On Staunton Turnpike (West Virginia Route 47) 1 mile west of Cairo-Cisco Road (County Road 15), on the left when traveling west.
Ritchie CountyFormed in 1843 from Lewis, Harrison and Wood. Named for Thomas Ritchie, Virginia journalist. In 1772, Elias and Jesse Hughes and Colonel William Lowther explored this region to the Ohio. Hughes River was named by them.
Wirt . . . — — Map (db m130368) HM
On Main Street (West Virginia Route 74) just south of Collins Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Constructed in two phases: east end construction circa 1883; east end remodeled and west end constructed circal 1900. The depot closed in 1974. The last passenger train passed through in the Spring of 1981.
Restoration began in the early . . . — — Map (db m42243) 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 on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that . . . — — Map (db m50353) HM
On Volcano Road (Local Route 2/8) 3 miles south of Robert Byrd Highway (Route 50), on the right when traveling south.
Shortly before the end of the Civil War. Volcano emerged as a major oil producing boomtown in the White Oak region of Wood and Ritchie Counties. By 1870, Volcano had a full compliment of retail establishments including: post office, opera hall, . . . — — Map (db m174789) HM
On West Main Street (County Route 5) west of South Church Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Gunfire crashed out in the streets around you at noon on May 7, 1863, as hundreds of mounted Confederate raiders commanded by Col. Asher Harman stormed into town from your right. Waiting for them were 75 woefully outmatched members of the . . . — — Map (db m301372) HM
On Juliana Street (West Virginia Route 68) at 3rd Street on Juliana Street.
Born in Parkersburg on April 11,
1821, Blair was an attorney before
the Civil War. Elected in 1861 to
fill a vacancy in the US House of
Representatives, he served until
1865 and was a staunch supporter
of the Union and WV statehood. On
New . . . — — Map (db m124280) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
