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"Charles Friend's Home--George Washington Stopped here Sept. 26, 1784 on his trip to determine a feasible passage between the Potomac and the Ohio for a canal or east portage between these rivers as a passage to the Western Territory."

1. Charles Friend's Home Historic Marker between Terra Alta, W. Va. and Oakland, Md.

2. Richard Tennant Children Historical Marker in a Cemetery

3. Traveller's Home Historical Marker on Route 60 from Lewisburg to Richwood, W. Va.

4. Traveller's Home Marker on Route 60 from Lewisburg to Richwood, W. Va.

5. Wolfe's Fort Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, PA on U.S. Route 40

6. Border Heroes Marker on State Route 2 Between Wheeling and New Martinsville, W. Va.

7. George Rogers Clark Marker on State Route 2 Between Wheeling and New Martinsville, W. Va.

8. Fort Donnally Marker on State Route 2 Between Wheeling and New Martinsville, W. Va.

9. Rice's Fort Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, PA on U.S. Route 40

10. Stone S Bridge Historic Marker Between Wheeling, W. Va. and Washington, PA on U.S. Route 40

11. Historic Marker for McCulloch's Path

12. Historic Marker for Charles Friend's Home

13. Historic Marker for Statler's Fort

14. Historic Marker for Charles Friend's Home

15. Historic Marker for the End of Mason-Dixon Survey

16. Monument at the Site of Old Fort Morris

17. Dr. Earl Core and Others at the Monument for the Site of Old Fort Morris

18. McCulloch's Path Marker Between Terra Alta, W. Va. and Oakland, Md. on State Route 7

19. Charles Friend's Home Marker on State Route 7 Between Terra Alta, W. Va. and Oakland, Md.

'West Virginia was long a part of Virginia.  Morgan  Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727.  A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant, 1774.  West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in 1863.'

20. West Virginia Historic Marker Between Monterey, Va. and Durbin, W. Va.

'General Zachary Taylor, on his way to Washington to be inaugurated the twelfth President of the United States, found his steamer blocked by ice here. He left his boat and completed his trip over the National Pike.'

21. Zachary Taylor Marker Between Wheeling and New Martinsville, W. Va. on Route 2

'Site 3 miles north. Built about 1780 by Jacob Miller, Sr. Rendezvous for settlers of the Dutch Fork area. Here, March 31, 1782, Ann Hupp led a heroic defense against attacking Indians.'

22. Miller's Blockhouse Marker Between Wheeling, W .Va. and Washington, Pa. on U. S. Route 40

View of one of the oldest homes in West Virginia located near the banks of the Greenbrier River. The home was the sight of a Shawnee Indian attack in 1777.

23. Graham Home, Lowell, W. Va.