Shepherdstown
N 39° 26.151 W 077° 48.196
18S E 258737 N 4368895
Tells of two famous men from here.
Waymark Code: WMGNRD
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2013
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Shepherdstown
James Rumsey, inventor of the steamboat, lived here, 1785 to 1788, and in 1787 demonstrated his boat on the Potomac at this point. Here was born Colonel James Strode Swearingen, who commanded the men who founded the City of Chicago in 1803.
Marker Number: none
Marker Title: Shepherdstown
Marker Location: South of Route 480
County or Independent City: Shepherdstown, WV
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1975
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