This covered bridge, built in 1853 by Eli and Lemuel Chenoweth, West Virginia’s pioneer bridge builders, is an excellent example of a modified Burr Truss and is in substantially original condition. The bridge was saved from destruction during Jones’ . . . — — Map (db m75051) HM
In honor of those who served our country and in cherished memory of those who gave their last full measure of devotion at sea in home and foreign lands
There is no more fitting tribute to the glory of these, our sons and daughters, than the . . . — — Map (db m178989) WM
Dedicated to the recipients of the
Nations oldest military decoration
"The Purple Heart"
In honor of all who lost their lives or were wounded in combat in any war
All gave some
Some gave all — — Map (db m179204) WM
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 m21232) HM
Alpheus F. Haymond Attorney Alpheus Haymond voted
against secession as a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861 but served the Confederacy during the war. Postwar "test oaths” kept him from practicing law in WV until the . . . — — Map (db m164774) HM
(Preface):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 m21205) 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 against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported . . . — — Map (db m21136) HM
On April 29, 1863, during the noted Jones-Imboden Raid, Confederate cavalry attacked Fairmont. Parts of the 106th NY Volunteers, along with militia and townsmen, mounted a strong but futile defense against overwhelming numbers. Gen. Jones's men blew . . . — — Map (db m156171) HM
Here in 1819, on land purchased from Thomas Barns, Boaz Fleming, pioneer, soldier of the American Revolution, founded this town, which, in 1820, the Virginia General Assembly established as Middletown, under a trustee form of Government.
. . . — — Map (db m29733) HM
Named for Captain James Booth, pioneer soldier and settler. He was killed by Indians, 1778, and his companion, Nathaniel Cochran, wounded and captured. William Grundy, brother of the noted Felix Grundy, was also killed by Indians nearby. — — Map (db m175247) HM
Captain Booth migrated from the
valley of Virginia to this valley
in 1768-and founded the first
settlement here in 1772.
He was fired upon and killed by
a party of Shawnee Indians on
June 16th 1778, at a point on the
near shore of the . . . — — Map (db m175795) HM
In memory of
Revolutionary War soldier and patriot
Colonel Zackquill Morgan
Born c. 1735 in Orange Co., VA
Died January 1, 1795 in Monongalia, VA — — Map (db m202524) HM WM
Here lies buried
Colonel Zackeill Morgan
One of the earliest settlers of the old Monongalia County
Soldier of the Revolution
Founder of
Morgantown, (VA.) West Virginia, (1785)
Born (C) 1735 in Frederick County Virginia . . . — — Map (db m173501) HM
Near this point, in a mass grave, lie the remains of 39 Confederate soldiers from the 6th, 7th, 11th and 12th Virginia cavalry units—part of the force led by Gen. W.E. Jones. Attacked Fairmont April 29, 1863, after raids at Kingwood and . . . — — Map (db m156170) HM
David Morgan (1721–1813). Son of Col. Morgan Morgan. Surveyed with Washington for Fairfax Stone; explored with Boone & Gist. Settled here in 1771. Surveyed Pleasantville (Rivesville) 1776. Upriver on his nearby 361-acre River See, he . . . — — Map (db m164816) HM
Home of West Virginia's First Black/White Football Game, Dunbar High School Tigers vs. Fairmont Senior High School Polar Bears September 30, 1954. — — Map (db m181258) HM
Home of Francis H. Pierpont, whose services in the organization of this State are commemorated by his statue in Statuary Hall, Washington. He was governor under the Restored Government of the State of Virginia, 1861–1868. — — Map (db m21313) HM
Founded through private enterprise in 1865. Established as a state institution in 1867 and
known as Fairmont State Normal School. Became Fairmont State Teachers College, 1931. Name Fairmont State College
was adopted in 1943. — — Map (db m172338) HM
Site of Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, now Central United Methodist, where Father’s Day was first observed on July 5, 1908. Reverend Webb conducted the service upon the request of Mrs. Charles Clayton, daughter of Methodist minister . . . — — Map (db m172306) HM
Born 1814, Francis Pierpont was a
respected lawyer and supporter of
the Union. Delegate in 1861 to the
Wheeling conventions, he became
governor of Restored Virginia and
aided efforts to form a new state.
Postwar, he oversaw the rebuilding
of . . . — — Map (db m175079) HM
Ahead near Pierpont Avenue stood the home of
Francis Harrison Pierpont, governor of the Restored
Government of Virginia and the “Father of West Virginia.” Here he brought his bride, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, in 1854. Here their . . . — — Map (db m75030) HM
A tribute to Gold Star Mothers, Fathers, and Relatives who sacrificed a Loved One for our Freedom.
(Reverse):
Remembrance, Family, Patriot, Hometown — — Map (db m175296) WM
In honor of
West Virginia Gold Star mothers
who suffered the loss
of a son or daughter
while serving in our Armed Forces
for the enduring freedom
of these
United States of America
from the
American Revolutionary War
to present . . . — — Map (db m179344) WM
Francis H. Pierpont, governor of the Restored Government of Virginia and the "Father of West Virginia" died on March 24, 1899. He is buried here with his wife, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont. They first met when he interviewed her in 1847 for a . . . — — Map (db m172346) HM
Completed in 1921, honoring WWI veterans. Designed by Concrete Steel Engineering Co., NY; built by John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh. Three 250 ft. reinforced concrete arch spans, 90 ft. above river, 1,266 ft. long. Connected Fairmont by trolley, foot . . . — — Map (db m21303) HM
Completed in 1921, honoring WWI veterans. Designed by Concrete Steel Engineering Co., NY; built by John F. Casey Co., Pittsburgh. Three 250 ft. reinforced concrete arch spans, 90 ft. above river, 1,266 ft. long. Connected Fairmont by trolley, foot . . . — — Map (db m21304) HM
Born July 1828 in New York, she was the wife of Francis Pierpont, who served as governor of Loyal Virginia throughout the Civil War. As first lady of postwar Virginia, she organized the decoration and cleanup of neglected Union graves in the . . . — — Map (db m175080) HM
Marion County was named for the Revolutionary War general, Francis Marion of South Carolina, the legendary “Swamp Fox.” It was formed in 1842 from Harrison and Monongalia Counties. The first courthouse, a two-story red brick structure, was completed . . . — — Map (db m174871) HM
World War I
Thomas R. Atha, USMC •
Thomas Bennett, Army •
Buie W. Boydoh, Army •
Lloyd E. Brown, Army •
Abie L. Burke, Army •
Charles E. Cartwright, Army •
Thomas M. Conner, Army •
Gerardo Dapruzzo, Army •
Harold Davis, Army . . . — — Map (db m179932) WM
At this site in 1993 the NASA's IV&V Program was established as part of an Agency-wide strategy to provide the highest achievable levels of safety and cost-effectiveness for mission critical software.
IV&V
Independent Verification and . . . — — Map (db m175540) HM
Cast in 1909, by C.S. Bell & Co. Foundry - Hillsboro, OH
From 1911 - 1969 this bell hung in the bell tower over the original St. Anthony Church, 1547 Beverly Rd.
It was moved to this location in 1969 and sat behind the
church under the . . . — — Map (db m181294) HM
To the north stood the fort built, 1774, by Jacob Prickett. In 1777, Captain William Haymond commanded a militia company here which guarded Monongahela Valley. In Prickett Cemetery are graves of Colonel Zackquill Morgan and other pioneers. — — Map (db m172303) HM
The original Pricketts Fort was built in 1774, during Lord Dunmore's War, on the land of Jacob Prickett. It provided protection for more than eighty neighboring families from Native American attacks. Though this fort was never attacked, there were . . . — — Map (db m173517) HM
This monument is erected by the Society of the Sons of the Revolution of West Virginia to mark the site of Prickett's Fort
Built in 1774 on the land of Jacob Prickett — — Map (db m153679) HM
Long ago, when the Great Spirit created Valley Falls, he made a masterpiece, which no writer's pen nor artist's brush has been able to do justice. Here was the ideal site for the ancient campfire of the children of nature to supply their needs, . . . — — Map (db m206430) HM
Dedicated in honor of all the parents and loved ones of each veteran from Marion County who served in Vietnam.
Somehow
I've tried for many an hour and minute
To think of this world without me in it.
I can't imagine a new-born day . . . — — Map (db m179004) WM
Named in honor of local American hero, "Spanky" Roberts (1918-84), grad. of Dunbar H. S. & WV State College. 1st African-Am. aviation cadet, Tuskegee, 1941. Comm. 2nd Lt. & pilot in 1942; flew over 100 missions in Africa, Europe & Mid-East, . . . — — Map (db m174975) HM
Named in honor of local American hero, “Spanky” Roberts (1918–84), graduate of Dunbar H.S. & WV State College, 1st African-American aviation cadet, Tuskegee, 1941. Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant & pilot in 1942; flew over 100 missions in Africa, . . . — — Map (db m40497) HM
This site was farm land owned by Luigi (1894-1961) and Elizabeth Oliverio (1905-1981) where they reared their seven children. Luigi Oliverio operated Opal Glass and Commercial Glass Co. in Fairmont from 1923 to 1961.
This memorial recognizes . . . — — Map (db m232391) HM
The cornerstone of the first Dunbar School which began as The Fairmont Colored School built in 1903. It replaced the original wood frame building that is marked on the map. Dunbar Street overlooks downtown Fairmont. In 1909 it became known as Dunbar . . . — — Map (db m130193) HM
This church bell cast in 1892 at McShane Bell Foundry, Baltimore, MD. was refurbished and this bell tower constructed in 2002 to commemorate the founding of
the Church in 1852. It rings in honor of former, present and future parishioners and . . . — — Map (db m175336) HM
In 1827 W.W. Fetterman purchased the land surrounding Valley Falls, and built a ship saw mill, and contracted with William Hanley, an English stone cutter, to cut a mill race for water power, using black powder explosives for the first time in . . . — — Map (db m206737) HM
In memory of all Veterans who honorably served a grateful nation in the past, the present and the future. The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Freedom is not always free. — — Map (db m172428) WM
As you stand here gazing at the American Flag waving freely in the wind, remember how brave men and women left their families, traveled unfamiliar lands and fought, for one sole purpose, so that United States Citizens remain as free as a flag in . . . — — Map (db m174963) WM
Dedicated to city by Veterans Foreign Wars Post No. 629 in Memory of departed comrades
V.F.W. Post No.629 Welcomes you to Fairmont W. VA.
Fairmont W. VA. incorporated as Middletown VA. 1820 changed to present name 1865
Thank you . . . — — Map (db m175214) HM WM
To the memory of the veterans of Marion County, W.Va. who faithfully served their country during the Revolutionary War
1775-1783
The War of 1812
The Mexican War
1845-1848
Dedicated May 30, 1930 to the memory of the veterans of Marion . . . — — Map (db m172432) WM
To All Who Served In Vietnam And To Those Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice
SP4 Eugene C Summers 25 Jan 66 •
MSG Clyde Hall 22 Apr 66 •
PFC Philip Vilone Jr 16 Jun 66 •
PFC Daniel W Stutler 4 Jul 66 •
PFC Benjamin N Hamrick 8 Aug 66 . . . — — Map (db m179508) WM
In Loving Memory of the children of the Oklahoma Bombing April 19, 1995
Lo, children are the heritage
of the Lord…Psalm 127:3
…suffer the little children
to come unto me…for of such
is the kingdom of God. Matt . . . — — Map (db m188871) HM
Born in 1878 in Basnettville, Marion Co. President of Women's Christian Temperance Union by 1908; led state suffrage movement in 1917, resulting in 1920 passage of 19th Amendment giving women right to vote. She was first woman to chair WV Republican . . . — — Map (db m189043) HM
Explosion in Consolidated Coal No. 9 mine November 20, 1968 resulted in deaths of 78 miners, with only 21 men rescued. Mine sealed ten days later due to fires and explosions. In 1969 recovery efforts began. Over ten year period the bodies of 59 . . . — — Map (db m188586) HM
Here Nicholas Wood and Jacob Straight were killed and Mrs. Elizabeth Dragoo captured during Indian raid in 1786. Mrs. Straight and her daughter made their escape from the Indians by hiding under sheltering rocks near by. — — Map (db m75089) HM
Dedicated to the honor and in the memory of all men and women who have fought on the battlefields of the world so that this nation "of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
May God keep you always . . . — — Map (db m178776) WM
A mile north stood the cabin in which Waitman T. Willey, the State’s first U.S. Senator was born, October 18, 1811. Elected August 4, 1863 by the Legislature, he served until March 3, 1871. Died May 2, 1900; buried in Morgantown. — — Map (db m21130) HM
In Memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice
Glenn H. Cosner • Ralph McCoy • George Krevosky • James C. Paugh • Steve Zimmerman • George Yanick • James H. Hibbs • Daniel Vingis — — Map (db m189047) WM
Shot and killed while transporting 2-suspects to the Marion County Jail. A reminder to always be vigilant blessed be the peacemaker for they shall be called the children of God. — — Map (db m164996) HM
In memory of the 78 miners who died in No. 9 Mine of Consolidation Coal Company November 20, 1968
This monument is located atop the unrecovered portion of No. 9 Mine dedicated in perpetuity as a cemetery
Arthur A. Anderson Jr. •
*Jack . . . — — Map (db m189186) HM
The round barn design was popular in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania in the early 1900s. Angis Hamilton built this unique
structure in 1932 as a dairy barn. By using lumber from his farm,
and with help from family and neighbors, his cost was about . . . — — Map (db m178494) HM
Mannington. Once called Koontown but renamed in 1856 when chartered as town by Va. Assembly. Incorporated under W. Va. law in 1871. Abundant natural gas attracted diverse industry by 1900. Brick, glass and boiler factories, machine shops, . . . — — Map (db m173922) HM
This property
is a significant part
of the
Mannington
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register of
Historic Places
1996 — — Map (db m164995) HM
Dedicated by the committee in memory of area veterans who sacrificed their lives in service to their country.
Robert A. Clark KIA Dec 20, 1968
Victor Tarasuk KIA Dec 22, 1966 — — Map (db m164988) WM
Marion County
Formed, 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia. Named for hero of the Revolution, Gen. Francis Marion. County was home of Francis H. Pierpont, leader in formation of this State. The Monongahela River forms just above Fairmont.
. . . — — Map (db m71114) HM
In loving memory of the Sons of Molise who tragically lost their lives in the mining disaster
Monongah December 6th 2007
The President Sen. Michele Iorio
Monongah 1907-2007 A tragedy that will never be forgotten
Italian-American . . . — — Map (db m175780) HM
On the 6th of Dec., 1907
361 coal miners, many of
them from countries far
across the sea, perished
under these hills in the
worst mining disaster of
our nation. The four who
escaped died of injuries. — — Map (db m175422) HM
In the excess of her sorrow
brave beyond words
In memory of the widowed wives and
mothers of the victims of
the Monongah coal mine
disaster December 6, 1907.
All of them long-gone but
forever in our hearts
We hear their ghostly . . . — — Map (db m175692) HM
In memory of those who lost
their lives in the December 6, 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster
In memory of
all the unknowns who
lost their lives
on December 6, 1907 — — Map (db m175386) HM
For Those Who Gave All
Dedicated to those
Patriots of Monongah
who gave their lives
in Foreign Wars
Buie Boydoh • Vincent McGraw • Donald Koon • Russell Fuccy • Lloyd Brown • Loren Herndon • Rufus R. Mick • Robert H. Chavis • James . . . — — Map (db m175275) WM
Near this spot, 1779, David Morgan killed two Indians, of whose attack on his two children he had been warned in a strange dream. Morgan lived on a farm on the Monongahela River between Paw Paw and Prickett Creeks. — — Map (db m74665) HM
North on high flat, overlooking the junction of Pawpaw Creek and the Monongahela River, was “Pawpaw Fort,” a ninety-foot square stockade-fort erected in 1781. Rangers commanded by Captain Jack Evans garrisoned it. — — Map (db m74667) HM
Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River. — — Map (db m145284) HM
Marion County. Formed 1842, from Harrison and Monongalia. Named for hero of Revolution, Gen. Francis Marion. County was home of Francis H. Pierpont, leader in the formation of this State. The Monongahela River forms just above Fairmont. . . . — — Map (db m173529) HM
Dedicated to the honor and sacrifice of our men and women who served our country in World War I and II
Let none forget
They gave their all
and faltered not
when came the call
In honor of those who served our nation during the . . . — — Map (db m164730) WM
To the south, Indian fort built in 1777 under direction of Captain James Booth. It was an important place of refuge for many early settlers in this valley. Near by was the iron furnace built by Benjamin Brice in 1812. — — Map (db m75093) HM
Harrison County. Formed, 1784, from Monongalia. It included all or parts of
17 other counties. Named for Benjamin Harrison, signer of Declaration of Independence,
and governor of Virginia, 1781-1784. Birthplace of General Thomas J. . . . — — Map (db m164985) HM
Honoring the Veterans
and
those now serving
our country
from the Worthington area
Thank You:
The Citizens
(additional plaque)
The Town of Worthington and surrounding area dedicates this memorial to the military servicemen . . . — — Map (db m178566) WM
(this memorial listed the names of these 810 soldiers and sailors)
Kenneth L. Abbott •
John Post Alkire, Jr. •
Thomas W. Alkire, Jr. •
Albert C. Allen •
Carl Billy Allen •
Lane Ammons •
Thomas Ammons •
W. M. Ammons • . . . — — Map (db m179282) WM
