Davis in Tucker County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Salt Sands

Photographed By Tom Bosse, July 6, 2022

1. Salt Sands Marker

Inscription. 💧 The resistant Homewood and Conoquenessing sandstones, the “Salt Sands” of the driller, form the Canyon Walls and Blackwater Falls. These sands produce oil and natural gas in West Virginia and commercial brines on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers.

Erected 1963 by West Virginia Centennial Committee of the Oil and Natural Gas Industry; West Virginia Historic Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list.

Location. 39° 6.794′ N, 79° 29.949′ W. Marker is in Davis, West Virginia, in Tucker County. Marker can be reached from Blackwater Falls Road (County Road 29) 0.7 miles west of Picnic Acres Road, on the left when traveling north. Marker is located at the Pendleton Point Overlook Parking Lot within Blackwater Falls State Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Davis WV 26260, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Blackwater Falls State Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); Boardwalk to the Falls (approx. 0.9 miles away); Porte Crayon (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Salt Sands (approx. 0.9

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miles away); Black Fork Grade (approx. 1.4 miles away); Douglas, W. Va. (approx. 1½ miles away); Reclaiming the Future (approx. 1.6 miles away); Creating Coke, Created More Than Smoke (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Davis.

Photographed By Tom Bosse, July 6, 2022

2. Salt Sands Marker

Pendleton Point Overlook image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Tom Bosse, July 6, 2022

3. Pendleton Point Overlook

Credits. This page was last revised on September 10, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 5, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 148 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 5, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.