Historical Markers and War Memorials in Capon Bridge, West Virginia
Romney is the county seat for Hampshire County
Capon Bridge is in Hampshire County
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Near Cold Stream Road (County Road 15) just north of Henderson Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This structure replicates the original fortress stockade, erected nearby in late 1755 by early Cacapehon Valley settler, Joseph Edwards. On his homestead, the fortress encompassed Edwards's house, barn, outbuildings, and a spring. The original . . . — — Map (db m167033) HM
Troops from this fort under Captain Mercer were ambushed in 1756 and many were killed. The French and Indians later attacked the fort but the garrison, aided by Daniel Morgan and other frontiersmen, repulsed the assault. — — Map (db m4556) HM
On Cold Stream Road just south of Hillside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
War Comes to the Frontier
It took over one hundred years from the time that European settlers first began to build Jamestown until Governor Spotswood and his Knights of the Golden Horseshoe stood on the Blue Ridge Mountains and gazed . . . — — Map (db m150674) HM
On Cold Stream Road (County Route 15 at milepost 15), just south of Clark Hillside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The British were not about to give up their claims to the western lands. In 1755 King George II sent Gen. Edward Braddock to America with orders to defeat the French. He brought two regiments of regular British soldiers. He also brought cannons . . . — — Map (db m203681) HM
On Legion Drive just east of Cold Stream Road (County Road 15), on the left when traveling east.
Last night I had a dream the world was seen in an everlasting peace,
The world I saw was a beautiful world, for all war had finally ceased.
I dreamed the suppression had learned its lesson, as well as had tyranny,
All men treated . . . — — Map (db m150669) WM
In 1784, Washington proposed the Northwestern Turnpike as an all-Virginia route to the Ohio. Authorized in 1827 and started in 1831, it remains a monument to the skill of its engineers, Charles Shaw and Colonel Claudius Crozet. — — Map (db m4623) HM
Near Cold Stream Road (County Road 15) just south of Clark Hillside Drive, on the left when traveling south.
In memory of the soldiers and settlers who lost their lives in Hampshire County during the French and Indian War
Dedicated by the Fort Edwards Foundation June 26, 2004 as part of our commemoration of the founding of Hampshire County . . . — — Map (db m150670) WM
On Cold Stream Road (County Road 15) just south of Clark Hillside Drive, on the right when traveling north.
1. A Road to War
When London decided to send Gen. Edward Braddock to the colonies to take over the confrontation with the French, they set in motion events that would lead to a very bloody war on the colonial frontier. Braddock arrived with . . . — — Map (db m167147) HM
On Henderson Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Continent of Conflict
By the mid 1700s the British realized that the French had set
up trading posts throughout the heart of North America by
traversing the Mississippi River and in tributary and by exploring
the Great Lakes. The English . . . — — Map (db m203988) HM
Near Cold Stream Road (County Road 15) just north of Henderson Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This walking trail, opened on June 25, 2011, is dedicated to the life and memory of Kenneth Edmonds, a principal founding member and first president of The Fort Edwards Foundation in 1995. Ken, a retired businessman, artist, neighbor and friend, . . . — — Map (db m150671) HM
On Legion Drive just east of Cold Stream Road (County Road 15), on the left when traveling east.
United States Navy
Recruiting
Aids Facility
Fallsway & Monument Sts.
Baltimore 2, MD.
[Lower plaque:]
Donated To
Capon Bridge Post 137
Of the American Legion
By The United States Navy
Dedicated To The Veterans . . . — — Map (db m150666) HM WM
