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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «webster county» AND «west virginia»

This list will also include matches for inflectional* forms of the words.
 
By Mike Wintermantel, July 17, 2023
Walter Cool Marker
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1 ► West Virginia, Webster County, Big Run — Walter Cool —
On West Virginia Route 15 south of Big Run Road, on the right when traveling south.
Elected first Webster County Sheriff, May 1860. Born circa 1802, Franklin Co., Va. Pioneer settler on Right Fork, Holly River; married Hannah Clifton, 1825; had eight children. Accused of being a guerilla and thief by Union authorities; tried by . . . — — Map (db m228696) HM

2 ► West Virginia, Upshur County, Cleveland — Webster County / Upshur County —
On Mountain Highway (West Virginia Route 20) 0.4 miles north of the community of Cleveland, on the left when traveling north.
Webster County. Formed in 1860 from Braxton, Nicholas, and Randolph. Named for Daniel Webster. Webster County is noted for its fine mountain scenery. Its forests produced the tree that was the largest hardwood at the Chicago World’s Fair, . . . — — Map (db m282712) HM
3 ► West Virginia, Webster County, Monterville — Webster County / Randolph County —
On West Virginia Route 15 6 miles west of Monterville, on the right when traveling west.
Webster County. Formed, 1860, from Braxton, Nicholas, Randolph. Named for Daniel Webster. Webster County is noted for its fine mountain scenery. Its forest produced the tree that was the largest hardwood at the Chicago World’s Fair, 1893. . . . — — Map (db m82652) HM

4 ► West Virginia, Nicholas County, Summerville — Nancy Hart — Legendary Spy
On Main Street (State Highway 41) at Church Street on Main Street. Reported permanently removed.
The story of Nancy Hart is a blur of fact and legend. Born in Virginia in 1843, she settled with her family first in southwestern Virginia and then in Roane County by the mid-1850s. There, she grew to young adulthood and learned to ride and shoot as . . . — — Map (db m262715) HM

5 ► West Virginia, Upshur County, Crawford — God Is My Witness — Upshur Brothers of the Blue and the Gray By Betty Hornbeck —
On Rock Cave Road (West Virginia Route 4) at Route 20, on the right when traveling north on Rock Cave Road.
It is doubtful that residents of Upshur County that month of September, '63, were paying much attention to events within the legislative halls. The county instead was mourning the greatest calamity that would befall Upshur in the Civil War--a . . . — — Map (db m282818) 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.
 
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