Pringle Tree
Inscription
To the east (1 ½ miles), at the mouth of Turkey Run, stood the famous Pringle Tree, so-called because in the cavity of this old sycamore, John and Samuel Pringle, who had fled from Fort Pitt, lived two years.
Location
AddressUS 119/WV 20, just north of junction with County Route 119/2 (Pringle Tree Road), north of Buckhannon
CountyUpshur
StateWest Virginia
Coordinates38.916030, -80.214110
Sources
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