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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Lewis County, West Virginia
Adjacent to Lewis County, West Virginia
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| On Main Street (U.S. 19) at Depot Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Two miles east stands the Old Harmony Church, built in 1819. In this church in 1829, John Mitchell and David Smith organized the first Methodist Protestant Church. Mitchell was its first pastor. Near the churchyard is his grave. — — Map (db m78396) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 19) at High Street (County Route 8), on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | The Broad Run Baptist Church was organized in 1804. (2 Mi.W.) In its cemetery are buried many early settlers. Here is grave of Gen. Jos. A. Lightburn of the Union Army. After the War between the States, he became a Baptist minister. — — Map (db m78394) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 19) 0.1 miles north of High Street (County Route 8), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Hacker's Creek At mouth of Jesse's Run was home of Jesse Hughes, Indian fighter and scout. About 1770, John Hacker settled here. Near by is scene of Cozad and other border massacres. Several Indian villages and burying grounds were . . . — — Map (db m78395) HM |
| On Wildcat Road (County Road 50). |
| | Fort Pickens
120 yds., northeast, Co. A 10th W. Va. Inf., built Fort Pickens for headquarters and defense. Company raised by Capt. Morgan A. Darnall; mustered into U. S. service March 13, 1862. In several battles down to Appomattox. . . . — — Map (db m37049) HM |
| On Jackson Mill Road (County Route 10), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Site of boyhood home of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The first mill was built about 1808 by his grandfather, Col. Edward Jackson, who became a leader in border affairs. It is now the site of the W. Va. 4-H Camp for Boys and Girls. — — Map (db m56626) HM |
| On Jackson's Mill Road (County Route 10). |
| | Three generations of Jacksons operated mills here, beginning with Col. Edward Jackson before 1800. Jackson’s Mill included saw and gristmills, carpenter shop, blacksmith forge, slave quarters, barns and other outbuildings, and a general store on . . . — — Map (db m58720) HM |
| On Center Avenue (U.S. 19) north of 1st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Memorial for Veterans all Wars — — Map (db m155499) WM |
| | Home of Jonathan M. Bennett built 1875 and used as family home until 1922. Given by Mrs. Louis Bennett to county as public library to honor her husband and son. J.M. Bennett (1816 ~ 87) was active in state political and local business affairs in . . . — — Map (db m64089) HM |
| On Asylum Drive at South River Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Asylum Drive. |
| | When the Civil War began in 1861, the one-story wing on the far left of the building in front of you was all that stood here at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The foundation of the main building had been completed; it was used to stable horses . . . — — Map (db m58721) HM |
| On Center Avenue (U.S. 19) at Bank Street, on the right when traveling north on Center Avenue. |
| | Established, 1818, on farm of Henry Flesher, Revolutionary War veteran, first settler. He was attacked by Indians in 1784, but made his escape. Here is grave of Alexander Scott Withers, who told the story of "Border Warfare." — — Map (db m155500) HM |
| | Built in 1882, the Weston Colored School was the fourth school erected with public funds for black children in West Virginia. It served the African-American community until desegregation in 1954. Later uses included a vocational agriculture . . . — — Map (db m64114) HM |
| On Center Avenue (U.S. 19) just north of 1st Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 they marched 1,100 . . . — — Map (db m155501) HM |
| On West 2nd Street (U.S. 33) east of Depot Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Authorized as a western asylum by the state of Virginia in 1858. Construction was started in 1860, completed by the new State, and opened in 1864 as a hospital for mentally ill. This is the largest hand-cut stone building in America. — — Map (db m12115) HM |
| On West 2nd Street (U.S. 33) at South River Road on West 2nd Street. |
| | The oldest State institution in West Virginia was authorized by an act of General Assembly of Virginia, March 22, 1858. The War Between the States delayed construction. It was not opened for patients until October 22, 1864. — — Map (db m12121) HM |
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