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Pictured around a cannon: U. S. Sergent A. S. Morgan; U. S. Captain H. C. Getzendanner; Former Confederate Colonel W. A. Morgan; B. D. Gibson; Mrs, Getzendanner; and unidentified small boy.

1. Visiting 'High Water Mark' at Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pa.

The last picture taken of the old jail in which John Brown was confined at Charles Town, W. Va.

2. Old Jail in Charles Town, W. Va.

Marker on the Gibson property, site of John Brown's execution

3. John Brown Execution Marker, Charles Town, W. Va.

Memorial for two early settlers, Windle Millar and Patrick McCarty who were killed by Indians in 1761.

4. Historic Marker Memorial For Windle Millar and Patrick McCarty, Mineral County, W. Va.

'Hawks Nest Rock was so named because in earlier days fish hawks built their nets on this site.  The elevation of the rock above New River is 585 feet.  The elevation above sea level is 1270 ft.  The Dam below has been constructed in conjunction with a tunnel to divert a portion of New River for power creation purposes.  This tunnel beginning at the west end of the dam is approximately 3 miles long and has a fall of 160 ft. to create electric power, which is used for industrial purposes at Glen ferris and Alloy.  The railroad opposite is the main line of the Chesapeake and Ohio.'

5. Hawks Nest Overlook Marker

"Early Oil Wells--To the south, birthplace of West Virginia's oil industry.  On Hughes River oil was found in gravel beds in 1810.  As "bank oil," a medicine,  Bushrod Creel sold 100 barrels of it per year in 1836.  Volcano was one of first boom oil towns."

6. Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

"Tollgate--The Northwestern Turnpike, a favorite project of George Washington, opened in 1838.  Such highways were called "turnpikes" from the gates at which tolls were collected.  This town is named for the toll gate which stood here."

7. Tollgate Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky.  The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place.  In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade.  This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.

8. Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker

"Clay County--formed in 1858 from Braxton and Nicholas.  Named for the great Kentuckian, Henry Clay, who was so popular in western Virginia that in 1820 a monument was erected to him for his part in bringing the National Road to Wheeling.  A man on left is George Eddy."

9. Clay County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

"Kanawha County--Authorized, 1788 and organized, 1789, from Montgomery and Greenbrier.  Named for Kanawha River bearing name of Indian tribe.  Salt making brought early settlers into this valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants."

10. Kanawha County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

"Formed in 1824 from Cabell, Kanawha, Giles and Tazewell.  Named for Logan, the famous chief of the Mingo Indians, whose "Lament" is most noted example of Indian eloquence.  Logan County ranks second in State coal production."

11. Logan County Historic Marker On U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

"Beauty spot six miles north on the boundary of Taylor and Marion counties where Tygarts Valley River dashes through a mile-long gorge in series of lovely falls and rapids.  Included in 1000-acre grant to Thomas Parkeson in 1773."

12. Valley Falls Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 near Grafton, W. Va.