Founded, 1778, by Gen. Adam Stephen. Named for Thomas Martin, nephew of Lord Fairfax. Home of Admirals Charles Boarman and C.K. Stribling. Locomotives seized here, 1861, in Jackson’s raid were drawn by horses to Winchester, Va.

Marker is on Edwin Miller Boulevard (West Virginia Route 9) east of Interstate 81, on the left when traveling west.

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