On Haywood Road (West Virginia Route 20) just west of Shinnston Pike (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling west.
From 1922 to 1933, WV State Police training facilities and Company A headquarters were located at a camp in Haywood Junction. Not only were troopers trained, but horses were broken using proven methods of the U.S. Cavalry. In the late 1920s, . . . — — Map (db m176749) HM
On West Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
Harrison County was among the first jurisdictions in western Virginia to support the Union. A pro-Union meeting was called for November 24, 1860, at the Clarksburg Courthouse, just after Abraham Lincoln had been elected president and many Southern . . . — — Map (db m73418) HM
On West Main Street just east of South 3rd Street, on the left when traveling east.
On April 22, 1861, in Clarksburg, about 1,200 citizens of Harrison County met to oppose Virginia's proposed ordinance of secession. They supported John Carlile's call for delegates to meet on May 13 in Wheeling to determine a course of action for . . . — — Map (db m184744) HM
On West Main Street at South 3rd Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street.
This mural project was led and commissioned by the Clarksburg History Museum as part of the West Virginia Mural Trail for America 250, an initiative of the West Virginia Department of Tourism for America’s Semiquincentennial, with concept and . . . — — Map (db m309175)
On West Pike Street (West Virginia Route 20) at North 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Pike Street.
Waldomore.
Built by Waldo P. Goff, father of
Nathan Goff, in 1842, Waldomore is
a two-story Neo-Classical Revival
brick mansion used as the family
home until the death of May Goff
Lowndes in 1930. Left by her to
the City of Clarksburg . . . — — Map (db m174510) HM
On Everest Drive just north of Merchant Street ( Route 73), on the left when traveling east.
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported . . . — — Map (db m21136) HM
On North Lewis Street (U.S. 33) at Factory Road ( Route 5), on the right when traveling east on North Lewis Street.
Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845. As a member of the Virginia Assembly, he urged the building of the Parkersburg-Staunton Turnpike. As a Congressman, in 1842, Hays appointed Thomas Jonathan . . . — — Map (db m17557) HM
On Veterans Memorial Highway (West Virginia Route 7) at Alpine Lake Road (County Route 46), on the right when traveling west on Veterans Memorial Highway.
Barbour County
Attractions
Alderson-Broaddus College. This private coeducational college is situated on a beautiful 170-acre campus overlooking Philippi, site of the first land battle of the Civil War. Its excellent performing arts . . . — — Map (db m239336) HM
