On Buckhannon-Clarksburg Road (West Virginia Route 20) near the county line, on the right when traveling south.
Barbour County. Formed from Harrison, Lewis
and Randolph in 1843. It is
named for Philip Pendleton
Barbour, distinguished Virginia
jurist. The scene of opening
hostilities on land between
the armies of the North and
the South in 1861.
. . . — — Map (db m184509) HM
On Buckhannon Pike (West Virginia Route 20) 1 mile West Virginia Route 57, on the left when traveling south.
Near by was the home of the late Melville Davisson Post, author of many novels, but particularly noted for his stories concerning the strange points of law, woven about the fictitious character “Randolph Mason.” — — Map (db m173719) HM
On Lost Creek Road (County Route 25) at West Milford Road (West Virginia Highway 270), on the left when traveling north on Lost Creek Road.
Built 1892, following the completion of railroad in 1887. Lost Creek grew to become largest shipping point for cattle in West Virginia in 1915 and on entire B & O system, east of Mississippi in 1923. — — Map (db m35331) HM
