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Monongalia County: Found 1776 from District of West Augusta. All or parts of 21 other counties, including three in Pennsylvania were carved from it. Named for the Monongahela River bearing an Indian name, which means the "River of Caving Banks."

97. Monongalia County Marker on U. S. Route 19 at the West Virginia and Pennsylvania State Line

IDNO:
031318
Title:
Monongalia County Marker on U. S. Route 19 at the West Virginia and Pennsylvania State Line
Date:
1951
Description:
Monongalia County: Found 1776 from District of West Augusta. All or parts of 21 other counties, including three in Pennsylvania were carved from it. Named for the Monongahela River bearing an Indian name, which means the "River of Caving Banks."
Marlinton: Settled 1749 by Sewell and Marlin. The oldest recorded settlement on western waters. Here stood oak, marking corner of first survey west of Alleghenies. Here was Fort Greenbrier, built, 1755, and garrisoned by Andrew Lewis.

98. Marlinton Marker on U. S. Route. 219, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
031319
Title:
Marlinton Marker on U. S. Route. 219, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Marlinton: Settled 1749 by Sewell and Marlin. The oldest recorded settlement on western waters. Here stood oak, marking corner of first survey west of Alleghenies. Here was Fort Greenbrier, built, 1755, and garrisoned by Andrew Lewis.
Marlinton: The old Seneca Indian Trail from New York, to Georgia may be seen at this point. During the French and Indian War, 18 settlers lost lives in vicinity. During Indian raids in 1779, 13 were killed and many were taken captive.

99. Marlinton Marker, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
031320
Title:
Marlinton Marker, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Marlinton: The old Seneca Indian Trail from New York, to Georgia may be seen at this point. During the French and Indian War, 18 settlers lost lives in vicinity. During Indian raids in 1779, 13 were killed and many were taken captive.
Morgan Morgan: who was Captain of a Company of Virginia Militia at the opening of the Revolutionary War, is buried one mile North of this spot in the old Harperstown Cemetery. His grave marked by the colonel Morgan Morgan Chapter D. A. R.

100. Morgan Morgan Marker on State Rt. 73, Between Morgantown and Fairmont, W. Va.

IDNO:
031321
Title:
Morgan Morgan Marker on State Rt. 73, Between Morgantown and Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
Morgan Morgan: who was Captain of a Company of Virginia Militia at the opening of the Revolutionary War, is buried one mile North of this spot in the old Harperstown Cemetery. His grave marked by the colonel Morgan Morgan Chapter D. A. R.
Corrick's Ford: After the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain. Gen. R. S. Garnett, new commander of the Confederates, led his army southward through the Tygarts Valley. His force was overtaken at Corrick's Ford, July 13, 1861 defeated and Garnett killed.

101. Corrick's Ford Marker, Parsons, W. Va.

IDNO:
031322
Title:
Corrick's Ford Marker, Parsons, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
Corrick's Ford: After the battles of Philippi, Laurel Hill and Rich Mountain. Gen. R. S. Garnett, new commander of the Confederates, led his army southward through the Tygarts Valley. His force was overtaken at Corrick's Ford, July 13, 1861 defeated and Garnett killed.
Arthurdale: This is the old plantation of Col. John Fairfax, once superintendent of Mt. Vernon and aide to Washington in the Revolution. The mansion was built in 1818. Original Federal homestead project here was model for others.

102. Arthurdale, Marker on State Route 92, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
031323
Title:
Arthurdale, Marker on State Route 92, Preston County, W. Va.
Description:
Arthurdale: This is the old plantation of Col. John Fairfax, once superintendent of Mt. Vernon and aide to Washington in the Revolution. The mansion was built in 1818. Original Federal homestead project here was model for others.
Millpoint: Here Stephen Sewell, pioneer settler, camped in 1750. This was the site of Fort Day, 1774. To the north, James and John Bridger were killed in the Indian raids of 1778. Here James E. A. Gibbs invented chain-stitch sewing machine.

103. Millpoint Marker on U. S. Route 219, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
031324
Title:
Millpoint Marker on U. S. Route 219, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Millpoint: Here Stephen Sewell, pioneer settler, camped in 1750. This was the site of Fort Day, 1774. To the north, James and John Bridger were killed in the Indian raids of 1778. Here James E. A. Gibbs invented chain-stitch sewing machine.
'Leaving Morgantown, Home of West Virginia University. Founded in 1867, Erected by Student Council 1946-47'

104. Historic Marker at Dorsey 's Knob on Route 119 Near Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
031363
Title:
Historic Marker at Dorsey 's Knob on Route 119 Near Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Description:
'Leaving Morgantown, Home of West Virginia University. Founded in 1867, Erected by Student Council 1946-47'
'Parsons- John Crouch pioneer settler established "tomahawk rights" here in 1766, but the town was not incorporated until 1893. Here Shavers Fork and Blackwater unite to form the Cheat River. Hu Maxwell, the historian, lived near.'

105. Historic Marker in Parsons, W. Va.

IDNO:
031364
Title:
Historic Marker in Parsons, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
'Parsons- John Crouch pioneer settler established "tomahawk rights" here in 1766, but the town was not incorporated until 1893. Here Shavers Fork and Blackwater unite to form the Cheat River. Hu Maxwell, the historian, lived near.'
'William Robinson preempted Buffalo Flats, site of Grafton,in 1773. Here is only National cemetery in State. Former home of John T. McGraw, financier, and Melville Davisson Post, author. Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day, lived here.

106. Historic Marker on U.S. Route 50, Grafton, W.Va.

IDNO:
031366
Title:
Historic Marker on U.S. Route 50, Grafton, W.Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
'William Robinson preempted Buffalo Flats, site of Grafton,in 1773. Here is only National cemetery in State. Former home of John T. McGraw, financier, and Melville Davisson Post, author. Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day, lived here.
'Named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Home of Senator Henry G. Davis. Headquarters for the Monongahela National Forest. Near site of Friend's Fort, built in 1772. Old Seneca Indian Trail crosses the campus of Davis and Elkins College.'

107. Historic Marker in Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
031369
Title:
Historic Marker in Elkins, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
'Named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Home of Senator Henry G. Davis. Headquarters for the Monongahela National Forest. Near site of Friend's Fort, built in 1772. Old Seneca Indian Trail crosses the campus of Davis and Elkins College.'
'Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River.'

108. Jones Raid Marker on U. S. Route 19 at Monogahela and Marion County Line

IDNO:
031374
Title:
Jones Raid Marker on U. S. Route 19 at Monogahela and Marion County Line
Date:
1951
Description:
'Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River.'