Like a patchwork quilt, the Town of Cairo is and will always be "home" to many. Nestled in a valley among the beautiful "West Virginia Hills" (as we once sung as children), Cairo has withstood the test of time and continues to thrive today much . . . — — Map (db m301943) HM
The marble park where you now stand was constructed in 2006 to commemorate this town's rich marble manufacturing history. The shooting ring is regulation size, and is used frequently throughout the year by young and old alike.
A good . . . — — Map (db m301980) HM
A view of the Masonic Building, which included the G. S. Flesher Drug Store, in about 1925. The drug store was in operation until the early 1960's. It was at that time the largest drug store in West Virginia.
This lively group at left sits . . . — — Map (db m301886) HM
In memory of all World War I Veterans
It was known as the Great War . . . the war to end all wars.
We went "over there" to the songs and cheers of our countrymen, and marched right into the grim reality of twentieth century . . . — — Map (db m301701) WM
Our grateful county and country honor those who served or are serving our country and have helped preserve the freedoms we have today. This memorial was first established to honor not only the memory of a Pearl Harbor survivor, but ALL men and . . . — — Map (db m301783) HM
Cairo Town Square is built on the original site of the Baltimore & Ohio/CSX Railroad Depot. Cairo was a multi-railroad and oil boom town in the mid-1800's and early 1900's. In the 1970's, the CSX Company replaced the original tracks with "Ribbon . . . — — Map (db m301854) HM
This photograph of the Bank of Cairo as it appeared in the 1920's (at right), illustrates how little change has occurred through the years. Built in 1896, and on the National Register of Historical Places, the Italianate architecture was not . . . — — Map (db m301474) HM
Pleasants County
Formed in 1851 from Wood, Tyler and Ritchie. Named for James Pleasants, governor of Virginia, 1822-1825. County's early development was due to resources of oil and natural gas. St. Marys, county seat, founded 1849 by A. H. . . . — — Map (db m301311) HM
(Preface): On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. "Grumble" Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that . . . — — Map (db m50353) HM
Named for Thomas Harris. His nephew, Gen. Thomas Harris, distinguished himself in the Union Army in Petersburg and Cedar Creek. He was one of the commissioners who tried those charged with plotting assassination of Lincoln. — — Map (db m64098) HM
Harrisville. Laid out on lands owned by Thomas
Harris, uncle of Gen. Thomas Maley Harris, in 1822. Originally part of Wood County, it was chartered in 1832 and incorporated in 1869. The town has been called Solus. Ritchie Court House, and . . . — — Map (db m173702) HM
Gunfire crashed out in the streets around you at noon on May 7, 1863, as hundreds of mounted Confederate raiders commanded by Col. Asher Harman stormed into town from your right. Waiting for them were 75 woefully outmatched members of the . . . — — Map (db m301372) HM
Designed by Holmboe and Pogue of Wheeling, WV, the Ritchie County Courthouse's cornerstone was set on May 30, 1923. For such a rural setting, the Neo-Classical style of the courthouse seems quite elaborate.
Embedded in the stone was a time . . . — — Map (db m301333) HM
Born in Ohio, Freer served in the Union army during the Civil War. He moved to WV in 1866; served as prosecuting attorney for Kanawha, Fayette, and Boone counties; and helped get the state capital moved to Charleston. Moved to Ritchie County, where . . . — — Map (db m173708) HM
Frederick Lemon discovered a vein of natural asphalt near Macfarlan Creek in 1852. Shortly after the Civil War, the narrow-guage Calico Railroad was completed from Cairo to facilitate mining at the newly created boomtown of Ritchie Mines.
After . . . — — Map (db m82103) HM
Doddridge County
Formed in 1845 from Harrison, Ritchie, Tyler and Lewis. Named for Philip Doddridge, lawyer and statesman of western Virginia. Many of the Indians who once came to this State got war and hunting weapons from flint quarries . . . — — Map (db m142407) HM
Settled by John Bunnell, a veteran of the Revolution, near the salt lick which attracted great game herds. The “Stone House,” built about 1807 by John Webster, was one of the famous inns on the Northwestern Turnpike. — — Map (db m42241) HM
Constructed in two phases: east end construction circa 1883; east end remodeled and west end constructed circal 1900. The depot closed in 1974. The last passenger train passed through in the Spring of 1981.
Restoration began in the early . . . — — Map (db m42243) HM
The Webster House, now known as The Stone House, was built shortly after 1800. The walls of the house are two feet thick, constructed of flagstones of various shapes and sizes held together by cement and mortar. John Webster, the builder, sold it to . . . — — Map (db m42239) HM
Ritchie CountyFormed in 1843 from Lewis, Harrison and Wood. Named for Thomas Ritchie, Virginia journalist. In 1772, Elias and Jesse Hughes and Colonel William Lowther explored this region to the Ohio. Hughes River was named by them.
Wirt . . . — — Map (db m130368) HM
The Northwestern Turnpike, a favorite project of George Washington, opened in 1838. Such highways were called "turnpikes" from the gates at which tolls were collected. This town is named for the toll gate which stood here. — — Map (db m80241) HM
