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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 . . . — — Map (db m73467) HM
On May 9, 1863. a large force of
Jones-Imboden raiders rode into
Burning Springs and destroyed the
local oil industry by setting fire
to at least 80 wells and damaging
other necessities of the trade.
Staying until the morning of the
10th, the . . . — — Map (db m174380) HM
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 m174387) HM
The first well in West Virginia drilled solely for petroleum was located near the mouth of Burning Springs Run. The well was drilled with a “spring pole” by the Rathbones and others from Parkersburg, begun in 1859 completed May 1860. Produced at the . . . — — Map (db m73463) HM WM
One of the oldest “still attended” churches in the state, it was built in 1835 of hand-hewed logs. Much effort has been expended on the preservation of church's original appearance. It is heated by a pot-bellied stove and lighted by kerosene . . . — — Map (db m73491) HM
In October 1861, William B. Dulin
was killed by Southern sympathizers
for giving information that led to
the arrest of a local secessionist.
Dulin was eventually confronted by
guerrillas at the home of Samuel
McFee, who had raised him and . . . — — Map (db m174331) HM
You are entering the northwest side of Camp Kootaga, a 634 acre Boy Scout Camp situated on the Hughes River in Wirt County, West Virginia. Camp Kootaga is officially known as the George A. Stevenson Reservation of the local Allohak Council of the . . . — — Map (db m130362) HM
Settled by William Beauchamp, 1796. Named for wife of David Beauchamp. Near here in 1752. Christopher Gist placed a marker for the Ohio Company whose plan to colonize the western lands was halted by the French and Indian War. — — Map (db m73494) HM
Beauchamp Cemetery
The Beauchamp Cemetery is located on Route 14 on the north side of the Town of Elizabeth. It was named for William Beauchamp, the first settler in this area. William settled near the Little Kanawha River at Tucker's . . . — — Map (db m222270) HM
Built 1867-74 by Kanawha Navigation
Company at cost of $60,000, Dam is
289 ft. long with 42 ft. wide base
anchored to bedrock. Lockchamber is
22 ft. wide and 125 ft. long with a
11.8 ft. lift. Purchased by Federal
Government, 1905. and . . . — — Map (db m174330) HM
Wirt County
Honor Roll
1917-1918
Basil Bumgarner •
Owen Hopkins •
Charley Kidder •
Monroe Goff •
Shirley McCauley •
Ira Haught •
Towny Matson •
Oliver Owens •
Willie Davis •
Frank Lee •
Walter Trickett •
Ray Pettit
. . . — — Map (db m189916) WM
