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"Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by. Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774. In Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain."

1. Beverly Historic Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 030869
Title:: Beverly Historic Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:: 1952
Description:: "Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by. Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774. In Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain."

"Rich Mountain--At Rich Mountain 5 miles west, July 11, 1861. Federal forces defeated Confederate troops whose trenches may still be seen. Military reputations of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans were established by this victory."

2. Rich Mountain Historic Marker at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 030879
Title:: Rich Mountain Historic Marker at Beverly, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:: 1952
Description:: "Rich Mountain--At Rich Mountain 5 miles west, July 11, 1861. Federal forces defeated Confederate troops whose trenches may still be seen. Military reputations of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans were established by this victory."