| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — "Contentment" |
| | Built, 1830, on the old James River and Kanawha Turnpike. Restored antebellum home of Colonel George W. Imboden, on General Lee's staff, C.S.A. Property and headquarters of the Fayette County Historical Society, organized in 1926. — Map (db m50392) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Contentment — Home of George W. Imboden |
| | After the Civil War, George W. Imboden lived here with his wife, Mary Tyree, the daughter of William Tyree of Tyree Tavern. When the war began, Imboden enlisted in the Staunton Artillery in Augusta County, Virginia, where he then resided. He subsequently became colonel of the 18th Virginia Cavalry when it was organized in December 1862. The regiment was assigned to the brigade of his better-known brother, Gen. John D. Imboden, and served in West Virginia, on the Gettysburg Campaign, and in the . . . — Map (db m34371) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Hawk’s Nest |
| | Once called Marshall’s Pillar for Chief Justice John Marshall, who came here, 1812. U.S. engineers declare the New River Canyon, 585 feet deep, surpasses the famed Royal Gorge. Tunnel for river makes vast water power here. — Map (db m20675) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — FA 1 — Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster |
| | Construction of nearby tunnel, diverting waters of New R. through Gauley Mt. for hydroelectric power, resulted in state’s worst industrial disaster. Silica rock dust caused 109 admitted deaths in mostly black, migrant underground work force of 3,000 . Congressional hearing placed toil at 476 for 1930-35. Tragedy brought recognition of acute silicosis as occupational lung disease and compensation legislation to protect workers. — Map (db m34417) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Jackson's Mother |
| | In Westlake Cemetery is the grave of the mother of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The monument at the grave was placed by Captain Thomas Ranson, who had fought in Jackson's old brigade in the War between the States. — Map (db m34376) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — New Haven Veterans' Memorial — VFW Post 7695 |
| | Proudly and humbly dedicated
this Memorial to all who served
our country;
especially those who
gave the ultimate sacrifice — Map (db m34499) WM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Salt Sand |
| | The sheer cliffs of Nuttall sandstones forming the walls of the New River Gorge are the "Salt Sands" of the driller. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia and commercial brines on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.
Sponsored by the W. Va. Centennial Committee of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry — Map (db m34420) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Tyree Tavern — Confederate and Union Headquarters |
| | During his and Gen. Henry Alexander Wise’s unsuccessful Kanawha Valley campaign, Confederate Gen. John B. Floyd made his headquarters here, August 17-18, 1861, while Wise camped on the top of Big Sewell Mountain. In 1862, according to an inscription carved over the front door, the tavern was “Headquarters of the Chicago Gray Dragoons". The original Chicago Dragoons enlisted in April 1861 for three months and were sent to West Virginia in June. Most of the men returned to Chicago when . . . — Map (db m59937) HM |
| West Virginia (Fayette County), Ansted — Westlake Cemetery — Burial Place of Julia Jackson |
| | This is one of the earliest identified cemeteries west of the Allegheny Mountains. William Tyree, owner of nearby Tyree Tavern, and Confederate Col. George W. Imboden, brother of Gen. John D. Imboden, are buried here. The cemetery is best known, however, for the grave of Julia Beckwith Neale Jackson Woodson, the mother of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. She was born on February 28, 1798, in Loudoun County, Virginia, and moved with her family two years later to the Parkersburg . . . — Map (db m59193) HM |
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