Historical Highway Markers

From Historic Wheeling
Revision as of 18:01, 10 April 2018 by Api (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"> Since the first markers were installed in 1937, funded by the New Deal Federal Emergency Relief Administration, mor...")
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Since the first markers were installed in 1937, funded by the New Deal Federal Emergency Relief Administration, more than 1000 have been erected along highways to briefly tell West Virginia's history. There are at least 19 markers in the Wheeling area. Note: US 40 is National Road.

Camp Carlisle - Zane and North Wabash on Wheeling Island
[/Elm%20Grove%20Stone%20Bridge Elm Grove Stone Bridge] - At Little Wheeling Creek and US 40 in Elm Grove
Fort Henry - 1000 block of Main Street
[/Forks%20of%20the%20Wheeling%20Creek Forks of the Wheeling Creek] - US 40/WV 88 in Elm Grove
Gibson-Linn - Grandview area of Wheeling along US 40
Jesse Lee Reno - near entrance to Wheeling Park on US 40
[/Monument%20Place Monument Place] - in Elm Grove on US 40/WV 88
Mount De Chantal - Washington Avenue
[/Ohio%20County Ohio County] - near old Steel Bridge from Island to Bridgeport, Ohio
[/Market%20St%20-%201500 Old Custom House] - 16 and Market streets, WV Independence Hall
State's Birthplace - near entrance to Wheeling Park on US 40
The National Pike - near entrance to Wheeling Park on US 40
The Washingtons - in Woodsdale area near US 40 intersection with WV 88
[/Triadelphia Triadelphia] - in Triadelphia in front of old school on National Road.
Vineyard Hills - 989 Grandview Street
[/Main%20St%20-%20100%20block Old Wheeling Hospital] - 101 Main St
[/Wheeling%20-%20Kossuth%20Park Wheeling - Kossuth Park], Main St and I-70 E
Wheeling Suspension Bridge - 10th and Main streets
[/Walter%20Reuther Walter Reuther]

The standard reference for all of the state markers is Marking Our Past - West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers, published in 2002 by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

Here is another list of all historical markers in Wheeling, including a map and photo and description of each. Useful!

This page has been edited 15 times. The last modification was made by - tychocrater tychocrater on May 13, 2015 1:42 pm