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Battle of Bulltown
"Come and take us"
On the hill in front of you are t...
Kesler's Raid
Capture of Upshur County Militia
In September 1863, ...
McClellan's Buckhannon Camp
Prelude to Rich Mountain
(Preface): In the spring of...
The Bassel House
The Columns Unite
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gen...
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
No Asylum from War
When the Civil War began in 1861,...
Clarksburg Defenses
Protecting the Town and Railroad
On April 20, 1863, ...
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
This Memorial was established by the Nation...
ATSF Locomotive No. 3416
Donated to the City of Great Bend this 18th day of ...
U.S. Post Office / Mural
Circa 1939
Placed January 1988
National Regist...
Cathedral of the Plains
St. Fidelis Church
Erected between 1908 and 1911 by ...
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Battle of Bulltown
"Come and take us"
On the hill in front of you are two fortifications that Union Gen. George B. McClellan ordered constructed late in1861. They guarded the wooden covered bridge located here on the Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike. In October ...
Kesler's Raid
Capture of Upshur County Militia
In September 1863, Confederate Maj. Joseph K. Kesler, 19th Virginia Cavalry, led a raid from Pocahontas County through Upshur County and Centerville (present-day Rock Cave). On September 2, Kesler’s commander, Col. William L. Jackson, ordered him ...
McClellan's Buckhannon Camp
Prelude to Rich Mountain
(Preface): In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and ...
The Bassel House
The Columns Unite
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that they marched ...
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
No Asylum from War
When the Civil War began in 1861, the one-story wing on the far left of the building in front of you was all that stood here at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. The foundation of the main building ...
Clarksburg Defenses
Protecting the Town and Railroad
On April 20, 1863, Confederate Gens. William E. “Grumble” Jones and John D. Imboden began a raid from Virginia through present-day West Virginia against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Taking separate routes, they later reported that ...
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
This Memorial was established by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund, as directed by an Act of the United States Congress.
The authorizing law was sponsored by U.S. Representative Mario Biaggi
and U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell, and was signed ...
ATSF Locomotive No. 3416
Donated to the City of Great Bend this 18th day of Sept., 1956 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company.
History
Purchased in July 1919 from Baldwin Locomotive Works at Eddystone, Pennsylvania at a cost of $69,000. Used in passenger ...
U.S. Post Office / Mural
Circa 1939
Placed January 1988
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Marker is at the intersection of Wisconsin Street and Maple Street, on the right when traveling west on Wisconsin Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
Cathedral of the Plains
St. Fidelis Church
Erected between 1908 and 1911 by German and German Russian Catholics, this native limestone edifice is one of the largest buildings on the Great Plains, its twin towers soar 141 feet above its 220 feet by 79 feet ...