WV-038 Woods Fort

Marker text: WOODS' FORT
This defense erected 1773 by Captain Michael Woods was of importance during Lord Dunmore's War. Troops from here were engaged in the Battle of Point Pleasant next year and later were with George Rogers Clark.
West Virginia Department of Culture and History 1979

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Location: US 219, between Peterstown and Lindside, Monroe County, West Virginia

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