County/Mercer County
Formed, 1837, from Giles and Tazewell.
Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Mc Dowell County/Wyoming County
Formed from Tazewell, 1858.
Lewis' Camp
Iaeger, WV
Here Major (later General) Andrew Lewis camped, February 26, 1756, with Virginia troops on way to attack Indians who had been raiding the...