Monongalia County/Wetzel County
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Formed, 1776, from District of West Augusta. All or parts of 21 other counties, including three in Pennsylvania, were carved from it. Named for the Monongahela River, bearing an Indian name, which means the "River of Caving Banks".
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Formed in 1846 from Tyler. Named for Lewis Wetzel, the great frontiersman, who with his brothers during Indian days, ranged the settlements from their home in Marshall County throughout northern West Virginia.
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More markers in Monongalia
Monongalia County/Preston County
Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia.
Henry Clay Furnace
Coopers Rock State Forest, WV
West, in Coopers Rock State Forest, is the Henry Clay cold blast furnace, built 1834-36 by Leonard Lamb.
Ice's Ferry
Cheat Lake, WV
Ice's Ferry was settled by Frederick Ice in 1767.
Monongalia County/Preston County
Formed from Monongalia in 1818 and named for James Preston, 13th governor of Virginia.
Mason-Dixon Line
Dunbar, WV
Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States.