Pendleton

Here mountain waters divide into many rivers.

Prior to the Civil War, a Lutheran log church built on the North Fork housed a growing congregation.

Near Champe Rocks is the home and grave of Sergeant John Champe who was sent by General Washington and Major Lee to kidnap Benedict...

Northwest-Seneca Rocks, overlooking old Seneca Trail or Warriors' Path; Champe Rocks; Germany Valley and Seneca Caverns.

A key component of gunpowder, the saltpeter mined near Franklin was of great importance to the South during the Civil War.

Named for William Eagle, a Revolutionary War soldier who lived nearby.

Oak Flat, WV

Fort Seybert, strong frontier post with blockhouse, cabins, and stockade, surrendered to the Indians after three-day siege in 1758.

Site of Fort Upper Tract, one of the forts erected under Washington's orders to guard the settlements.

Settled, 1769. Named for its founder, Francis Evick.

In Germany Valley is the site of Hinkle's Fort built in 1761-1762.

Nearby is grave of John Dolly (Dahle, 1749-1847), a Hessian mercenary in the Revolutionary War and an early settler in Germany Valley.

Formed in 1788 from Hardy, Augusta, Rockingham.

Formed in 1788 from Hardy, Augusta, Rockingham.

Franklin, WV

61 rods west stood original round log church upon 3-1/2 acre plot, deeded Dec. 18, 1769, by John Michael Propst and his wife Catherine,...

Seneca Rocks, an outstanding natural formation of Tuscarora Sandstone of the Silurian Age, rises over 900 feet above the North Fork of...

Smoke Hole, a rugged canyon formed by the South Branch of the Potomac River, extends eighteen miles south to U.S. 220.

Smoke Hole Road, WV

On Smoke Hole Knob (300 yards west), overlooking this site, is Smoke Hole Cave with its circular chamber, forty feet high and fifteen...

First St. Michaels Lutheran Church on this site was a log structure built circa 1800; burned and rebuilt in 1921.

The Trout Rock Fort was one in the chain of forts that the Virginia House of Burgesses in March 1756 directed Washington to erect for the...

"The Mountain State"-western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.

"The Mountain State"--western part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until June 20, 1863.