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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Morgantown, West Virginia
Morgantown is the county seat for Monongalia County
Morgantown is in Monongalia County
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Reliance on the Monongahela River to supply enough water to a growing Morgantown meant the overall year-round quality remained a subject of great concern. West Virginia University researchers in the 1920s identified the problems with the river . . . — — Map (db m174748) HM
Site of West Virginia University's first building erected solely for the work of medical education. This 14' by 20' structure was built at a cost of $350 and used for dissection of cadavers. It became known locally as "The Hick House due to a . . . — — Map (db m178202) HM
Morgan District High School was the original home of this School Bell. In 1939, upon the completion of a W. P. A. Addition, the building was renamed Sabraton Junior High. When the school closed in 1980, the students were moved to the new South . . . — — Map (db m176832) HM
Son, brother, soldier, friend.
Well done. Be thou at peace.
West Point Class of 2005
Killed in Action
January 20th, 2007
Karbala, Iraq
2nd Battalion
377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment
4th Brigade Combat Team
25th . . . — — Map (db m176220) WM
This National Guard unit traces it origins to Capt. Morgan Morgan, who formed the company Feb. 17, 1735. It served with Washington's militia in Braddock's 1755 campaign. At the outset of the Revolution he called upon these fighting men to "drive the . . . — — Map (db m73352) WM
The Ideal Spot for a Reservoir
When nearby land was no longer able to supply an adequate amount of water to town, the Union Improvement Company (UIC) searched for a site to build a reservoir. The land you see here was ideal Tibbs Run water . . . — — Map (db m173795) HM
Glass making in West Virginia began with the
abundance of sandstone, limestone and coal. While there
were at least 14 other glass makers in Morgantown, much
of my research was done in Star City. Star City was
founded in 1907 and named by . . . — — Map (db m175933) HM
Bell
of the
Armored Cruiser
U.S.S. West Virginia
Commissioned: 23 Feb 1905
Decommissioned: 1 Sept 1920
Dedicated to the memory
of those West Virginians
who gave their lives in
the service of their country
by
Alpha Phi Omega . . . — — Map (db m134302) WM
Allen Holland constructed what is now known as The Big Log Cabin in 1815-16 near White Day Creek. His farm was located along US Route 73, known then as the Morgantown and Fairmont Pike. In 1871 Holland sold his farm to his daughter Mary's husband . . . — — Map (db m196916) HM
Brooks Hall, named in honor of Chandler, Fred, Amos, and Alonzo Brooks, originally opened in 1951. Brooks Hall was home to the University's biology department until its relocation into the Life Sciences Building in the fall of 2002. Fall 2007, . . . — — Map (db m134280) HM
Camp Muffly was founded by Harry P. Muffly in 1929. Mr. Muffly served as the county agent in Monongalia County for 31 years. In 1958 the County 4-H Camp was named for Mr. Muffly for all the work he had done over the years. The original eight log . . . — — Map (db m195973) HM
William Raber built this house in 1810 near Maidsville in Cass District, Monongalia County. After receiving the land from his father Christopher Raber in 1809, William willed the house and farm to his youngest son Samuel in 1849. Samuel Raber and . . . — — Map (db m196523) HM
In 1912, the Cheat Haven and Bruceton Railroad was constructed along the Cheat River as a short connector line between the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Cheat Haven, Pennsylvania and the Kendall Lumber Company operations near Ice's Ferry, West . . . — — Map (db m178381) HM
This gnarled old tree, over five feet in diameter, is believed to be the third or fourth largest chinquapin oak in the world. The tree lost its top long ago, probably before 1900. The tree is hollow but still alive. The best estimates of its age . . . — — Map (db m177494) HM
Built in 1893, this building was named for Oliver Perry Chitwood, West Virginia University Professor of History from 1907 to 1946. During that period, his textbook on American colonial history was used throughout the country. The building originally . . . — — Map (db m134295) HM
Residents Welcome Tibbs Run Water
Tibbs Run did not supply water to the reservoir here until 1912. It did, however, serve as a public water source earlier. In 1889, the new Union Improvement Company (UIC) purchased 210 acres of land south . . . — — Map (db m173661) HM
Clinton Cabin is the only log cabin at Camp Muffly that is not an original settlers cabin. Constructed of logs cut from chestnut trees along Booth's Creek in Clinton District, Monongalia County, Clinton Cabin was built on this site in 1934. Wayne . . . — — Map (db m196393) HM
The Core Arboretum was part of the Krepps Farm until 1948, when West Virginia University purchased land for the Evansdale campus. The WVU Department of Biology manages the 91 acre arboretum as a place for research, study, exercise and quiet . . . — — Map (db m153674) HM
A typical dictionary definition states that an arboretum is "a place where trees and other plants are grown for purposes of science, education, and display." Most of the Core Arboretum is natural woodland.
West Virginia University acquired the . . . — — Map (db m172813) HM
Named for the Monongalia River, Monongalia County was established in 1776. With the formal recognition of the Mason-Dixon line in 1783, it was determined that the first meeting place of the county court actually fell within the borders of . . . — — Map (db m153672) HM
This unusual tree is a dawn-redwood, Metascquoia glyptostroboides. Like larches and baldcypresses, dawn-redwoods are cone-bearing trees that shed their leaves in the fall.
Metasequoia was once thought to be an extinct genus of trees . . . — — Map (db m173234) HM
1.5 miles south; erected in 1889 by order of Monongalia County Court. Contract awarded to W. A. Loar with Edward W. Brand as superintendent. Stone abutments built by Loar at cost of $198, with wood framework constructed by Wm. and Joseph Mercer at a . . . — — Map (db m171425) HM
Don Knotts, a Morgantown native, began his career performing as a ventriloquist here at the historic Metropolitan Theatre.
After graduating from Morgantown High School in 1942 and West Virginia University in 1948, his impressive comedic and . . . — — Map (db m194605) HM
The Buffalo and Mahoning sandstones, the "Dunkard Sands" of the driller, are exposed in the road cuts and merge to form a great cliff at Raven Rock. They produce oil and natural gas in northern and western West Virginia. — — Map (db m73376) HM
Steam driven grist mill, built ca. 1870 by Henry Koontz, could grind 120 bu. of grain daily. Stone burrs were replaced with iron rollers in 1894, improving output and quality, and representing peak technological development for a local flour mill. . . . — — Map (db m164464) HM
West Virginia University was chartered by an act of the Legislature on February 7, 1867 and was called the "Agricultural College of West Virginia." In 1868, the name was changed to "West Virginia University." As early as 1867, the liberal arts . . . — — Map (db m134284) HM
Elizabeth Moore Hall
Built in 1928
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134306) HM
Walkway is named in honor of F. Duke Perry and is dedicated to honor his vision and leadership of the West Virginia University Foundation from 1999 through 2006. Under his guidance, the construction of One Waterfront Place served as the foundation . . . — — Map (db m195962) HM
First Methodist Protestant Church
Founded 1830
Old Stone House
Chestnut Street
Cornerstone Laid
September 7, 1907
Spruce and Fayette Streets
Morgantown, West Virginia — — Map (db m172507) HM
First Pottery. The first pottery in West Virginia was founded here about 1785 and the making of pottery was important before 1800. John Scott, Jacob Foulk, John Thompson, and Francis Billingsley were among the first potters.
Old Iron . . . — — Map (db m157691) HM
John Pierpont, Revolutionary soldier and the son-in-law of Zackquill Morgan, built a fort in 1769. Washington was his guest in 1784. Here was born Francis H. Pierpont, who played an important part in the formation of West Virginia. — — Map (db m117095) HM
Fossilized tree stumps found in the rock above coal seams are referred to as "kettle bottoms". When the coal is removed, kettle bottoms, similar to this one fall out into the mine entry. This fossil is approximately 300 million years old of the . . . — — Map (db m228184) HM
West Virginia's rich traditions and culture nurtured an artistic
sensibility in Burl Jones which enabled him to become one of the
country's most respected bronze sculptors. Born near Charleston,
Burl excelled in academics and athletics and . . . — — Map (db m173212) HM
One half mile north of this marker stood the house where George Washington stopped in September 1784 and conferred with leading men of this section “pursuing my inquiries respecting the navigation of the western waters”. Eager to . . . — — Map (db m117094) HM
In 1788 Joshua Low was given a land patent which included property near the mining village of Brady in Grant District, Monongalia County. In 1871 his grandson, also named Joshua, built what is now known as Grant Cabin on the land. He and his wife . . . — — Map (db m197308) HM
This lawn area was a farm field when WVU acquired it in 1948. By 1951, Biology Department faculty and graduate students began to plant trees and shrubs here for purposes of study and display.
At first, the emphasis of the plantings was on . . . — — Map (db m172806) HM
For all that he was as an All-American basketball player at West Virginia University, there are many who believed "Hot" Rod Hundley could have been so much more. He was a self-made basketball player who played the game the way he wanted - which . . . — — Map (db m175962) HM
Arthur J. Murray Civil War
CPL. Rush C. Hatch, WWII
BM2 Ernest C. Hilling (NIN), WWII
PFC Foster A. Hilling, WWII
PVT Gaylord R. Hilling, Korean
PVT Robert Hilling, Korean
PFG Harold J. Hilling (Bubby), WWII
PFC . . . — — Map (db m173235) WM
Who on the 24th day of March 1846 gave the land on which this church is built to be used to erect a house for the worship of the Holy Creator, God, forever.
This plaque is presented in memoriam by all who have found blessed salvation . . . — — Map (db m173502) HM
She was the little girl with her brother Stephen in the melon patch when her father, David Morgan had his famous fight with two Indians near Rivesville, W. Va. Apr. 1st 1779. — — Map (db m188244) HM
Once part of the Burris farm, site holds a limestone monument to Sarah Morgan Burrows (Burris) erected in 1910 to commemorate a raid on the Morgan homestead near Rivesville by Native Americans, during which her father, frontiersman and French and . . . — — Map (db m186184) HM
WVU College of Business
& Economic
1989 - 1998
September 11, 2001
North Tower, World Trade Center
Floor 92
Dedicated By Parents, Jim & Linda Samuel,
Sister, Jennifer Agresto, Girlfriend, Jackie Curcio,
Neice, Mikayla . . . — — Map (db m175869) WM
Jerry West, a native of Chelyan, W.Va., established 17 WVU records and led the Mountaineers to a mark of 61-12 during his career (1958-60) as West Virginia
earned three straight NCAA berths and came within two points of winning the national . . . — — Map (db m175833) HM
Born in Monongalia County in 1827, he was a delegate to the First and Second Wheeling Conventions and a member of the Restored Government of Virginia. Appointed colonel of the 7th WV Infantry in 1862, he was wounded at Fredericksburg. In late 1863, . . . — — Map (db m104396) HM
84 Paul Bischoff
First Time All-American - 1952
66 Chuck Howley
Super Bowl V MVP
NFL All-Pro - 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970
75 Sam Huff
Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1982
. . . — — Map (db m174360) HM
20 Russ Meredith
First Team All-American - 1922
12 Oliver Luck
NFL Executive
CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame - 2000
90 Darryl Talley
College Football Hall of Fame - . . . — — Map (db m174361) HM
10 Steve Slaton
Consensus All-American - 2006
Sugar Bowl MVP - 2006
5 Pat White
NCAA Career Rushing Record for Quarterbacks
Big East Offensive Player of the Year - 2007
37 Tom . . . — — Map (db m174365) HM
9 Major Harris
College Football Hall of Fame - 2009
ECAC Player of the Year - 1988, 1989
11 Fred Wyant
Southern Conference Player of the Year - 1954
30-4 record as starting quarterback
42 . . . — — Map (db m174366) HM
32 Garrett Ford Sr.
Southern Conference Player of the Year - 1966
First 1,000-yard rusher in school history
Don Nehlen
College Football Hall of Fame - 2005
Winningest Coach in WVU History (1980 - . . . — — Map (db m174367) HM
32 Aaron Beasley
Consensus All-American - 1995
Football News Defensive Player of the Year - 1995
6 Grant Wiley
Consensus All-American - 2003
Big East Rookie of the Year - 2000
21 Ira Errett Rodgers
. . . — — Map (db m174370) HM
38 Joe Stydahar
Pro Football Hall of Fame - 1967
College Football Hall of Fame - 1956
10 Marc Bulger
NFL Pro Bowl - 2004, 2007
NFL Pro Bowl MVP - 2004
44 Jim . . . — — Map (db m174371) HM
96 John Thornton
First Team All-American - 1998
Played 10 Seasons in the NFL
3 Stedman Bailey
Biletnikoff Semifinalist 2012
WVU's single season (25) touchdown receptions leader
WVU's career . . . — — Map (db m211311) HM
Bobby Bowden
College Football Hall of Fame - 2006
WVU Head Football Coach (1970 - 75)
15 Jeff Hostetler
Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV Champion
NFL . . . — — Map (db m211491) HM
West Virginia Equal Suffrage Assn. President, 1916-1917 & woman's Christian temperance union leader. Helped establish Elizabeth Moore Hall. — — Map (db m223024) HM
This tree is an offspring of a London plane tree growing on Liberty Island or nearby Ellis Island in New York Harbor. These islands are home to the Statue of Liberty and a famous immigrant processing facility.
France presented the Statue of . . . — — Map (db m173098) HM
William H. Pyles built The Little Log Cabin on Pedlar Run in Clay District, Monongalia County, in 1834. He and his wife Catherine sold the property to Hosea Wade in 1840. Hosea and his wife Clarissa sold the property to John Wildman in 1841. In . . . — — Map (db m196643) HM
Completed in 1870, Martin Hall is West Virginia University's oldest building. It was named for the Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president from 1867 to 1875. The building was extensively renovated in 1976-77. — — Map (db m134297) HM
This fountain was originally located at Holy Rosary Parish in Clarksburg, WV and was utilized as a baptismal font from 1909 to 1984. When Holy Rosary Parish closed in 1984, the font was relocated to Mary Help of Christians Parish (St. Luke's Mission . . . — — Map (db m175649) HM
Built in 1913 and 1914 under the direction of U.S. Department of Treasury Supervising Architect Oscar Wenderoth and at a cost of $97,000, this cut stone and marble Neoclassical structure housed the U.S. Postal Service and federal agencies in . . . — — Map (db m183224) HM
Monongalia County. Formed, 1776, from District of West Augusta. All or parts
of 21 other counties, including three in Pennsylyania, were carved from it. Named for the
Monongahela River, bearing an Indian name, which means the "River of . . . — — Map (db m173483) HM
Monongalia County was established in 1776 from the Virginia District of West Augusta and named for the Monongahela River. When the Mason Dixon line was formally recognized in 1783, officials determined that the first meeting place of the county . . . — — Map (db m117097) HM
In memory of Monongalia's sons They fought for the freedom of others.
In memory of Our Sons who fought for the freedom of the world, 1917-1918
In memory of Our Women who sacrificed for the freedom of the world, 1917-1918
In . . . — — Map (db m188265) WM
In memory of those 201st Infantry Veterans through our history from February 17, 1735 as frontier militia who defended their homes and families with honor through the George Washington campaign of 1754, the Braddock campaign of 1755, Battle of Point . . . — — Map (db m134319) HM
James Lewis Williams built Morgan Cabin in May Hollow along a tributary of Booth's Creek in 1816. He and his wife Elizabeth May lived in the cabin until his death in 1856. James left the cabin to his youngest son Foster, requesting that Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m197337) HM
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. Grumble Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they . . . — — Map (db m117118) HM
The 35,000-seat Mountaineer Field was the home of West Virginia University football from 1924-79, and the Mountaineers held a 169-81-12 all-time record there. Athletic director Harry A. Stansbury authorized construction on the stadium at the . . . — — Map (db m179705) HM
The Mt. Tabor Baptist Church was one of the earliest churches established in Monongalia County, VA. Revolutionary War Patriot Benjamin Wilson and his wife Eleanor donated an acre of land for the church and cemetery in 1803. The Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m186234) HM
This apple tree (Malus domestica), Flower of Kent variety, is a direct descendant of the one that dropped that famous apple on Sir Isaac Newton, inspiring his theory of gravity.
It grew from a sapling given to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV by . . . — — Map (db m175238) HM
Oglebay Hall
built in 1918
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m134305) HM
Iron furnaces were busy in Monongalia County at early date. At Rock Forge, Samuel Hanway started work, 1798, and on Cheat River, Samuel Jackson built a furnace. The latter plant, under the Ellicotts, worked 1200 men. — — Map (db m173065) HM
Oldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800 - 1813 by potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk. Bought by Joseph Shackelford who operated a tanyard here . . . — — Map (db m64090) HM
Oldest stone house in Monongalia County. By legend built by Jacob Nuze on original lot 25. Sold 1795 to tavern-keeper Henry Dering. Owned 1800 - 1813 by potters John Thompson and Jacob Foulk. Bought by Joseph Shackelford who operated a tanyard here . . . — — Map (db m235205) HM
Honoring
Orville Sebastian Eberly
1900-1983
Founder of The Eberly Foundation
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Coal Industry Entrepreneur
Geologist Banker
Community and Civic Leader
Philanthropist
Resident of Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m134279) HM
Martin Hall, home of the Perley Isaac School of Journalism since 1953, was completed in 1870, three years after West Virginia University was chartered. The Reverend Alexander Martin, the University's first president, had an office in the building . . . — — Map (db m134292) HM
Over 300 milion years ago during the Carboniferous Period, the landscape of what is now West Virginia looked much different. During the Pennsylvanian sub-period (323.2-298.9) million years ago), vast forests of strange looking plants surrounded . . . — — Map (db m238305) HM
Purinton House
Built in 1904 - 1905
Has Been Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m156325) HM
Laurence L. Sherwood 2nd Lt Donald Milton Gross SP3 James Patrick Clevenger, Sgt(T) Michael Boyd Keller, LTJG
Lang Monument Est. 1874 — — Map (db m197063) WM
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