view gallery N2.3 km | I-77 Mile Marker 166 - Mineral Sprints, WV in Highway Rest Areas Rest area accessible when heading southbound on I-77 posted by: uccacher location: West Virginia date approved: 08/24/2011 last visited: 01/29/2021 |
view gallery S2.6 km | I-77 Southbound - Big Tygart, WV in Blue Star Memorial Highway Markers This Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker is located at a rest area on I-77 Southbound. posted by: Hawaiian Ninja location: West Virginia date approved: 12/03/2010 last visited: 08/12/2011 |
view gallery S2.6 km | Payphone I-77 South Bound - Mineral Wells, WV in Payphones Payphone in a rest area posted by: uccacher location: West Virginia date approved: 08/22/2011 last visited: never |
view gallery S2.7 km | Mineral Wells Rest Area NB - I-77 Northbound - Mineral Wells, WV in Highway Rest Areas This rest Area is one of a pair located on Interstate 77 near Mile 166 in Mineral Wells, West Virginia. This one in particular is located in the northbound direction of travel. posted by: outdoorboy34 location: West Virginia date approved: 01/26/2017 last visited: 01/29/2021 |
view gallery N4.2 km | Cracker Barrel Restaurant #126, Mineral Wells, West Virginia in Cracker Barrel Restaurants This Cracker Barrel Restaurant is located at I-77 Exit 170 and SR. 14, in Mineral Wells, West Virginia. posted by: deano1943 location: West Virginia date approved: 07/08/2010 last visited: 11/13/2011 |
view gallery W7.6 km | Adam White-Wadeville, WV in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient for action at Hatchers Run, VA on April 2, 1865. He is buried in Wadeville Cemetery, Wadeville, WV. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/19/2019 last visited: 12/05/2021 |
view gallery N10.9 km | Neal's Station - Parkersburg WV in People-Named Places Neal's Station or Fort Neal was built in 1785 by Capt. James Neal, Revolutionary War veteran, who led a party of settlers to the mouth of the Little Kanawha. Neal first came here in 1783 surveying present site of Parkersburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 02/04/2023 last visited: 02/04/2023 |
view gallery N10.9 km | Hugh Phelps - Parkersburg WV in Citizen Memorials Wood County formally organized, August 12, 1799, at the home of Colonel Hugh Phelps, who came here, 1787. Phelps made the first effort to arrest Burr and Blennerhassett. About 1800, he built this house, later the home of Thomas Tavernner. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 02/03/2023 last visited: 02/04/2023 |
view gallery N11.1 km | Col. Hugh Phelps in West Virginia Historical Markers Col. Hugh Phelps Parkersburg, WV posted by: two-bit Joe location: West Virginia date approved: 02/14/2007 last visited: 12/31/2016 |
view gallery N11.1 km | Neal's Station in West Virginia Historical Markers Neal's Station Parkersburg, WV posted by: two-bit Joe location: West Virginia date approved: 02/14/2007 last visited: 12/31/2016 |
view gallery N11.9 km | Tim Horton's - 5th Ave - Parkersburg, WV in Tim Horton's Restaurants One of two Tim Hortons in Parkersburg, West Virgina and a good place to start the day. posted by: king.hubi location: West Virginia date approved: 09/13/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery NW11.9 km | Prehistoric Sites in West Virginia Historical Markers Tells of prehistoric sites located on Blennerhassett Island. posted by: dukemartin location: West Virginia date approved: 01/03/2017 last visited: 01/04/2017 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman Hill - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History The prominent known locally as Fort Boreman Hill encompasses almost 250 acres. However, the actual site of Fort Boreman, its gun stations, powder magazine, and winter quarters, utilized only a small portion of the hill. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman During the Civil War - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History Fort Boreman was a military fortification constructed by the United States Army during the Civil War. The protection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the two turnpikes, the Northwestern and the Staunton-Parkersburg was absolutely essential. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman During the Civil War - Parkersburg WV in U.S. Civil War Sites Fort Boreman was a military fortification constructed by the United States Army during the Civil War. The protection of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the two turnpikes, the Northwestern and the Staunton-Parkersburg was absolutely essential. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Old Tollgate House in West Virginia Historical Markers Old Tollgate House Parkersburg, WV posted by: two-bit Joe location: West Virginia date approved: 02/14/2007 last visited: 01/27/2023 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Parkersburg in 1861 - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History At the beginning of the Civil War, Parkersburg had a population of 2,500. The completion of the southern branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to the town in 1857 increased the size and importance of Parkersburg. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | William L. "Mudwall" Jackson in West Virginia Historical Markers Born in Clarksburg in 1825 and was promoted to brigadier general in 1864. posted by: dukemartin location: West Virginia date approved: 07/11/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery N12.1 km | Old Turnpikes in West Virginia Historical Markers Tells us about the roadways completed that Washington favored. posted by: dukemartin location: West Virginia date approved: 01/03/2017 last visited: 01/27/2023 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman in West Virginia Historical Markers Built in 1863 on Mount Logan it was never attacked. posted by: dukemartin location: West Virginia date approved: 07/11/2021 last visited: never |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman-Protecting the B&O Railroad - Parkersburg WV in Civil War Discovery Trail Sites The men of Co. A, 11th West Virginia Infantry (US), constructed Fort Boreman in 1863 to protect the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 10/04/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Fort Boreman-Protecting the B&O Railroad - Parkersburg WV in U.S. Civil War Sites Marker is in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in Wood County on Fort Boreman Drive in Fort Boreman Park. Parkersburg WV 26101 posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 07/11/2023 last visited: 07/11/2023 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Historic Parkersburg (West) Virginia - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History Parkersburg was permanently settled in 1785 by Capt. James Neal, a veteran of Lord Dunmore’s War and the Revolutionary War. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | Historic Blennerhassett Island - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History One and one-half miles below the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers lies historic Blennerhassett Island, home of the Irish aristocrat Harman Blennerhassett and his wife Margaret from 1798 to 1806. posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
view gallery N12.1 km | The Beautiful Ohio River - Parkersburg WV in Signs of History The Ohio River, called La Belle Riviere (the beautiful river) by the French, derives its name from an Iroquois word meaning “good river” or “large river.” posted by: Don.Morfe location: West Virginia date approved: 08/28/2020 last visited: 09/26/2021 |
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