On Meadow Creek Road, 0.7 miles west of Interstate 64, in the median.
Before the coming of the railroad and the whitewater rafting industry, commerce along the New River was
carried by long, flat-bottomed boats called batteaux. The New River has always been an important travel
corridor through the rugged Appalachian . . . — — Map (db m179213) HM
On West Virginia Route 20 at River Road (Local Route 20/7), on the left when traveling south on State Route 20.
Born 1909 in Summers County, she
learned to fly airplanes in 1933.
One of few women instructors in the
pre-WWII Civilian Flight Training
Program, during the war she was in
Women Airforce Service Pilots and a
Pentagon cryptologist. In 1946, . . . — — Map (db m179189) HM
Sandstone Visitor Center was constructed in 2003 to provide knowledge and information, inspiring a personal connection for visitors to New River Gorge National River and to our national park system. The site of the visitor center is an important . . . — — Map (db m100021) HM
On Temple Street (West Virginia Route 20) south of Faith Lane (County Road 7), on the right when traveling south.
William Richmond Homeplace. Near here was homestead of William Richmond (1752-1850). A veteran of he Revolution, he came here in 1799 likely as the first permanent white settler. The prolific family operated a ferry across the New River for . . . — — Map (db m229268) HM