Shepherd College/Shepherdstown
Posted by: 
vhasler
N 39° 26.085 W 077° 48.408
18S E 258429 N 4368784
Two sided historical marker describing the town and college.
Waymark Code: WMF3H3
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2012
Views: 7
Shepherd College
Incorporated as Shepherd College, 1871. Chartered by an act of the Legislature, Feb. 27, 1872, as the Shepherd College State Normal School. Name changed in 1931 to Shepherd State Teachers and in 1943, to Shepherd College.
Now the school is known as Shepherd University (see web site link below).
Shepherdstown
Incorporated in 1762 as Mecklenburg. Oldest town in West Virginia. Name changed to Shepherdstown in 1798 to honor founder Thomas Shepherd. Some settlements here as early as 1719. Here lived James Rumsey whose steamboat was demonstrated at this point on the Potomac River in 1787. First newspaper in present West Virginia was printed here in 1790. First W.Va. post office was opened here in 1792.