U.S. Homestead
Inscription
A federal New Deal project to move families back to the land during the Great Depression. Homes had water, electricity, barn, chicken coop, cellar and garden. Community had school, store, gas station, workshops, lumber mill, and quarry. U.S. government built 198 homes at Valley Bend and Dailey. Sold to private owners in 1946-47.
Location
AddressUS 219 (southbound), at junction with East Dailey Road (CR21) and Georgetown Road, Dailey
CityDailey
CountyRandolph
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates38.784100, -79.827520
Sources
More markers in Randolph
Randolph County/Tucker County
Formed, 1787, from Harrison.
Wilson's Fort
Here, 1772, settled Captain Benjamin Wilson, commanding Wilson, Friend, Roney forts.
Indian Mound
The Hyre-Crouch Mound, on the terrace above highway, was totally excavated and reconstructed by the State, 1963.
Randolph County/Upshur County
Formed, 1787, from Harrison.
Benjamin Wilson
Airport Hill, WV
In 1774 Capt. Benjamin Wilson was made a colonel in Lord Dunmore's army when it invaded the Indian country.