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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Monongalia County, West Virginia
Morgantown is the county seat for Monongalia County
Adjacent to Monongalia County, West Virginia
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William H. Pyles built The Little Log Cabin on Pedlar Run in Clay District, Monongalia County, in 1834. He and his wife Catherine sold the property to Hosea Wade in 1840. Hosea and his wife Clarissa sold the property to John Wildman in 1841. In . . . — — Map (db m196643) HM
Completed in 1870, Martin Hall is West Virginia University's oldest building. It was named for the Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president from 1867 to 1875. The building was extensively renovated in 1976-77. — — Map (db m134297) HM
This fountain was originally located at Holy Rosary Parish in Clarksburg, WV and was utilized as a baptismal font from 1909 to 1984. When Holy Rosary Parish closed in 1984, the font was relocated to Mary Help of Christians Parish (St. Luke's Mission . . . — — Map (db m175649) HM
Built in 1913 and 1914 under the direction of U.S. Department of Treasury Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth and at a cost of $97,000, this cut stone and marble Neoclassical structure housed the U.S. Postal Service and federal agencies in . . . — — Map (db m183224) HM
Monongalia County. Formed, 1776, from District of West Augusta. All or parts
of 21 other counties, including three in Pennsylyania, were carved from it. Named for the
Monongahela River, bearing an Indian name, which means the "River of . . . — — Map (db m173483) HM
Monongalia County was established in 1776 from the Virginia District of West Augusta and named for the Monongahela River. When the Mason Dixon line was formally recognized in 1783, officials determined that the first meeting place of the county . . . — — Map (db m117097) HM
In memory of Monongalia's sons They fought for the freedom of others.
In memory of Our Sons who fought for the freedom of the world, 1917-1918
In memory of Our Women who sacrificed for the freedom of the world, 1917-1918
In . . . — — Map (db m188265) WM
In memory of those 201st Infantry Veterans through our history from February 17, 1735 as frontier militia who defended their homes and families with honor through the George Washington campaign of 1754, the Braddock campaign of 1755, Battle of Point . . . — — Map (db m134319) HM
James Lewis Williams built Morgan Cabin in May Hollow along a tributary of Booth's Creek in 1816. He and his wife Elizabeth May lived in the cabin until his death in 1856. James left the cabin to his youngest son Foster, requesting that Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m197337) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m117118) HM
The 35,000-seat Mountaineer Field was the home of West Virginia University football from 1924-79, and the Mountaineers held a 169-81-12 all-time record there. Athletic director Harry A. Stansbury authorized construction on the stadium at the . . . — — Map (db m179705) HM
The Mt. Tabor Baptist Church was one of the earliest churches established in Monongalia County, VA. Revolutionary War Patriot Benjamin Wilson and his wife Eleanor donated an acre of land for the church and cemetery in 1803. The Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m186234) HM
This apple tree (Malus domestica), Flower of Kent variety, is a direct descendant of the one that dropped that famous apple on Sir Isaac Newton, inspiring his theory of gravity.
It grew from a sapling given to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV by . . . — — Map (db m175238) HM
Oglebay Hall
built in 1918
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134305) HM
Iron furnaces were busy in Monongalia County at early date. At Rock Forge, Samuel Hanway started work, 1798, and on Cheat River, Samuel Jackson built a furnace. The latter plant, under the Ellicotts, worked 1200 men. — — Map (db m173065) HM
Oldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800 - 1813 by potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk. Bought by Joseph Shackelford who operated a tanyard here . . . — — Map (db m64090) HM
Oldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800 - 1813 by potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk. Bought by Joseph Shackelford who operated a tanyard here . . . — — Map (db m235205) HM
Honoring
Orville Sebastian Eberly
1900-1983
Founder of The Eberly Foundation
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Coal Industry Entrepreneur
Geologist Banker
Community and Civic Leader
Philanthropist
Resident of Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m134279) HM
Martin Hall, home of the Perley Isaac School of Journalism since 1953, was completed in 1870, three years after West Virginia University was chartered. The Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president, had an office in the building . . . — — Map (db m134292) HM
Over 300 milion years ago during the Carboniferous Period, the landscape of what is now West Virginia looked much different. During the Pennsylvanian sub-period (323.2-298.9) million years ago), vast forests of strange looking plants surrounded . . . — — Map (db m238305) HM
Purinton House
Built in 1904 - 1905
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m156325) HM
Laurence L. Sherwood 2nd Lt Donald Milton Gross SP3 James Patrick Clevenger, Sgt(T) Michael Boyd Keller, LTJG
Lang Monument Est. 1874 — — Map (db m197063) WM
The Main Dam Keeps Water In
The dam you are standing on held back the water flowing into the reservoir. The crews mostly used materials found on site during construction. To help ensure strength and impermeability of the core and prevent . . . — — Map (db m174249) HM
This property
Rogers House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
— — Map (db m171616) HM
On the third day of March 2002, on the feast of St. Casimir, the people of the new Catholic community of
Saint Francis De Sales, Morgantown, West Virginia,
gathered at this site along with their Bishop, Bernard W. Schmitt, to break ground for . . . — — Map (db m178653) HM
Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States
Harold L. Ickes
Administrator of Public Works — — Map (db m192901) HM
In 1891, a small group of glass-making artisans from Seneca County, Ohio, founded the Seneca Glass Company. For almost 100 years, Seneca Glass Companys highly skilled craftspeople manufactured glassware and exquisitely etched lead crystal by hand, . . . — — Map (db m74624) HM
First Lieutenant
United States Marine Corps
March 21, 2003 - South Iraq
America's first casualty in "Operation Iraqi Freedom. Killed in firefight while securing an oil platform in the first hours of the war. — — Map (db m175966) HM WM
Stewart Hall
(Old Library Building)
Built in 1902
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134307) HM
William Stewart settled here in 1771. Northeast was Fort Dinwiddie. Pioneer minister John Corbley, whose wife and three children were killed in 1782 Indian raid on Garard's Fort, founded Forks of Cheat Baptist Church here in 1775. — — Map (db m189510) HM
(Center Panel)
World War II
U.S. Army
Robert Anderson
William Berkey
Gay Chipps
Richard Conn
William Cooper
Nick Corob
John Dolinar, III
Kenna Fields
John Frankenberry
William Frankenberry
Ralph . . . — — Map (db m189563) WM
Clearing the overgrowth from 28 acres for a reservoir here was a major undertaking in 1911. Men used hand saws and axes to cut and remove trees and surface growth. Teams of horses or oxen pulled away the debris and any usable timber. A small . . . — — Map (db m174012) HM
Between 1939 and 1960, it was fashionable to designate official state trees. Legislators in several states, including West Virginia, selected the graceful and
sturdy sugar maple (Acer saccharum) to represent their states.
Sugar maple has many . . . — — Map (db m175436) HM
A simple kitchen was the first building to be built on the Camp grounds in 1929 when the first camp was held. The Dining Hall, including the existing chimney, was built in 1931. A flagstone approach was added in 1938. Due to changing Health . . . — — Map (db m197168) HM
The Forks of Cheat Baptist Church, organized by the Rev. John Corbly on November 5, 1775 with 12 charter members, has the distinction of being the oldest church with continuous records west of the Alleghenies in what is now West Virginia. It . . . — — Map (db m229009) HM
The rail-trail you are standing on today exists not only because trains because trains rumbled through here in the past, but because this corridor may be needed for trains in the future. In 1983, the U.S. Congress amended the National Trails System . . . — — Map (db m134251) HM
This property was home to the Hough-Hall Family for 90 years, until 2005. Most recent owners were Evelyn Hough-Hall, French M. Hall and Terry W. Hall. — — Map (db m188279) HM
The bronze used in this statue was from the original plaques commemorating donations in the former two divisions of the hospital. This statue is donated to the Citizens of Monongalia County by Jack and Anne Ryan of Ryan Advisors, Inc., . . . — — Map (db m175694) HM
After several abortive attempts to connect the "V" that the B&O cut through North Central West Virginia, the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad (M&K) began construction in July 1899 under the direction of local resident George Sturgiss before being . . . — — Map (db m235290) HM
Zadock Morris, a Revolutionary War Veteran, established his residence at Doll's Run and by 1810 had constructed the cabin which now serves as The Office. Zadock and his wife Elizabeth transferred the property to their son Ezekial and wife Sarah in . . . — — Map (db m196358) HM
In 1950, the City of Morgantown acquired the property associated with the existing water works, including the Tibbs Run Reservoir. Among the last additions at Tibbs Run was a small chemical and meter building built in 1961 (no longer visible). . . . — — Map (db m173906) HM
To the patriots
of the American Revolution
who went from Monongalia County
and to those
who lie buried in the county
this stone is placed
as a loving tribute
to their courage and valor
by the
Daughters of
the American . . . — — Map (db m134270) WM
Civil War
David Austin Harrison Austin Charles Henry Duncan Jacob Fredrick B. F. M. Fletcher Ezra Hartzell Morgan B. Hale Benjamin F. Kerns Nathan Kerns George N. King John Mouser David Nelson Issac Phillips . . . — — Map (db m223212) WM
Dedicated to the Memory of Those Who Served in the Armed Forces of the U.S.
World War II
GM2 Paul Maxon US Navy WWII 2008 TECH 5 David J. Hilling 2011
World War II
Pvt. Mike Uphold 1942 1944 Pvt. Guy W. Young 1970 . . . — — Map (db m173358) WM
Dedicated to our Armed Forces who served in "Operation Desert Storm" and in memory of Joseph P. Bongiorni III a West Virginia University student who was killed in the line of duty — — Map (db m177470) WM
[Top left plaque:]
Doris "Dorie" Miller
First African American Hero of WWII
In Recognition of Extraordinary
Courage in Battle
Aboard the U.S.S. West Virginia
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941
[Bottom left . . . — — Map (db m170445) HM WM
In memory of the members of
General Daniel Morgan Post No. 548
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.A.
who gave their lives in service
in World War II
George C. Phillips
John J. Luteman
Clarence Prager
Barton W. Core
James W. . . . — — Map (db m14088) HM
In honor of those citizens
of Monongalia County
who served our country
with utmost dedication and bravery
in the Vietnam Conflict
— — Map (db m134274) WM
In Honor of Morgantown High School students who lost their lives in Vietnam and all those who served.
Thomas W. Bennett
Roger A. Bise
Major R. Dalton
Howard W. Jackson
David A. Kovac
Carroll B. Lilly
James E. Messenger . . . — — Map (db m189179) WM
Thomas William Bennett
Class of 1965
April 7, 1947 - Feb 11, 1969
Army-CPL-E4
Congressional Medal of Honor
John Price Pickett
Class of 1964
Nov 13, 1948 - Oct 13, 1985
Marine Corps-2LT-01
Roger Allen Bise
Class of 1962 . . . — — Map (db m188228) WM
William Robert Ross, Jr.
Class of 1961
July 25, 1943 - Jan 13, 1968
Army 1LT-02
Major Roy Dalton, Jr.
Class of 1964
Feb 17, 1947 - Jan 2, 1967
Army SP4-E4
Ronald Duane Rowsey
Class of 1967
Aug 4, 1949 - Jan 19, 1971 . . . — — Map (db m188229) WM
Traces of a nineteenth century wagon road may be seen behind this sign. This section of the road ran parallel to the location of the existing Service Road.
Before the damming of the Monongahela River, low water
levels frequently allowed . . . — — Map (db m175435) HM
Walters House
Erected 1900-1901
National Historic Place
National Register of Historic Places
United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134278) HM
Founded by the Legislature on February 7, 1867 as the Agricultural College of West Virginia under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act of 1862. On December 4, 1868, the name was changed to West Virginia University. — — Map (db m74626) HM
Founded by the Legislature on February 7, 1867, as the Agricultural College of West Virginia under terms of the Federal Land-Grant Act of 1862. On December 4, 1868, the name was changed to West Virginia University. — — Map (db m114316) HM
Through the hospitality of the
Board of Governors, President & Faculty
of the
West Virginia University
irreplaceable books and
herbarium specimens
belonging to
The New York Botanical Garden
were graciously given shelter in . . . — — Map (db m134317) HM
We all need water, but Morgantown area residents did not always have access to clean water. As you walk along the reservoir loop trail, you will learn about how this land played a very important role in providing clean water for Morgantown. . . . — — Map (db m174016) HM
(side 1)
Willey House
Built 1839-40, this example of Neo Classical architecture served as the home of prominent WV statehood leader and US Senator, Waitman T. Willey. Noted for being the first home in Morgantown to have running water, . . . — — Map (db m178017) HM
For the first 22 years, West Virginia University was an all-male institution.
In 1889, 10 brave women enrolled as degree candidates.
In 1891, one of these women, Hariet Eliza Lyon, graduated first in her class.
One-hundred years . . . — — Map (db m134282) HM
Woodburn Circle, comprised of Martin Hall, Woodburn Hall, and Chitwood Hall, is the historic center of West Virginia University. The name Woodburn was selected by Reverend John R. Moore, principal of the Monongalia Academy and later . . . — — Map (db m164636) HM
The name Woodburn derives directly from Woodburn Female Seminary, which occupied this site before the university was established in 1867. Woodburn means grove of trees and it described the grove of beech trees which once covered the area. Completed . . . — — Map (db m164635) HM
In memory
of the brothers of
Mu Mu Chapter
who lost their lives
in the World War
Lieut. Boaz B. Cox Medical Corps, died in France
Lieut. Roy E. Parrish 6th F.A., 1st Div., Killed in Action
Sgt. . . . — — Map (db m164681) WM
1917 - 1919
In memory of Monongalia Co., W. VA.
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who
gave their lives in the World War.
Anglin, Henry
Berry, Darwin
Core, Barton
Cox, Boaz Baxter
Davies, Ernest Clifford
Dewitt, Dayton . . . — — Map (db m223723) WM
Ernie Bartola built this structure that would become the Good Humor Inn. When Eunice and Reverend Philips rented it, she named it the Bunny Hop and it became a restaurant in front and dance hall in the back at night. Lucinda and Dennis Harris . . . — — Map (db m177649) HM
On May 12, 1942 at 2:25pm, the
Christopher No. 3 mine in Osage
exploded, killing 56 miners.
At the time of the explosion 130
miners were on duty. Rescue teams
from other mines came from as far
away as Kanawha County to help
rescue men . . . — — Map (db m176272) HM
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited Scott's Run in 1933 in the height of the Great Depression when FDR was creating the New Deal. She visited households without fanfare (including Lou Birurakis' mother) and even went into the mines. Upon seeing the . . . — — Map (db m176173) HM
From the beginning of the coal boom and earlier, Scott's Run has had a music heritage. Entertainment was banjo, guitar and gospel music to soothe the soul. The FSA photographers of the 30s documented a moment in this time. Our own Al Anderson . . . — — Map (db m175871) HM
This building still shows some traces of the original look when it was a vital part of a thriving downtown Osage. You can see the yellow brick, pieces of the cloth awning, and hardware that held the Art Deco sign in the 30s and 40s. Citizens of . . . — — Map (db m177746) HM
Can you imagine a town where a train ran night down the middle of the street?
"In Osage, transportation
consisted of busses that ran every fifteen minutes, horse
and buggies, a few cars that
drove on the sidewalks, and 1000 . . . — — Map (db m175842) HM
In Memory of the 56 Miners who died in the Christopher Coal Number 3 Mine explosion in Osage, West Virginia at 2:25 PM, May 12, 1942.
Darrell Adams Roy Batton Allen W. Baughman Tony Belec Thomas D. Brinegar, Sr William J. . . . — — Map (db m179586) HM
Frontier narratives record many hostilities between settlers and Native Americans. One account states Mrs. Bozarth, in a hand-to-hand fight, armed with axe only, killed three men during a 1779 attack on her cabin at the Dunkard Creek settlement. — — Map (db m1031) HM
Branch of Warrior Trail of the Great Catawba Indian War Path located here where Mason and Dixon Survey crossed Dunkard Creek for third time. Guide, Six Nations Indians chief, declared he would not proceed one step further, because hostile . . . — — Map (db m175212) HM
Scotts Run
Veterans
Memorial
( left panel )
The Purseglove Community Honor Roll
The following names were listed on the original program of the honor roll dedication of Sept. 16, 1945
( 325 names are listed )( . . . — — Map (db m114686) WM
Scotts Run By the 1930s 10,000 residents representing 28 nationalities and tied to the coal industry crowded the hillsides, victims of severe poverty brought on by a coal recession and Great Depression. "The Shack" and Scotts Run Settlement . . . — — Map (db m50473) HM
Honor Roll
Star City, W.Va.
In Honor Of
Those Who Have Served and Are Serving
In the Armed Forces of the
United States of America
World War II
Anderson, Ralph R. · Anderson, David C. · Audia, Frank A. · Audia, Louis P. · Audia, Thomas . . . — — Map (db m114667) WM
Neighbors from Across the Pond
Many immigrants that settled in Star City after 1907 came from Italy and Eastern European countries. According to the 1920 census, 802 residents were born in Italy, 106 were born in Czechoslovakia (now The . . . — — Map (db m200205) HM
It was here in Star City that John F. Kennedy announced his intention to enter the West Virginia primary as a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. This decision was motivated by deep concerns within his party that a Roman Catholic . . . — — Map (db m114665) HM
