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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «gilmer county» AND «west virginia»

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By Forest McDermott, November 10, 2008
Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge Marker
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1 ► West Virginia, Gilmer County, Glenville — Duck Run Cable Suspension Bridge
On West Virginia Route 5 0.1 miles west of Spruce Run (County Route 30), on the left when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
1922-1992. Funds raised and labor provided by Duck Run and Bear Run citizens Wilford, Keith, Bush, Hess, Wright, Summers, Landford, Cloves,Divers, Hardman,Simmons & Floyd. Engineers: Fred Lewis & Wm Moss. Roebling Co. and Bethlehem Steel supplied . . . — — Map (db m304205) HM
2 ► West Virginia, Gilmer County, Glenville — Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary —
On Sycamore Road (County Route 12) at Sycamore Run Road (Local Road 12/7), on the left when traveling north on Sycamore Road.
Care of its needy citizens dates to the county's creation in 1845. By 1907, an infirmary was needed on the local poor farm. With a $6,000 levy, the county court hired Albert N. West to design and W.D. Whiting to build the structure. After . . . — — Map (db m174482) HM

3 ► West Virginia, Calhoun County, Arnoldsburg — Engagement at Arnoldsburg — Divided Loyalties —
On Arnoldsburg Road (U.S. 33/119) at County Route 33/119, on the right when traveling west on Arnoldsburg Road.
Early in 1862, the 11th West Virginia Infantry in Spencer established an outpost here in Arnoldsburg to suppress Confederate guerilla activity. Union Maj. George C. Trimble commanded four companies here at Camp McDonald, named for former county . . . — — Map (db m73440) HM

4 ► West Virginia, Gilmer County, Glenville — Attack on Glenville — "…the birds had flown" — Jenkins's Raid —
On Pioneer Way (County Route 5/3) 0.2 miles east of North Court Street, on the right when traveling east.
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, killed or . . . — — Map (db m73427) HM

5 ► West Virginia, Boone County, Whitesville — Big Coal River — An Important and Historical Water Trail Serving Man and Industry — Coal Heritage Trail —
On Coal River Road (West Virginia Route 3) at Bridge Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Coal River Road.
The Coal River is a tributary of the Kanawha River in southern West Virginia. It is formed near the community of Alum Creek by the confluence of the Big and Little Coal Rivers. The Coal River flows generally northward through western Kanawha County, . . . — — Map (db m137542) HM

6 ► West Virginia, Gilmer County, Glenville — Samuel Lewis Hays —
On North Lewis Street (U.S. 33) at Factory Road ( Route 5), on the right when traveling east on North Lewis Street.
Built this home in 1837 on a 1000-acre tract, and laid out the town of Glenville in 1845. As a member of the Virginia Assembly, he urged the building of the Parkersburg-Staunton Turnpike. As a Congressman, in 1842, Hays appointed Thomas Jonathan . . . — — Map (db m17557) HM
 
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 12, 2026