On West Virginia Route 3 0.2 miles east of Big Branch Road (County Road 3/11), on the right when traveling east.
Greenbrier County. Formed, 1778, from Botetourt and Montgomery. Named for the river which drains it. This county had many pioneer forts and saw many bloody Indian battles. Here are the world-famed White Sulphur and other mineral springs. . . . — — Map (db m76636) HM
On Superintendent Drive at Lower Park Drive, on the right on Superintendent Drive.
Approximate site of 40 mile post of 118 mile
turnpike authorized 1838 by Virginia legislature. Cap:
$42,600, ($16,000 state). Cost: $25,429.
Route: Pearisburg, Giles County to Peterstown & Red Sulphur; crossed New River at
Indian Creek to . . . — — Map (db m179175) HM
On Greenbrier Drive (West Virginia Route 3) 0.4 miles west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling west.
Across Greenbrier River, on October 23, 1890, engineer George Washington Alley (b. July 10, 1860) was scalded to death. Engine No. 134, pulling Fast Flying Virginian from Cincinnati to Washington, hit a boulder on tracks. Lewis Withrow & Robert . . . — — Map (db m76653) HM
On Beech Run Road (West Virginia Route 3) 0.5 miles south of Robin Roost Road, on the right when traveling south.
Camp Green Meadows
Near here, July 13 ~ August 15, 1862, was encampment of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry under future US President Rutherford B. Hayes. The camp's strategic location near the Bluestone and New rivers enabled the 23rd Ohio . . . — — Map (db m253405) HM
On West Virginia Route 20 at River Road (Local Route 20/7), on the left when traveling south on West Virginia Route 20.
Born 1909 in Summers County, she
learned to fly airplanes in 1933.
One of few women instructors in the
pre-WWII Civilian Flight Training
Program, during the war she was in
Women Airforce Service Pilots and a
Pentagon cryptologist. In 1946, . . . — — Map (db m179189) HM
On Temple Street (West Virginia Route 20) south of Faith Lane (County Road 7), on the right when traveling south.
William Richmond Homeplace. Near here was homestead of William Richmond (1752-1850). A veteran of he Revolution, he came here in 1799 likely as the first permanent white settler. The prolific family operated a ferry across the New River for . . . — — Map (db m229268) HM
On Ballengee Street at 1st Avenue on Ballengee Street.
On February 27, 1871, Summers County was formed from parts of Fayette, Greenbrier, Mercer, and Monroe counties. Summers County was named for George W. Summers, a prominent jurist and legislator from Virginia then West Virginia. Summers County was . . . — — Map (db m243866) HM
On West Virginia Route 3/12 at Johnson Road (County Road 11), on the right when traveling east on West Virginia Route 3/12.
Summers County resident Aubrey Keaton made a significant contribution of railroad equipment, tools, and other memorabilia to the park in early 2005. Mr. Keaton began his career as a railroader in 1956 with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway in . . . — — Map (db m211015) HM
On West Virginia Route 3/12 0.2 miles east of Huston Road, on the right when traveling east.
Great Bend Tunnel Construction
Construction of the Great Bend Tunnel aka the Big Bend Tunnel
began on 10 January 1870, tracks were laid 9 September -
12 September, 1872, and final completion of the tunnel was
in early 1873. The C&O . . . — — Map (db m165177) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
