VA-Z217 West Virginia

Marker text: WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1927. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in 1863.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1929.

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Location: US 50 (eastbound) at the Virginia (Frederick Co.) and West Virginia (Hampshire Co.) state line., Hampshire County, West Virginia

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