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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Upshur County, West Virginia
Adjacent to Upshur County, West Virginia
▶ Barbour County (29) ▶ Harrison County (24) ▶ Lewis County (14) ▶ Randolph County (81) ▶ Webster County (3)
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| On Main Street at Locust Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Buckhannon. Named for chief of Delaware Indians. John Jackson settled near in 1769. John Bush built a fort which was destroyed by Indians, 1782. A settlement which grew up there became the county seat of Harrison. W. Va. Wesleyan College is . . . — — Map (db m14417) HM |
| On West Main Street (County Route 151) at Locust Street (West Virginia Highway 20), on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | (Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, . . . — — Map (db m58723) HM |
| On Marion Street at Barbour Street, on the right when traveling west on Marion Street. |
| | (Preface): Confederate Gen. Albert G. Jenkins led 550 cavalrymen on a 500-mile raid from Salt Sulphur Springs, Aug. 22-Sept. 12, 1862, attacking Federal forces and destroying military stores. He captured and paroled 300 Union soldiers, . . . — — Map (db m58725) HM |
| On Park Street at Gum Street, on the right when traveling south on Park Street. |
| | (Preface): In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous . . . — — Map (db m58724) HM |
| On Midlick Road (County Route 5/7) at Old Weston Road (County Road 12), on the right when traveling north on Midlick Road. |
| | 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 m58722) HM |
| On West Main Street near Locust Street (West Virginia Route 20), on the right when traveling east. |
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81 West Main Street, The History Center, est. 1983, by The Upshur County Historical Society, built, 1853 as the Southern Methodist Church Building.
During the night of August 30, 1862, Civil War action in the form of Jenkins’ . . . — — Map (db m14182) HM |
| On Ireland - Rock Cave Road (State Highway 20) at Flatwood Run Road (County Route 20/13) on Ireland - Rock Cave Road. |
| | In September 1863, Confederate Maj. Joseph K. Kesler, 19th Virginia Cavalry, led a raid from Pocahontas County through Upshur County and Centerville (present-day Rock Cave). On September 2, Kesler’s commander, Col. William L. Jackson, ordered him . . . — — Map (db m58726) HM |
| On Ireland - Rock Cave Road (State Highway 20) at Flatwood Run Road (County Route 20/13) on Ireland - Rock Cave Road. |
| | While at drill here on Sept. 12, 1863, a company of 70 Upshur County militia under Daniel Gould was captured by a force of Confederates under Major J. K. Kesler. Seven escaped, 25 paroled, and 38 died in captivity. — — Map (db m82290) HM |
| On U.S. 33 at the first Lorentz crossover when traveling east, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 33. |
| | Town named for Jacob Lorentz (1776–1866), who settled here in 1800. Near here in 1795 eighteen members of the Schoolcraft and Bozarth families were killed or taken prisoner ruding Native American raid. Here were located the first store, first . . . — — Map (db m14297) HM |
| On U.S. 33 at County Highway 5/1, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 33. |
| | The population center of the United States was in present West Virginia four times as it moved westward across the nation: near Wardensville in 1820; at Smoke Hole in 1830; west of Buckhannon in 1840; near Burning Springs in 1850. — — Map (db m14416) HM |
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