WV Historical Markers - Let's Find All 700 - Page 52

DipStick · 08-20-2009, 10:51 AM

Almost forgot to post this marker, I got this about two years ago taking my daughter to a camp in Jackson Co.

DipStick · 08-20-2009, 10:52 AM

freaking RT · 08-20-2009, 10:59 AM

hey Dip, you may want to check out the map and scroll through the thread. . I noticed you posted a marker down in Mingo Co. that I had already put up.

I'm going to try and go back though the map and change posted signs to a green mark, not the basic blue, so we can tell what has and has not been photographed.

I have been using the information on the spreadsheet to do that, but you got ahead of it in kanawha co

I think I'll delete the "missing" markers that I mapped early in the mapping process.

freaking RT · 08-20-2009, 11:08 AM

hey Dip, according to the sheet these are available in your neck of the woods

Boone Coal Discovered Rt 3 - Peytona
Boone Indian Camp Rt 3 west of Peytona
Boone John Edward Kenna Rt 3 west of Peytona
Boone Nellis/Armco CR 1 / Nellis

freaking RT · 08-20-2009, 12:44 PM

ok as much as possible, since I don't have all the counties mapped.

, From Barbour thru Kanawha I have in blue, markers NOT photographed and in green the ones that have been photographed.

if you want to assist with the map, please PM me your e-mail address and I'll add you as a collaborater. and when you photo a spot, you change the icon to green

intothenew · 08-20-2009, 03:13 PM

Great Eastern Divide, Rt 3, 5mi West of Sweet Springs

From the East, I couldn't even get off of the bike on this one. Martha to the rescue.

From the West

The only comment I can come up with on this one is a question. Which rubber ducky would make it to saltwater first?

DipStick · 08-20-2009, 03:49 PM

I should be able to get all of the listed markers in Boone Co. next week.

Boone Coal Discovered Rt 3 - Peytona
Boone Indian Camp Rt 3 west of Peytona
Boone John Edward Kenna Rt 3 west of Peytona
Boone Nellis/Armco CR 1 / Nellis

I have also edited Jackson / Kanawha marker.
Located on Rt 21 North of I-77 Haines Branch exit.

Dip

intothenew · 08-20-2009, 04:00 PM

Gov. John Floyd, Rt 3 / 311, near Sweet Springs shown as missing.

From the West

From the East

There is another tribute at the site.

He was a surgeon in the war of 1812. I'm sure he would hail with me at the top of his voice if he were here now, Mountaineers are always Free!

intothenew · 08-20-2009, 04:34 PM

Ann Royall / Sweet Springs, Rt 3, Sweet Springs

From the East

From the West, we met a couple from Bland by the way.

Sweet Springs is a major source of bottled water. They have received many international awards, this ain't a NYC chlorine cocktail ya know.

Admittedly doubtful, the story goes that Anne set on then president John Adams clothes while he bathed in the Potomac. She surrendered them only after he answered her questions, granting her the first presidential interview by a woman.

intothenew · 08-20-2009, 04:58 PM

Rowan Memorial Home, Rt 3, Sweet Springs

From the North

From the South

This one makes me think of an orphaned child. What a great place for a rondezvous this would be.

intothenew · 08-20-2009, 05:05 PM

I just can't finish the story on this next one tonight. I have thought about this post since mid afternoon Sunday. I will certainly break the five photo limit. This was an incredible journey in time.

I will finish this and the rest of Monroe county sometime this weekend.

Some Mook · 08-20-2009, 05:08 PM

Rt. 19, Mercer County

Battle description:here (Scroll down about halfway to paragraph starting "on the last day of April")

Additional description of battle: here
(along with a brief statement regarding Camp Jones)

Copperheads Roster: here

Additional information on Ruth Clark:
Ruth Mize was born 9 Feb 1808 on Tuesday in Franklin Co. Va.. She died 9 Oct 1878 on Wednesday in Mercer Co. WV.
She was married to Henry Clark (son of Jesse Clark and Lucy Jane Pedigo) 17 Mar 1825 on Thursday in Patrick Co. VA.. Henry Clark was born about 1806 in Patrick Co. VA.. He died about 1882 in Mercer Co. WV. He was buried. We have not been able to find when Henry died. Bob DID fine the graves of Henry and Ruth in their family cemetery in Camp Creek. It is called the Clark Cemetery. They have home made markers and are side by side. Henry lived with John until he died sometime after 1880. John is also buried there.
Henry and Ruth ran the Clark's Inn at Camp Creek in the 1800's. Henry seems to have been a man who was always ready to make a dime, and was quiet good at it.
There was a famous Civil War battle fought at the home of Henry and Ruth and is written in books that can be found in the local Library's. Ruth refused to leave her home when the North came and took over her house. She stayed inside with some of her small children and the Northern Troops. The next morning a battle was fought between Cox's Army and the Flat Top Copperheads, captained by the famous Richard Foley.
One can only guess at what Ruth had to say to the Union Troop's. She had to be a very brave lady to stay and face the Union Troop's without Henry there to back her up. I am sure that they were more than happy to depart her home the next morning, and the fight with Richard Foley and his Copperheads had to be mild to what she had put them through. She is a lady to be admired by all of her descendants, men and women. She is also a good example for our young girls today. I can't help but wonder how many of us would be as brave ? I have also wondered where Henry was that Ruth was in the home alone except for her small children ? Could he have gone into the nearby mountains to warn Capt. Richard Foley ? It is very likely that he did and was unable to get back, or he could have fought with the Copperheads. When the State of West Virginia tore down and burned the Clark home to make a new road, Josiah Carl Clark says there were balls still in bedded it the logs from the battle fought there in 1862. It would have been nice if the State could or Would have saved the home as an Historical building. Maybe too, I only wish for this because they were my great great grandparents.
Henry and Ruth came to this area in 1842 according to their son, Henry, Jr. They first bought property in Wyoming Co. Virginia, then sometime before 1860 they sold that to a William Clark ( don't know what relation, but am sure there is one) and bought the property in Camp Creek where they lived out their lives. Henry gave the property to their son John and lived there with him until he died sometime before 1890.

Ruth Clark info extracted from here

There was a lot more to this story than what you'd get from the sign alone!

Some Mook · 08-20-2009, 05:19 PM

Rt. 19, Mercer County

Not a real description of the camp, but if you click on this link: RBHayes
and check volume two, then enter a search for 'flat top' or 'Camp Jones' you can read Rutherford B. Hayes' diary notations and some letters. I really got a kick out of him complaining about the "cold weather" up on the mountain.

I wonder if JD Cox would have been a U.S. President too if he wasn't Constitutionally prohibited (Born in Canada). Seems like Ohio had it's fair share of Presidents.

Sign will need repair very soon, or it will be down!

pnoman · 08-21-2009, 07:57 AM

The spreadsheet is updated to Post #778 - 20 Aug 2009.

Hope this helps your planning for next weekend. Pray for better weather!

EdM · 08-21-2009, 12:58 PM

Received the September issue of "Wonderful West Virginia" today. They always have a few books concerning WV available and one this month is "Marking Our Past: West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers" published by the WV Division of Culture & History.

Said to have "more than 100 photographs" - so this thread probably more visually appealing but might be of some interest.

The magazine website is www.wonderfulwv.com

Ned

08-20-2009, 10:51 AM	#766
DipStick Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Wharton, WV Boone Co. Oddometer: 147	Kanawha & Jackson Co line marker Almost forgot to post this marker, I got this about two years ago taking my daughter to a camp in Jackson Co. __________________ DipStick

08-20-2009, 10:52 AM	#767
DipStick Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Wharton, WV Boone Co. Oddometer: 147	Kanawha & Jackson Rt21 N of I-77 Haines Br. Exit __________________ DipStick DipStick screwed with this post 08-20-2009 at 03:41 PM

08-20-2009, 10:59 AM	#768
freaking RT will golf for food Joined: Nov 2001 Location: just outside Richmond, VA Oddometer: 27,468	hey Dip, you may want to check out the map and scroll through the thread. . I noticed you posted a marker down in Mingo Co. that I had already put up. I'm going to try and go back though the map and change posted signs to a green mark, not the basic blue, so we can tell what has and has not been photographed. I have been using the information on the spreadsheet to do that, but you got ahead of it in kanawha co I think I'll delete the "missing" markers that I mapped early in the mapping process. __________________ IBA#10787 “We, the people, are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts - not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln "Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens". -Anonymous WV VA Good Eats Map

08-20-2009, 11:08 AM	#769
freaking RT will golf for food Joined: Nov 2001 Location: just outside Richmond, VA Oddometer: 27,468	hey Dip, according to the sheet these are available in your neck of the woods Boone Coal Discovered Rt 3 - Peytona Boone Indian Camp Rt 3 west of Peytona Boone John Edward Kenna Rt 3 west of Peytona Boone Nellis/Armco CR 1 / Nellis __________________ IBA#10787 “We, the people, are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts - not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln "Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens". -Anonymous WV VA Good Eats Map

08-20-2009, 12:44 PM	#770
freaking RT will golf for food Joined: Nov 2001 Location: just outside Richmond, VA Oddometer: 27,468	ok as much as possible, since I don't have all the counties mapped. , From Barbour thru Kanawha I have in blue, markers NOT photographed and in green the ones that have been photographed. if you want to assist with the map, please PM me your e-mail address and I'll add you as a collaborater. and when you photo a spot, you change the icon to green __________________ IBA#10787 “We, the people, are the rightful masters of both congress and the courts - not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow men who pervert the constitution.” – Abraham Lincoln "Fathom the odd hypocrisy that Obama wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens". -Anonymous WV VA Good Eats Map

08-20-2009, 03:13 PM	#771
intothenew Briar Patch Navigator Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Almost Heaven Oddometer: 2,099	Great Eastern Divide, Rt 3, 5mi West of Sweet Springs From the East, I couldn't even get off of the bike on this one. Martha to the rescue. From the West The only comment I can come up with on this one is a question. Which rubber ducky would make it to saltwater first? __________________ Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian."

08-20-2009, 03:49 PM	#772
DipStick Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Wharton, WV Boone Co. Oddometer: 147	Freaking RT I should be able to get all of the listed markers in Boone Co. next week. Boone Coal Discovered Rt 3 - Peytona Boone Indian Camp Rt 3 west of Peytona Boone John Edward Kenna Rt 3 west of Peytona Boone Nellis/Armco CR 1 / Nellis I have also edited Jackson / Kanawha marker. Located on Rt 21 North of I-77 Haines Branch exit. Dip __________________ DipStick

08-20-2009, 04:00 PM	#773
intothenew Briar Patch Navigator Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Almost Heaven Oddometer: 2,099	Gov. John Floyd, Rt 3 / 311, near Sweet Springs shown as missing. From the West From the East There is another tribute at the site. He was a surgeon in the war of 1812. I'm sure he would hail with me at the top of his voice if he were here now, Mountaineers are always Free! __________________ Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian."

08-20-2009, 04:34 PM	#774
intothenew Briar Patch Navigator Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Almost Heaven Oddometer: 2,099	Ann Royall / Sweet Springs, Rt 3, Sweet Springs From the East From the West, we met a couple from Bland by the way. Sweet Springs is a major source of bottled water. They have received many international awards, this ain't a NYC chlorine cocktail ya know. Admittedly doubtful, the story goes that Anne set on then president John Adams clothes while he bathed in the Potomac. She surrendered them only after he answered her questions, granting her the first presidential interview by a woman. __________________ Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian."

08-20-2009, 04:58 PM	#775
intothenew Briar Patch Navigator Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Almost Heaven Oddometer: 2,099	Rowan Memorial Home, Rt 3, Sweet Springs From the North From the South This one makes me think of an orphaned child. What a great place for a rondezvous this would be. __________________ Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian."

08-20-2009, 05:05 PM	#776
intothenew Briar Patch Navigator Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Almost Heaven Oddometer: 2,099	I just can't finish the story on this next one tonight. I have thought about this post since mid afternoon Sunday. I will certainly break the five photo limit. This was an incredible journey in time. I will finish this and the rest of Monroe county sometime this weekend. __________________ Momentum is your friend, and never trust a grapevine. "For a boy,it was a kind of paradise. I wasn't just playing Indian, I was living Indian."

08-20-2009, 05:08 PM	#777
Some Mook Goin' Down Slow Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Jumping Branch, WV Oddometer: 253	Battle of Clark's House Rt. 19, Mercer County Battle description:here (Scroll down about halfway to paragraph starting "on the last day of April") Additional description of battle: here (along with a brief statement regarding Camp Jones) Copperheads Roster: here Additional information on Ruth Clark: Ruth Mize was born 9 Feb 1808 on Tuesday in Franklin Co. Va.. She died 9 Oct 1878 on Wednesday in Mercer Co. WV. She was married to Henry Clark (son of Jesse Clark and Lucy Jane Pedigo) 17 Mar 1825 on Thursday in Patrick Co. VA.. Henry Clark was born about 1806 in Patrick Co. VA.. He died about 1882 in Mercer Co. WV. He was buried. We have not been able to find when Henry died. Bob DID fine the graves of Henry and Ruth in their family cemetery in Camp Creek. It is called the Clark Cemetery. They have home made markers and are side by side. Henry lived with John until he died sometime after 1880. John is also buried there. Henry and Ruth ran the Clark's Inn at Camp Creek in the 1800's. Henry seems to have been a man who was always ready to make a dime, and was quiet good at it. There was a famous Civil War battle fought at the home of Henry and Ruth and is written in books that can be found in the local Library's. Ruth refused to leave her home when the North came and took over her house. She stayed inside with some of her small children and the Northern Troops. The next morning a battle was fought between Cox's Army and the Flat Top Copperheads, captained by the famous Richard Foley. One can only guess at what Ruth had to say to the Union Troop's. She had to be a very brave lady to stay and face the Union Troop's without Henry there to back her up. I am sure that they were more than happy to depart her home the next morning, and the fight with Richard Foley and his Copperheads had to be mild to what she had put them through. She is a lady to be admired by all of her descendants, men and women. She is also a good example for our young girls today. I can't help but wonder how many of us would be as brave ? I have also wondered where Henry was that Ruth was in the home alone except for her small children ? Could he have gone into the nearby mountains to warn Capt. Richard Foley ? It is very likely that he did and was unable to get back, or he could have fought with the Copperheads. When the State of West Virginia tore down and burned the Clark home to make a new road, Josiah Carl Clark says there were balls still in bedded it the logs from the battle fought there in 1862. It would have been nice if the State could or Would have saved the home as an Historical building. Maybe too, I only wish for this because they were my great great grandparents. Henry and Ruth came to this area in 1842 according to their son, Henry, Jr. They first bought property in Wyoming Co. Virginia, then sometime before 1860 they sold that to a William Clark ( don't know what relation, but am sure there is one) and bought the property in Camp Creek where they lived out their lives. Henry gave the property to their son John and lived there with him until he died sometime before 1890. Ruth Clark info extracted from here There was a lot more to this story than what you'd get from the sign alone! __________________ "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.ridingwv.com/ (Not My Site) Wolf Some Mook screwed with this post 08-20-2009 at 05:25 PM

08-20-2009, 05:19 PM	#778
Some Mook Goin' Down Slow Joined: Aug 2009 Location: Jumping Branch, WV Oddometer: 253	Camp Jones Rt. 19, Mercer County Not a real description of the camp, but if you click on this link: RBHayes and check volume two, then enter a search for 'flat top' or 'Camp Jones' you can read Rutherford B. Hayes' diary notations and some letters. I really got a kick out of him complaining about the "cold weather" up on the mountain. I wonder if JD Cox would have been a U.S. President too if he wasn't Constitutionally prohibited (Born in Canada). Seems like Ohio had it's fair share of Presidents. Sign will need repair very soon, or it will be down! __________________ "Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent." Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.ridingwv.com/ (Not My Site) Wolf

08-21-2009, 07:57 AM	#779
pnoman ^OP Just Average Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Clarksburg, WVa Oddometer: 1,575	Spreadsheet updated The spreadsheet is updated to Post #778 - 20 Aug 2009. Hope this helps your planning for next weekend. Pray for better weather! __________________ Retired USAF MSgt - Bandsman & Paralegal WV Historical Markers Project My Website - Europe, Alaska, US Bike Rides www.RidingWV.com

08-21-2009, 12:58 PM	#780
EdM Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Location: Dover, DE Oddometer: 262	Another source(?) Received the September issue of "Wonderful West Virginia" today. They always have a few books concerning WV available and one this month is "Marking Our Past: West Virginia's Historical Highway Markers" published by the WV Division of Culture & History. Said to have "more than 100 photographs" - so this thread probably more visually appealing but might be of some interest. The magazine website is www.wonderfulwv.com Ned

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