On Cedar Street at Greenbrier Drive (West Virginia Route 3), on the right when traveling north on Cedar Street.
South on New River at Crump's Bottom, Fort Culbertson was built, 1774, at outbreak of Dunmore's War by Capt. James Robertson on order of William Preston, Lieutenant-Colonel of Fincastle County. This fort was garrisoned by troops. — — Map (db m76682) HM
On West Virginia Route 3/12, 0.2 miles north of Huston Road, on the right when traveling south.
The great tunnel of the C&O Railroad was started at Big Bendin1870 and completed three years later. It is more than a mile long, and now has a twin tunnel. Tradition makes this the scene of the steel drivers' ballad, "John Henry". — — Map (db m210998) HM
On Ballengee Street (West Virginia Route 107) at Park Avenue (West Virginia Route 107), on the left when traveling south on Ballengee Street.
Named for its founder. Indian raids broke up early settlements in southern part of this county. First permanent settlements were those of James Graham at Lowell and of Robert Lilly on Little Bluestone from 1770 to 1772. — — Map (db m76684) HM
On Riverside Drive at Miller Avenue when traveling south on Riverside Drive.
Babe Ruth’s first two major league home runs,
6 May and 2 June 1915, were hit off pitcher,
John Wauhop, 1884-1960, at the Polo Grounds
in NY. Wauhop, playing under name of Warhop
and "Chief,” played for Highlanders, who became
the NY Yankees, . . . — — Map (db m179179) HM
On West Virginia Route 20, on the right when traveling north.
The historic village of Lilly was located at the
conference of the Little Bluestone and Bluestone
Rivers three miles northwest of this point. It
was settled by Robert and Fanny Lilly who
migrated here in the late 1700's from the Dublin-Pulaski . . . — — Map (db m165186) HM
On West Virginia Route 20 just south of Bluestone Park Road, on the left when traveling south.
The Lilly Truss Bridge was determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places for its association with the creation of the Bluestone Dam and Bluestone Lake. It was built to provide a transportation link across the lake. The . . . — — Map (db m132561) HM
On West Virginia Route 20, 0.2 miles south of Bluestone Park Road, on the left when traveling south.
During the Civil War, Pack's Ferry
was a strategic river crossing for
Federal troops in the area. On the
morning of August 6, 1862, 900 men
and 2 artillery guns of Confederate
Col. G. C. Wharton's command fired
on 23rd Ohio soldiers . . . — — Map (db m132560) HM
On Greenbrier Drive (West Virginia Route 3) 0.4 miles west of Locust Street, on the right when traveling west.
Across Greenbrier River, on October 23, 1890, engineer George Washington Alley (b. July 10, 1860) was scalded to death. Engine No. 134, pulling Fast Flying Virginian from Cincinnati to Washington, hit a boulder on tracks. Lewis Withrow & Robert . . . — — Map (db m76653) HM