WV-044 Monroe County

Marker text: MONROE COUNTY
Formed in 1799 from Greenbrier. Named for President James Monroe. In this county lived Col. Andrew S. Rowan who, 1898, carried the news of American intervention to General Y. Iniguez Garcia, leader of the Cubans.
West Virginia Department of Archives and History, 1972

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Location: US 219 at Greenbrier / Monroe County Line, Monroe County, West Virginia

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