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 Early Roads Met Here - N Kanawha St - Beckley, WV Posted by:  Lat34North
N 37° 46.680 W 081° 11.266
17S E 483464 N 4181200
This plaque about two early pioneer roads is located on the side of the Farmer, Cline & Campbell building on N Kanawha St at Main St in Beckley, WV.
Waymark Code: WMFFP1
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2012
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Early Roads Met Here
Two important but primitive pioneer roads converged this point in Beckley in the 1800’s. The old State Road, completed in 1811, ran from the mouth of the Bluestone River in present Summers County to Kanawha Falls on the Kanawha River with the initial purpose of giving farmers a shortcut to the salt wells of Malden, Kanawha County. In 1837 it was chartered as the Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike, and the upgrading was completed about 1848. The Logan Road, also known as the Guyandotte Road, linking the Big Sandy River on the Kentucky border with Beckley, roughly followed Farley’s Trace, a bridle path hacked through the wilderness in 1797 for the convenience of fur trappers. That road became the Logan, Monroe and Raleigh Turnpike in 1849. - Raleigh County Historical Society
More Information
The West Virginia. Cyclopedia: Giles, Fayette and Kanawha Turnpike
Wikipedia: List of turnpikes in Virginia and West Virginia
Group that erected the marker: Raleigh County Historical Society
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Farmer, Cline & Campbell, PLLC
101 North Kanawha Street
Becklet, WV USA
25801
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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