WV-069 Mill Point

Marker text: MILL POINT
Here in 1750 Stephen Sewell, a pioneer settler, camped. It was site of Fort Day, 1774. To the north James and John Bridger were killed in the Indian raids, 1778. Here James E. A. Gibbs invented the chain stitch sewing machine.
West Virginia Historic Commission, 1969

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Location: US 219/WV 39/WV 55 at intersection with WV 39/WV 55 West, Millpoint Refine this Search , , , Pocahontas County, West Virginia

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