https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/catalog/030872https://www.wvhistoryonview.org/image/030872.jpgCharles Friend's Home Historic Marker between Terra Alta, W. Va. and Oakland, Md.1955Historical markers--West Virginia.Historic Markers."Charles Friend's Home--George Washington Stopped here Sept. 26, 1784 on his trip to determine a feasible passage between the Potomac and the Ohio for a canal or east portage between these rivers as a passage to the Western Territory."West Virginia History OnView