World War I
Raymond Howard Raymond McCauley
World War II
Dwight Archer Pete Bobovitch Cecil Cline Clem Gadd Walter Gibas James E. Graham Ernest Howell Earl F. Jones Frank Knox Oscar W. Lashley Charles H. . . . — — Map (db m269353) WM
This is the site of the original bears' den which housed two polar bears in 1909.
It was converted to an amphitheater 101 years later through the generous donation of the Newell American Legion Post 114 — — Map (db m269357) HM
In 1907, Laurel Hollow Park was created for the benefit of the residents of the then newly formed town, Newell, West Virginia. Unfortunately, it only lasted about six years and would eventually be taken over by wild growth.
George Washington . . . — — Map (db m269354) HM
One of the events which led up to Dunmore's War was the killing at this point of the family of Chief Logan, eloquent leader of the Mingo Indians, April, 1774, opposite their village at the mouth of Yellow Creek in Ohio. — — Map (db m44727) HM
1963 Cyrus Salsberry Billy R. Stevens Carl Harris 1964 John Bumpus Earl Daugherty Jack Gourley 1965 Mervin Summers Robert Martin Roy Mayes James L. Smith Clarence Jones Stanley Simcox 1966 William Simcox Jack . . . — — Map (db m269440) WM
In July 1863, Confederate Gen. John H. Morgan raided through Kentucky. Indiana, and Ohio seeking to bring the war to the North. Defeated at Buffington Island, he fled up the Ohio River and tried to cross into West Virginia. Members of the state . . . — — Map (db m189407) HM
Developed by subsidiaries of the Homer Laughlin China Company, the town has been home to the world's largest single pottery unit. A key industry in the county and state, fine wares made here have sold around the world. — — Map (db m44730) HM
Rescued from the 1953 Restoration
Donated by
Vernon Betteridge & Doris Durham
This bench has been restored using the
original framework from Laurel Park. — — Map (db m269359) HM
