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"Settled about 1753 by Robert Files and David Tygart. Files' family was massacred near by.  Site of Westfall's Fort, 1774.  In  Mt. Iser Cemetery are the Union trenches and graves of Confederate soldiers killed in Battle of Rich Mountain."
"Rich Mountain--At Rich Mountain 5 miles west, July 11, 1861.  Federal forces defeated Confederate troops whose trenches may still be seen.  Military reputations of Gen. Geo. B. McClellan and of Gen. W. S. Rosecrans were established by this victory."
'Memorial road to Col. Claudius Crozet, leader in building the Northwestern and the Staunton and Parkersburg turnpikes.  Here was the home of Lemuel Chenoweth, who designed and built many wooden bridges in W. Va. which became famous.'