Preston

27 historical markers in West Virginia

Arthurdale, WV

Col. John Fairfax's old plantation.

Near site of Butler's Fort, built before 1774.

Albright, WV

In 1812, David Albright, a War of 1812 soldier, settled on Muddy Creek with his family.

Kingwood, WV

Established 1933-34 under Federal Homestead Act, one of several model planned-communities nationwide, and a pet project of Eleanor...

Aurora, WV

Rev. John Stough and family settled at Mount Carmel about 1787, and about 1790 Stough started the first gristmill.

To S on B&O Railroad is Buckeye Run Viaduct, 136' high, 350' long & 28' wide.

Brandonville, WV

Made famous by Brandonville stoves, product of old iron furnaces.

Bruceton Mills, WV

John Judy and James Clark settled in this vicinity, 1769.

In the cemetery is buried Dr. Mahlon Loomis, sender of first aerial signals, 1866-73, forerunner of wireless telegraphy.

Thomas Echarlin (Echarly) and two brothers settled here, 1754; first white men of record in Preston County.

Eglon, WV

Flag raisings, public displays of patriotism, were common events in the Civil War.

Established in 1911 by an act of the Legislature as the State Tuberculosis Sanitarium.

Kingwood, WV

Born in 1813, James McGrew was a Preston County businessman who served as a Pro-Union advocate in the Richmond Convention of 1861.

Named for grove of big trees.

Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States.

Built by Harrison Hagans in 1852.