Maidsville in Monongalia County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Catawba War Path

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 17, 2014

1. Catawba War Path Marker

Inscription. Warrior Branch of the Great Catawba Indian War Path. Here are located the three crossings of Dunkard Creek by Mason and Dixon. Here the Chief of the Six Nations Indians declared that he "would not proceed one step further." Here hostile Shawnees and Delaware Indians ordered them to stop. The Mason-Dixon survey ended on the next high ridge on Brown's Hill.

Erected 1971 by West Virginia Department of Archives and History.

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

Location. 39° 43.039′ N, 80° 6.39′ W. Marker is in Maidsville, West Virginia, in Monongalia County. It is on Buckeye Road (West Virginia Route 39) 0.7 miles east of Mason Dixon Highway ( Route 7), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Maidsville WV 26541, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Central West Virginia.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shanks Mill (approx. half a mile away); Aerial View - Dunkard Creek, Mason-Dixon Historical Park, and Monongahela Village Site (approx. half a mile away); History of the Mason-Dixon Survey and Historical Park

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(approx. half a mile away); Walking in the Footsteps of History (approx. half a mile away); Border Heroine (approx. 0.7 miles away); Price Memorial Cemetery (approx. 1.4 miles away); a different marker also named Statler's Fort (approx. 1.7 miles away); Civil War Monument (approx. 2.1 miles away in Pennsylvania).

Other markers no longer nearby. Catawba War Path (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been confirmed missing); Statler's Fort (was approx. 1.7 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 17, 2014

2. Catawba War Path Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on May 17, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,170 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 17, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.