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

By Bradley Owen, July 10, 2021

Haywood Junction State Police Camp Marker

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1 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Shinnston — Haywood Junction State Police Camp —

From 1922 to 1933, WV State Police training facilities and Company A headquarters were located at a camp in Haywood Junction. Not only were troopers trained, but horses were broken using proven methods of the U.S. Cavalry. In the late 1920s, . . . — — Map (db m176749) HM

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2 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Clarksburg — Union Meetings — "We intend… to… remain in the Union" —

Harrison County was among the first jurisdictions in western Virginia to support the Union. A pro-Union meeting was called for November 24, 1860, at the Clarksburg Courthouse, just after Abraham Lincoln had been elected president and many Southern . . . — — Map (db m73418) HM

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3 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Clarksburg — Clarksburg Convention —

On April 22, 1861, in Clarksburg, about 1,200 citizens of Harrison County met to oppose Virginia's proposed ordinance of secession. They supported John Carlile's call for delegates to meet on May 13 in Wheeling to determine a course of action for . . . — — Map (db m184744) HM

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4 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Clarksburg — Freedom & Independence — America 250 West Virginia —

This mural project was led and commissioned by the Clarksburg History Museum as part of the West Virginia Mural Trail for America 250, an initiative of the West Virginia Department of Tourism for America’s Semiquincentennial, with concept and . . . — — Map (db m309175)

5 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Clarksburg — Waldomore / Nathan Goff —

Waldomore. Built by Waldo P. Goff, father of Nathan Goff, in 1842, Waldomore is a two-story Neo-Classical Revival brick mansion used as the family home until the death of May Goff Lowndes in 1930. Left by her to the City of Clarksburg . . . — — Map (db m174510) HM

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6 ► West Virginia, Marion County, Fairmont — Battle for the Bridge — The Foundry Fight — Jones-Imboden Raid —

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

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7 ► West Virginia, Gilmer County, Glenville — Samuel Lewis Hays —

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

8 ► West Virginia, Harrison County, Clarksburg — Kelly Miller —

Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Emmett B. Saunders 1888 - 1976 Principal of Kelly Miller High School 1919 - 1956 — — Map (db m288201) HM

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9 ► West Virginia, Preston County, Terra Alta — Welcome to West Virginia's Mountaineer Country —

Barbour County Attractions Alderson-Broaddus College. This private coeducational college is situated on a beautiful 170-acre campus overlooking Philippi, site of the first land battle of the Civil War. Its excellent performing arts . . . — — Map (db m239336) HM

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10 ► Montana, Blaine County, Chinook — McWhorter Stakes — Bear Paw Battlefield —

— — Map (db m142682) HM WM

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