About 500 graves of early Grafton
settlers, dating 1857-1917, are in
old cemetery located on land given
by Sarah Fetterman to St Augustine
Catholic Church. Headstones include
names of Irish and German emigrants.
Buried here is Thomas McGraw, . . . — — Map (db m75019) HM
St. Augustine was the first church built in Grafton,
to serve the many Irish Catholics who had come
to work on the railroad. The first church building
was built in 1857 on land donated by the heirs of
Wilford Fetterman. Reverend Father James . . . — — Map (db m176856) HM
The seat of Taylor County was moved
from Pruntytown to Grafton in 1878
whereupon construction began on this
courthouse built on property purchased
from the heirs of early Grafton settler
Michael Boland. While construction
was in progress, . . . — — Map (db m176122) HM
In honor of the men and women of Taylor County, West Virginia who served in the World War
1917 - 1919
And in memory of those who gave their lives for the cause of democracy
Floyd Barker · Earl W. Brown · Harry E. Cooper · Celba Bryan . . . — — Map (db m164882) WM
The Mighty Giant
The American chestnut tree was once one of the most important trees in our
eastern forest. The tree's native range extended from Georgia all the way to Maine and west to the Ohio River Valley. In the Appalachian . . . — — Map (db m180734) HM
West Virginia, born of a nation divided, was the setting for the first campaign of America's Civil War. Although still part of Virginia in 1861, many citizens of the west remained loyal to the Union, rather than the Confederacy. By late May, Union . . . — — Map (db m75013) HM
President Franklin Roosevelt implemented the New Deal programs to revitalize the nation's economy during the Great Depression. Recreation and infrastructure projects provided employment opportunities. More than 55,000 West Virginia men were . . . — — Map (db m180891) HM
Beauty spot six miles north of the boundary of Taylor and Marion counties where the Tygarts Valley River dashes through a mile-long gorge in a series of lovely falls and rapids. Included in the 1000-acre grant to Thomas Parkeson in 1773. — — Map (db m75017) HM
In honor of those who gave the
ultimate sacrifice in service to
the United States of America and
the families they left behind.
The sacrifice will not be forgotten. — — Map (db m175868) WM
Veterans of Foreign
Wars
Memorial City Post 3081
(Rear):
This monument dedicated to perpetuate the memory of our departed comrades VFW Post No. 3081 — — Map (db m176619) WM
Webster Station was located on the Northwestern Virginia Railroad. Webster was a major supply depot and many warehouses were located here. It also served as a staging area for troops. This was the southernmost station on the railroad. During the . . . — — Map (db m211558) HM
Taylor County Points of Interest
International Mother's Day Shrine
On May 10, 1908, the first official Mother's Day service was held at the Andrews Methodist Church, now known as the International Mother's Day Shrine. Anna Jarvis . . . — — Map (db m176695) HM
In 1911, Colonel John T. McGraw contracted JD Walsh and Son to build a modern hotel adjacent to the passenger station being built by the same company. His promise to erect the hotel, along with the donation of the land for the station, was . . . — — Map (db m177574) HM
This is the site of the first Taylor County Jail. After the formation of Taylor County on January 19th, 1844, Pruntytown was named the county seat. A room in the home of Abraham Williams was leased for $1 a month and used as the first jail in . . . — — Map (db m74924) HM
The West Virginia Industrial School for Boys was established in 1889 by an act of the Legislature and was formally opened July 21, 1891 for the purpose of training boys commited to the Institution by the courts of West Virginia. — — Map (db m74923) HM
To the north stood the birthplace of John Barton Payne (1855–1935), Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson. From 1921 until his death in 1935, he was chairman of the American Red Cross. — — Map (db m74933) HM
Settled by John and David Prunty about 1798. It was county seat, 1844 to 1878. Site of old Rector College. Birthplace of John Barton Payne, Secretary of Interior under Wilson, and head of the American Red Cross. — — Map (db m74929) HM
Here John Simpson, hunter and trapper, stopped in 1763. He moved on to Clarksburg in 1764. Harrison and Taylor Counties keep alive his memory in the names of Simpson Creek, the town of Simpson and Simpson District. — — Map (db m74915) HM
Born in 1832, in 1858 she organized Mothers' Day Work Clubs in Taylor County to improve sanitation and public health. After the Civil War began, Jarvis united women on both sides of the conflict to care for the sick and wounded. Postwar, she . . . — — Map (db m160691) HM
Anna Jarvis was born here, 5-1-1864. Through her efforts President Wilson designated in 1914 the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. She died 11-24-1948 and was buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. — — Map (db m74918) HM
"In creating this civilian conservation corps we are killing two birds with one stone. We are clearly enhancing the value of our natural resources and second, we are relieving an appreciable amount of actual distress." ~Franklin Delano . . . — — Map (db m194538) HM
"Without natural resources life itself is impossible. From birth to death, natural resources, transformed for human use, feed, clothe, shelter, and transport us." ~Gifford Pinchot
The United States Forest Service came to northern . . . — — Map (db m194282) HM
In 1882, speculator J.J. Kennedy constructed a small mill along the shores of Rib Lake, founding the Rib Lake Lumber Company. In spite of several mill fires, the company grew to produce over a billion board feet of lumber. At first dependent upon . . . — — Map (db m30222) HM
This historical marker commemorates the first official Rustic Road in Wisconsin following state legislation authorizing the maintenance and identification of scenic roadways under the State Rustic roads Board of the Department of Transportation. . . . — — Map (db m30220) HM
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