VA-Z290 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 separated state of the Union in 1863.

Virginia State Library, 1951

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Location: US 250 (eastbound) at the West Virginia (Pocahontas Co.) and Virginia (Highland Co.) state line (elevation 4,300 ft.), Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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