VA-Z233 West Virginia

Marker text: WEST VIRGINIA

West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. 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, 1932.

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Location: US 220 (southbound) at the Virginia (Highland Co.) and West Virginia (Pendleton Co.) state line., Pendleton County, West Virginia

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