Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-08-17
MANY HISTORICAL POINTS
Interesting Places That are Lo-
Gated in This Section.
EVENTS HAVE MADE FAMOUS
slrthpiaces, Homes and Localities
That Are Connected With Men
Long Since Dead.

0Cf00 oNAAN A4dl-1tS LUESts
Grave of Alexander Campbe1l-At
Bethany in Brooke county is the
grave of Alexander Campbell, the
great theologian, founder of the Chris
tan church, or Disciples of Christ,
and Bethany College. He died in 1866,
aged so years.
A Famous Court House-The court
house at Charles Town, still in use, is
where John Brown was tried and CON
victed of treason and murder. He was
executed December 16, 1859.
Blennerhassett 1sland-This beauti-
full island in the Ohio river is two
miles below Parkersburg. Here Her.
man Blennerhassett had a famous
mansion and here Aaron Burr planned
his southwestern empire.
Rosby's Rock-In Marshall county.
marks the place where the B. & O..
railroad from Baltimore to the Ohio
river was completed December "a,
1852.
A Government Arsenal-The main
building of Storer College, Harpers
Ferry, was originally a government ar.
senal in the civil war, and was taken
by John Brown.
An Old Academy-Charles Town
Academy in Jefferson county was in
corporated in 1897, and has been in
practically continuous existence ever
since.
Graves of the Washingtons-Charles
Washington, the brother of George
Washington, lived a short distance
south of the present town of Charles
Town, and the graves of himself and
his family may be seen in a garden at
tached to the house.
A Lafayette Relic-In the home
of Samuel Washington, in Jefferson
county, where Lafayette and Louis
Phillippi ono visited, is a mantle
piece given to the family by Lafay-
cite.
A President and His Bride-In the
same house occurred the marriage of
President James Madison and the
Widow Todd-the charming Dolly"
Madison.
Where the Father of His Count
Worshiped-In the same neighbor-
hood may be seer the ruins of the
old st. Georges chapel, where The
father of his country often went to
| worship.
The First Battle-The first battle
of the civil war was fought at Phil
lippi. in Barbour county, June 8, 1861.
John Browns Fort-On a high
promontory two or three miles from
Harper's Ferry overlooking the
Shenandoah river, stands John Browns
fort. 1t originally stood in the town
of Harper's Ferry, but was taken to
the Worlds Fair at Chicago for exhi-
bition. Through the efforts of Kate
Fled it was brought back to West
Virginia and placed where it now
stands.
Home of General Gates-At Kear-
neysville in jefferson county, still
stands the old stone house which
was the home of General Horatio
Gates of Revolutionary fame.
General brakes Grave-Near
Shenandoah Junction, in Jefferson
county, is the grave of General Viii
liam Drake, another famous officer
of the revolution. He died in 1901.
C~ornstalk's Monument-In the
court house square at Point Pleasant
stands a monument, erected by the
state of West Virginia to mark the
grave of the Shawnee chief Corn
stalk, who was murdered there NO
vember 10, 1777. Three years be-
fore that he had commanded the
Indians in the great battle of Point
Pleasant.
Morgan Springs-In Jefferson
county, near Shepherdstown, is Nor
gan = GBAihSAs NhtA9 ~
first body of troops enlisted south of
the Potomac for service in the Rev
o%lution. They were commanded by
Captain Hugh Stevens. Morgan's
Spring is a great spring in fact as
well as in local history, as thous-
ands of visitors can still testify,
Washington Elm-At Berkeley
Springs stands a giant old elm tree
planted by George Washington in
1716 when he surveyed the land for
Lord Fairfax. Its great age is evil
dent to all who have seen it.
Fairfax Somewhat is known
as Fairfax Stone, was erected October
IL, 1746, at the head of the fountain
of the north branch of the Potomac
river by commissioners to mark the
Lord Fairfax survey. In 1884 the
etone was d{sfroXad nv some mis-.