Hometown Park can trace its existence back to at least the 1920s. In 1918, Hatfield and Mitchell Coal and Mining Company bought the Apha Mine located nearby on the Little Guano Creek. The mining
company provided a small piece of land as a place . . . — — Map (db m86221) HM
The nearby highway is part of route
traversing W.Va. from Lewisburg to
Point Pleasant memorialized by the
state to commemorate the march of
the American Colonial army of 1,200
men led by Andrew & Charles Lewis.
After a month's march this . . . — — Map (db m11454) HM
The earliest export industry of the Kanawha River Valley revolved around the manufacturing of salt. Though the discovery of coal veins in Putnam County dates back to at least 1800, for most of the nineteenth century these coal deposits supplied . . . — — Map (db m86239) HM
Acquired 7.276 Acres of this land by a grant, dated December 1, 1773 issued to him by
John Murray, Earl of Dunmore, last Royal Governor of Virginia. This tract was surveyed in July, 1773, by William Crawford, upon warrants issued to George . . . — — Map (db m11451) HM
This “Poca River Tract” of
7,276 acres was acquired by
George Washington, and
surveyed by Wm. Crawford, 1773.
It bordered Kanawha River, "12
miles and 227 poles."
Washington’s nephew, Lawrence,
resided at Red House Shoals. — — Map (db m11453) HM
