Alta in Greenbrier County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Andrew & Charles Lewis March

Photographed by Forest McDermott, May 25, 2012

1. Andrew & Charles Lewis March Marker

Inscription. The nearby highway is part of route traversing W.Va. from Lewisburg to Point Pleasant memorialized by the state to commemorate the march of the American Colonial army of 1,200 men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis. After a month's march this army defeated a Shawnee Indian force led by Cornstalk at the Battle of Point Pleasant on the banks of the Ohio & Kanawha Rivers, October 10, 1774.

Erected 1982 by West Virginia Department of Culture and History.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the West Virginia Archives and History series list. A significant historical date for this entry is October 10, 1774.

Location. 37° 52.156′ N, 80° 32.586′ W. Marker is in Alta, West Virginia, in Greenbrier County. It is at the intersection of Midland Trail West (U.S. 60) and Alta Mountain Road (Old West Virginia Route 12) on Midland Trail West. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 45 Midland Trail West, Crawley WV 24931, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Southern Coalfields.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Maxon Sand (approx. 1.6 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Donnally / Border Heroes (approx. 2.2 miles away); Unknown Soldiers / Gen. Lewis' Trace (approx. 3.9 miles

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away); Battle of Tuckwiller's Hill (approx. 5 miles away); Confederate Disenfranchisement (approx. 5 miles away); Sam Black Church (approx. 5.2 miles away); Greenbrier Ghost (approx. 5.4 miles away); The Pavilion (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alta.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Fort Donnally / Border Heroes (was here, next to this marker but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Forest McDermott, May 25, 2012

2. Andrew & Charles Lewis March Marker

Looking west on U.S. Route 60

Credits. This page was last revised on December 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2012, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,508 times since then and 29 times this year. Last updated on December 25, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2012, by Forest McDermott of Masontown, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.