| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — "The West Virginia Coal Miner" |
| | Earl Ray Tomblin President Senate Bob Wise Governor Robert S. Kiss, Speaker House of Delegates
By Resolution of the Seventy-Fourth Legislature
"The West Virginia Coal Miner"
In honor and in recognition of the
men and women who have devoted a career,
some a lifetime, towards providing the state,
nation and the world with low-cost,
reliable household and industrial energy...
Let it be said . . . — Map (db m49802) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Abraham Lincoln Walks At Midnight |
| | . . . — Map (db m23019) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Baptism By Fire — To Arms! |
| | In July 1861, this area swarmed with retreating Confederate troops and pursuing Federal forces. Union Gen. George B. McClelland had ordered Gen. Jacob Cox to march his 3, 000 raw Ohio recruits into western Virginia from Gallipolis, Ohio, to drive Confederate Gen. Henry A. Wise and equally raw troops from the Kanawha Valley. Wise marched downriver from Charleston to confront the Federals. By July 13, Wise’s men had erected fortifications west of here on Tyler Mountain and on the Littlepage farm . . . — Map (db m59146) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Battle of Charleston — Downtown Battleground — Jenkins's Raid |
| | (Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500 mile raid, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces, capturing prisoners, and destroying military stores. From Salt Sulphur Springs he rode along the Tygart and Buckhannon Rivers, taking 5,000 weapons in Buckhannon and occupying Weston. He captured the Union garrison at Spencer on Sept. 2, then took Ripley, where he seized funds from the U.S. paymaster. At Ravenswood, he forded the Ohio River and raised the . . . — Map (db m59137) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Battle of Charleston — Lightburn's Retreat — Jenkins's Raid |
| | (Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, killed or wounded 1,000 others, destroyed about 5,000 small arms, and seized funds from a U.S. paymaster. At Ravenswood, he forded the Ohio River and raised the Confederate flag in Ohio on Sept. 4. He captured Racine, recrossed the river, and ended . . . — Map (db m59143) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Booker Taliaferro Washington |
| | 1856 - Born a lowly slave;
1915 - Died a great American.
Famous educator, author, lecturer and advocate of the doctrine of interracial cooperation.
Booker T. Washington was born near Hale's Ford, Franklin, County, VA. He spent his early life here in Malden, West Virginia. He was employed in the Ruffner Salt Works and by Mrs. Viola Ruffner whom he gave credit for inspiring him to secure an education.
He graduated from Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia in 1875 and returned . . . — Map (db m23024) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Charleston 's Civil War Sites — The Past is Present |
| | Two significant dwellings that stood elsewhere during the Civil War have been relocated to this park for public use:
Craik-Patton House. The Rev. James Craik, son of George Washington’s personal secretary, constructed this house in downtown Charleston in 1834. Subsequent owner George S. Patton practiced law in Charleston and helped form the Kanawha Riflemen in 1856. Confederate Col. Patton led the 22nd Virginia infantry with distinction before being mortally wounded in 1864. Gen George . . . — Map (db m59136) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Craik-Patton House |
| | Built 1834 as "Elm Grove" by James Craik, grandson of Geo. Washington's personal physician. Sold to George Smith Patton, 1858, and retained by family until end of Civil War. Born here was father of noted World War II general Geo. S. Patton. Moved to Lee St. from original Virginia St. location in 1906. Acquired by City of Charleston in 1968 and leased to Colonial Dames. Moved to park 1973. — Map (db m50419) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Daniel Boone |
| | Across the Great Kanawha River, lived Daniel Boone, the noted frontiersman, from about 1788 to 1795. He represented Kanawha County in the Virginia Assembly, 1791; was Lieut. Col. of Virginia militia during Indian wars. — Map (db m50466) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Daniel Boone — The Western Virginia Pioneer 1788-1799 |
| | 1789 Lt. Col. Of Kanawha Militia
An Organizer of Kanawha County
1791 Delegate to Virginia Assembly
His Cabin was Across the River
from Cave in Cliff Above
He hunted Deer and Made Salt
From a Spring at the Water's Edge
Erected by Kanawha Valley Chapter
Daughters of American Revolution
1928 — Map (db m50467) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Executive Mansion |
| | In 1924, ground was broken for this magnificent Georgian colonial style mansion, official home of the State's governors since 1926. Designed by W. F. Martens, it was constructed of colonial Harvard brick at an initial cost of $203,000. — Map (db m42673) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — First Gas Well |
| | In 1815 Captain James Wilson while drilling here for salt brine vowed he would drill to Hades if necessary. A large flow of gas was struck that ignited and burned with a huge flame, apparently fulfilling the captain's original vow. — Map (db m50417) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Fort Clendenin — 1788 |
| | [Front]
Saved by two historic rides for powder. Ann Bailey on horseback through wilderness to Lewisburg and return. Fleming Cobbs poled down Kanawha River to Point Pleasant and return.
[Rear]
This boulder is established to commemorate Clendennin's Fort which was built in 1788 for the protection of the early settlers against the Indians and stood here. — Map (db m23013) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Fort Lee |
| | A western frontier outpost, guarding settlers against the Indians. Built here in 1788 and named for Gen. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, one of Washington's most trusted officers. Later Lee was governor of Virginia. — Map (db m50416) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Kanawha Riflemen — 1861-1865 |
| | This memorial erected by the Kanawha Riflemen Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy in honor of the Kanawha Riflemen
First organization of the company 1856
Second organization 1858
Third organization 1861
[List of names]
Dedicated to those who served in the Confederate Army — Map (db m23015) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Military Occupation — A Bitter Pill to Swallow |
| | "I direct you to have guns in readiness to fire on Charleston. If rebels come in here Charleston shall be destroyed, for it is the work of disloyal citizens." - Gen. Eliakim P. Scammon, May 112, 1863, to Col. Rutherford B. Hayes. Union and Confederate forces occupied Charleston several times during the Civil War. The town was placed under martial law, and loyalties among the residents were divided. The downtown suffered terribly. Fire-ruined rubble from the Bank of Virginia and the . . . — Map (db m59139) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Presidential Presence — Tending to Family, Fort, and Ferry |
| | Camp White, the main Union camp at Charleston, was located directly across the Kanawha River from here. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, 23rd Ohio Infantry, occupied the camp and Charleston in March 1863. He ordered his men to build a fort on top of the hill to your right, where Confederate artillery had shelled Federal troops during the Battle of Charleston on September 13, 1862. Fort Scammon strengthened the Union army’s control over the Kanawha and Elk Rivers, the James River and Kanawha Turnpike, . . . — Map (db m59521) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — State Capitol |
| | West Virginia's Capitol first located in Wheeling, 1863; moved to Charleston, 1870; back to Wheeling, 1875; and finally to Charleston, 1885. It was located two miles west until destroyed by fire, 1921. Present building was completed in 1931. — Map (db m23018) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — State Capitol |
| | West Virginia's Capitol first located in Wheeling, 1863; located in Charleston, 1870; again in Wheeling, 1875, and finally in Charleston, 1885. It was located 2 mi. west until destroyed by fire, 1921. Present building was completed in 1932. — Map (db m42674) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — State Capitol |
| | Constructed of buff Indiana limestone and lined with Imperial Danby marble from Vermont, the State's Capitol is considered one of the world's superb examples of Italian Renaissance architecture. Designed by the internationally prominent Cass Gilbert and dedicated on June 20, 1932 by Governor William G. Conley as "a monument to West Virginians of yesterday, today, and tomorrow", this magnificent Capitol cost $10,000,000. — Map (db m42676) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — The 35th Star — *** West Virginia Statehood |
| | Sectional differences in western and eastern
Virginia fueled resentment and political divisions
before the Civil War. The divisions soon became
irrevocable after the convention in Richmond voted
on April 17, 1861, for Virginia to secede and join the
Confederacy. Far to the north of here, Wheeling,
delegates of Virginia's western counties convened
in June. They first reorganized and restored the
loyal government of Virginia, and then
subsequently decided to create a new, loyal state . . . — Map (db m42895) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — The Ruffners |
| | Grave of Joseph Ruffner, who bought the site of Charleston from the Clendenins. His son, Daniel, built Holly Mansion on Kanawha Street in 1815. The Ruffners aided oil and gas development by improved drills used in salt wells. — Map (db m23014) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Thomas J. Jackson — "Stonewall" |
| | [South Side]
Born Jan. 21, 1824
Clarksburg, VA.
Now West Virginia,
Confederate General
Died May 10, 1863
[East Side]
This monument first located on original state capitol grounds Sept. 27, 1910; relocated to the present state capitol grounds July 25, 1926. Relocated in the state capitol complex to its present position, July 20, 1976.
[North Side]
Replacement stone
A memorial to Samuel S. Green S.G.T. Montgomery's Batt'y, Cutshaw's, Batt'n, L.A. . . . — Map (db m23016) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — Union Civil War Monument |
| | [South Side]
In memory of the thirty-two thousand soldiers, sailors, and marines contributed by West Virginia to the service of the Union during the Civil War 1861-1865
[East Side]
This monument erected A.D. 1930 by the Union Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Commission
[North Side]
Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech
November 19, 1863
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the . . . — Map (db m23025) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — War At The Front Door — Littlepage Mansion |
| | In July 1861, this area swarmed with retreating Confederate troops and pursuing Federal forces. Union Gen. George B. McClellan had ordered Gen. Jacob Cox to march his 3,000 raw Ohio recruits into western Virginia from Gallipolis, Ohio, to drive Confederate Gen. Henry A. Wise and his equally raw troops from the Kanawha Valley. Wise marched downriver from Charleston to confront the Federals. By July 13, Wise’s men had constructed fortifications on the Littlepage Farm to command the junction of . . . — Map (db m59150) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — West Virginia Home Guards |
| | [East Side]
Montani Semper Liberi
Dedicated to the hallowed memories of the brave men and devoted women who saved West Virginia to the Union.
Presented to the state and people of West Virginia through the instrumentalities of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Women's Relief Corps by a private citizen.
[West Side]
Erected to commemorate the valor of those who on April 15, 1861. In instant response to the first call of Abraham Lincoln formed themselves into the . . . — Map (db m23055) HM |
| West Virginia (Kanawha County), Charleston — William Blizzard |
| | Born in Kanawha County on 19 September 1892. Began work as a miner at age ten, and served as field organizer, UMWA. Noted as leader of 1921 Armed March. Indicted for treason but later acquitted. President of District 17 and vice-president of West Virginia Federation of Labor. Retired to Putnam County farm in 1955. Died on 31 July 1958. — Map (db m23011) HM |
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