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Markers placed by the Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter |
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Price Memorial
Cemetery (1928)
Location: On Route 7 West of Morgantown approximately 10.5 miles from the Sheetz station at the end of the Star City bridge; it is 0.2 miles beyond Statler's Country Mart. The marker is located in a field on the right side of the road, directly across from a street sign pointing to the Mooresville Road on the left. |
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Kern's Fort (1927)
Location: At the corner of Reay Alley and Arch Street in Morgantown's Second Ward. |
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George Washington
Crossing (1932) Location: At the east end of the old Ice's Ferry bridge crossing Cheat Lake. The tablet is about 30 feet above the ground and is set in the rock cliffs. |
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USS Maine Tablet
(1915) This tablet was presented to Morgantown High School in 1915 and was displayed in its auditorium for many years. When the old school was torn down in the late 1970s, a history teacher recovered it and now uses it in his classes to help teach about the Spanish-American War. |
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Susannah Guseman
Cobun (1924) Susannah Guseman Cobun was the only "Real Daughter" (actual daughter of a Revolutionary War patriot) in the Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter. She is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown. |
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Patrick Henry Statue (1916) This wooden statue of Patrick Henry was sculpted in 1851 by Ebenezer Mathers. For 40 years, it stood atop the dome of the old Monongalia County Courthouse. It was removed from the dome in 1891 and was cared for by C. Russell Houston in his shop on Pleasant Street. In 1916, he gave it to the Elizabeth Ludington Hagans DAR Chapter so that it might be preserved for future generations. They,in turn, presented it to Morgantown High School (which eventually became Morgantown Junior High School), where it stood until the building was torn down in the late 1970s. The statue now stands to the right of the front door of the present Monongalia County Courthouse.
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Markers placed by the Colonel John Evans Chapter |
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Fort Martin (1929)
Location: Approximately 6.7 miles from Granville. Start out on Route 100 North in Granville; at the fork in the road, take the Ft. Martin Road (Route 53) to the right. The marker is 0.3 miles past the sign/road up to the Ft. Martin United Methodist Church (on the right). It is on the right side of the road, surrounded by tall pine trees. |
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Col. John Evans
grave marker
Location: the lower end of Oak Grove Cemetery in Morgantown. |
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George Washington's Visit (1932) One half mile north of this marker stood the house where George Washington stopped in September 1784, and conferred with leading men of this section, "pursuing my inquiries respecting the navigation of the western waters." Eager to investigate the Cheat River and the Monongahela River, he sought out Samuel Hanway, "the surveyor of Monongalia County," and he also sent to the Court House in Morgans Town for Zackquill Morgan and others "who would have it in their power to give the best accounts that were to be obtained, which, assenting to, they were sent for and came." Quotations
from the diary of George Washington Location: The
marker
is at the corner of North Pierpont Road and the Old Cheat
Road. It is quite close to where North Pierpont Road crosses over
Interstate 68. |
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Markers placed by both chapters |
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DAR Boulder at
Monongalia County Courthouse Square (1912) |
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Washington
Bicentennial Trees Plaque (1932) Location: This plaque originally marked trees that were planted in the vicinity of present-day Brooks Hall on the WVU Campus. When it needed to be moved to make way for construction, it was housed in the WVU Core Arboretum for many years. However, it was eventually stolen and then returned a year later. At that time, a decision was made to turn it over to the West Virginia Regional and History Collection for safekeeping, where it resides today. |
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