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Marker in Front of Sumner-Ramer Memorial School image, Touch for more information
By Tom Fuchs, June 16, 2007
Marker in Front of Sumner-Ramer Memorial School
1 West Virginia, Berkeley County, Martinsburg — J. R. Clifford
2 West Virginia, Berkeley County, Martinsburg — Sumner-Ramer Memorial School — 515 West Martin Street
3 West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington — “Diamond Teeth” Mary McClain — Blues & Gospel Singer — August 28, 1902--April 4, 2000 —
4 West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington — Carter Godwin Woodson
5 West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington — Dr. Carter Godwin Wilson — 1875 - 1950
6 West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington — Lavinia Norman, Founder — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
7 West Virginia, Cabell County, Huntington — West Virginia Colored Children's Home
8 West Virginia, Doddridge County, West Union — Beehive Inn — 1828 until flood in late 1800's — Possibly an Underground Railroad Site —
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9 West Virginia, Fayette County, Ansted — FA 1 — Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster
10 West Virginia, Fayette County, Clifftop — Camp Washington Carver — African American Heritage Tour —
11 West Virginia, Fayette County, Clifftop — Camp Washington-Carver
12 West Virginia, Fayette County, Montgomery — Christopher H. Payne
13 West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — DuBois High School
14 West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — Dubois High School — African American Heritage Tour — New River Gorge National River, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
15 West Virginia, Fayette County, Mount Hope — Dubois School History — So let us not forget the roots that brought us this far
16 West Virginia, Fayette County, Nuttallburg — Nuttallburg and Short Creek — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
17 West Virginia, Fayette County, Nuttallburg — Segregated Coal Town — New River Gorge National River — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
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18 West Virginia, Fayette County, Quinnimont — Quinnimont Missionary Baptist Church — African American Heritage Tour — New River Gorge National River, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
19 West Virginia, Greenbrier County, Lewisburg — Dick Pointer
20 West Virginia, Greenbrier County, White Sulphur Springs — Katherine Johnson
21 West Virginia, Hampshire County, Romney — Mt. Pisgah Benevolence Cemetery
22 West Virginia, Hardy County, Moorefield — Cemetery Hill — Fighting Among the Tombstones
23 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — A Moving Symbol — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
24 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Allstadt House — John Brown's Hostages — Prelude to War —
25 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Discover Harpers Ferry — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
26 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — From Civil War to Civil Rights / Battle of Harpers Ferry — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
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27 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
28 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — History in the Mountains
29 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Holy Ground — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
30 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — Pilgrimage — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
31 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Bolivar — The Murphy Farm
32 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — "Coloured" Grave Yard
33 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — African-American Schools in Charles Town, West Virginia — Reported permanently removed
34 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Gap View Farm — West Virginia 9 — Charles Town to Martinsburg —
35 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — John Thomas Marker — of Star Lodge #1, Charles Town
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36 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Martin R. Delany
37 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Martin Robinson Delany
38 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Martin Robison Delany
39 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Old Stone House / Star Lodge No. 1
40 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — The First School for "Colored" in Jefferson County
41 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — The James H. Webb House
42 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Charles Town — Two Treason Trials
43 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — "for the deposit of arms"
44 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — "I just had to speak out" — -Pearl Tatten Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
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45 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — "The War That Ended Slavery" — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
46 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — That was the happiest time of my life. — Storer alumna Ruby Reeler — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed
47 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — A Land Divided — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed
48 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — A Land Divided — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
49 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Brackett House
50 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Camp Hill — Discover Harpers Ferry
51 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Church and School — Reported missing
52 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Foundations of Freedom — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported permanently removed
53 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Foundations of Freedom
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54 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Foundations of Freedom — Civil War Camp to College Campus — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
55 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Harpers Ferry / John Brown’s Fort
56 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Heads versus Hands — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior — Reported damaged
57 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Heads versus Hands — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
58 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Heyward Shepherd
59 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — John Brown
60 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — John Brown
61 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — John Brown Fort
62 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — John Brown Monument
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63 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Lockwood House
64 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Morrell House
65 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Nathan Cook Brackett — July 28, 1836 - July 20, 1910
66 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Short-lived Sanctuary — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
67 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Six Acres That Changed the World — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
68 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Storer College 1867-1955 — Harpers Ferry National Historic Park — Reported permanently removed
69 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — Storer College Veterans Memorial Gate
70 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — That was the happiest time of my life. — Storer student — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
71 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — The Black Americans
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72 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — The Niagara Movement
73 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — The Niagara Movement at Storer College — Reported permanently removed
74 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Harpers Ferry — The Second Meeting of the Niagara Movement — Harpers Ferry National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
75 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Kearneysville — Johnsontown
76 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Ranson — The Right Reverend Ernest Eugene Baltimore — 1912–1999
77 West Virginia, Jefferson County, Shepherdstown — Old English / Episcopal Cemetery
78 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — 45th US Colored Infantry
79 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — Booker Taliaferro Washington
80 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — Charleston Trails / Illustrated History of the Midland Trail
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81 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — Garnet High School
82 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — Mattie V. Lee Home, Inc.
83 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — Slavery in West Virginia
84 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — The Block
85 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — The Block
86 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — The Block Historic District / Midland Trail
87 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — The Legend Of John Henry — "I can beat that machine"
88 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Charleston — William H. Davis
89 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — ΑΦΑ Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated — December 4, 1906 — ΑΖ Alpha Zeta Chapter, December 23, 1921 —
90 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Brian O. Hemphill
91 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Byrd Prillerman
92 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Canty House
93 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Delta Sigma Theta — ΔΣΘ — ΑΔ 1926 —
94 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — East Hall
95 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Harold M. McNeill
96 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — Hazo W. Carter, Jr.
97 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — J. McHenry Jones
98 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — James Edwin Campbell
99 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — John H. Hill
100 West Virginia, Kanawha County, Institute — John W. Davis

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