On Main Street (U.S. 250) at Pennsylvania Avenue (West Virginia Route 69), on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
Henry Church, who died in 1860 at the age of 109, was familiarly known as “Old Hundred” and the town was named for him. He was a soldier in the British Army under Conrwallis and was captured by American troops under Gen. Lafayette. — — Map (db m1041) HM
On Hornet Highway just north of Virginia Street, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of the boys from church district who gave their lives in the
Second World War 1941 - 1945
Wayne Taylor •
Kenneth Stewart •
Harry Reed •
Neil Pethtel •
Lawrence Taylor •
James Main •
Edward Morris •
Delmar Stollar • . . . — — Map (db m160312) WM
Near Hornet Highway (U.S. 250) near Pennsylvania Avenue (West Virginia Route 69).
The East Wetzel Trail is built on the bed of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The line connecting Cumberland, MD to Wheeling, VA (later WV) was completed on Christmas Eve 1852. This route, over the Alleghenies, was the most challenging mountain . . . — — Map (db m73797) HM
Adena burial mound, of Woodland Period, 1000BC-AD700, flooded ca. 1890 by new Ohio River dams. Ohio Valley was a center of the Adena culture (Mound Builders). Thousands of burial mounds along river seemed like natural terrain to early settlers. . . . — — Map (db m64099) HM
On County Route 2 1.1 miles south of Waynes Ridge Road (Route 78), on the right when traveling south.
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Cedar Curve Cemetery
Not far from this place on the inside of a bend called Wells Bottom sat the Cedar Curve Cemetery. The Cedar Curve Cemetery was in use from 1802-1847 on land first settled by James McMechen in 1776.
It . . . — — Map (db m102050) HM
On Main Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
1736–1826. Pursuant to an act of the Legislature of the State of West Virginia, this monument is erected in appreciation of the services rendered and in memory of Levi Morgan, a soldier and scout of the early border warfare. — — Map (db m1021) HM
On West Virginia Route 2 0.7 miles north of West Virginia Route 89, on the right when traveling south.
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Marshall County
Formed, 1835, from Ohio and named for Chief Justice John Marshall. In Marshall County is Grave Creek Mound, first among remains left by the unknown race which lived in the Ohio Valley centuries before the white . . . — — Map (db m80249) HM
On West Virginia Route 2 0.7 miles north of West Virginia Route 89.
Made famous as line between free and slave states before War Between the States. The survey establishing Maryland-Pennsylvania boundary began, 1763; halted by Indian wars, 1767; continued to southwest corner, 1782; marked, 1784. — — Map (db m80248) HM
On West Virginia Route 2 at Harlan Drive, on the right when traveling south on State Route 2.
Settled by Edward Doolin who was killed here by Indians in 1785. Named for Presley Martin. Here stands a monument to Levi Morgan, a scout for the army of General St. Clair. He was a noted Indian fighter who killed 100. — — Map (db m80250) HM
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