A close-up view of the three Confederate figures, Robert E. Lee, Thomas J. Jackson and Jefferson Davis carved in the face of the mountain. The photograph was sent in an envelope addressed to Mr. Anderson, The Bluefield Daily Telegraph in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia from Mr. Tom Bowling of Montgomery, Alabama.
Memorial to Karl Myers, First Poet Laureate of West Virginia, Moore Cemetery, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:
1963
Description:
Myers was West Virginia Poet Laureate from 1927 to 1937. His remains are actually buried in an unknown grave near Elkins. The people of Tucker County raised the money to erect this monument to honor Karl Myers.
Group of Men Around Original Fairfax Stone, Tucker County, W. Va.
Description:
Four unidentified men and a dog, posing with the Fairfax Stone in a wooded area outside Thomas, W. Va. The stone marks the western point of Lord Fairfax's proprietary claim and the southernmost point on the North-South state boundary line between West Virginia and Maryland.
Large stone includes information about various members of the Prickett family of Fairmont. There are two engraved captions...'The First White Woman That Was..Cross The Allegheny Mountains' and ...'And Killed By The Indians...While Near The Mouth Of Pricketts Creek.'
'This Boulder Is Established To Commemorate Clendenin's Fort Which Was Built In 1788 For The Protection Of The Early Settlers Against The Indians And Stood Here.' An additional inscription reads ' Erected In 1915 By The Kanawha Valley Chapter Daughters Of The American Revolution, By Permission Of C.C Lewis SR.,Who Owns The Site Of The Old Fort.'
Fairmont W.Va. military memorial. 'That Government By The People Shall Not Perish In Grateful Tribute To Those Sons And Daughters Of Marion County Who Serve The Cause Of Freedom.' The monument list those 'In Service 9266 and Died For Their Country 223.'