Tyler County/Wetzel County
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Formed in 1814 from Ohio. Named for John Tyler, governor of Virginia and father of President Tyler. Here in 1894 was drilled "Big Moses", the greatest gas well in the world, producing one hundred million cubic feet per day.
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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 Tyler
"Big Moses" Well/Polecat Oil Well
Sistersville, WV
Drilled on Joshua Russell farm 2 mi. North on Polecat Run.
Sistersville
Sistersville, WV
Charles Wells settled here in 1776 and the first county court was held at his home.
Middlebourne
Middlebourne, WV
Established, 1813. Named because it was halfway between Pennsylvania and the old salt wells on the Kanawha above Charleston.
Tyler County/Wetzel County
Formed in 1814 from Ohio.