Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ridgeley, West Virginia
Keyser is the county seat for Mineral County
Ridgeley is in Mineral County
Mineral County(75) ► ADJACENT TO MINERAL COUNTY Grant County(32) ► Hampshire County(76) ► Hardy County(44) ► Allegany County, Maryland(294) ► Garrett County, Maryland(161) ►
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On Bridge Street (Alternate West Virginia Route 28), on the right when traveling south.
On this site in 1750 the Ohio Company of Virginia erected a fortified storehouse known as Fort Ohio or the New Store. It served as protection and the center of commerce for this area, called Wills Creek until 1755, when Fort Cumberland, across the . . . — — Map (db m67205) HM
On Short Gap Highway (West Virginia Route 28) 0.1 miles north of Furnace Road.
On land Washington surveyed for Elias Sellers in 1748 stood this fort, important link in system of frontier defenses. It was garrisoned by an officer and thirty men and withstood several attacks by the Indians. — — Map (db m157346) HM
On 2nd Avenue east of Diagonal Alley, on the right when traveling east.
Kenneth Baker
William Cline
Richard Duer
Frederick Digman
John Derosa
Robert Galford
Richard Spence
William Shuck Jr.
Charles Woods
Alva Diehl
David Bootman
Myrle Zimmers
John Sensabauch
Lewis Pryor
Roland Showers . . . — — Map (db m134408) WM
On Bridge Street (West Virginia Route 28) north of John Street, on the right when traveling south.
In grateful memory of
William Edward Shuck, Jr.
who died in service of his country
on 3 July 1952
in Korea
He stands in the unbroken line of patriots who have dared to die
that freedom might live, and grow, and increase its . . . — — Map (db m134406) WM