The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-14
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116 1niles), Fetterman (19 miles.J
iletteFmatl was named from Q man
of that name who owned large
tfKct of, land there Including many
acres of the land on which Grafton
( has been built. Mr.. Fettm-man was a
resideutyof Eittsburg. N
q This 8bod of &land when the main
stem Of the Baltimore and Ohio fall-
read was built became very valuable
and made, milli0naires Of the Fetter-
man heirs from q very small lnTest.
! rnstit OF the elder Fetterman. For
-four yeara, or more Fetterman SWas
'}tliH depot for supplies i going and
coming from all the section now ysIip-
piled by the Baltimore and Chic
railroad to Parkersburg, Richw6od
Elkins, Buck hann0nT and many other
plAces.. A faFI line Of stages ran
from Fettern1an west until the
branch to Parkersbufgf was COM
pteted in the fall Of 1856. stage
lines radiatcd tossWestpn and Buck
harmon from ClarksburE
Grafton proper 20amiles). was
named from the fact that the roadSto
Parkersbufg, known fofi niany
years ins railroad parlance as
the branch, was grated ON the main
TEN at this point. Z The charter OF the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad was
granted by the Virginia Legislature
tns1S41 The charter required the
raiiroads to- come to the mouth of
Three Fork cfeele. whtchypointfs inow
the center or Gfaftona The Balti-
more and Ohio railroad had lost all
itB Charter rights granted In 1927
and 1897. and 1.-The delegates of this
section Of the state would not votesto
renew the charter unless the road
would come close enough to be adj
vaptageous to, this section Of the
state. john s. tpuncanS was the Har-
rison and Doddridge delegate John
SssyBurdette was the delegate from
Taylor and Thomas S. Raymond
from Marion. Otherwise the roas,
would have been built to Wheeling
by a route fifty miles less distance
Six miles east OF Grafton we crosH
the railroad and go south OF 1t the
balance OF the way east on the North
western Virginia turnpike, chartered
IN 1890 and completed in 1889.
Evansville sf31. miles) is a. relic OF
the old staging days. was finished
sixty years ago. and from the Sp-
ueararice pf II no paint brush has
been used since the town was finish
ed. This town was the home of Mo-
ses j. Robinett, who owned, and ran
the stages from 9RomneyT whst and
later from Fetterman to Parkers-
burg.
Colonel Reerisle put on an opposi-
lion line andsthesc competition became
70 sharp that IA Traveller was paid a
small sumst to ride on the other mans
stage, But this did not last long. "A
trust was formed and rates became
normal, free riders like free passes
became q thing OF the past. Cheat
river bridge CAS- miles), the origi-
nal double track bridge constructed
of fine poplar lumber, is as good az
new and kept well rooted. and may
last for centuries. i In thel east end
|of the bridge can be read the letters,
G. Croft, 1880. Col. .Claudius Gro
zit was onesof Napoleon Bonaparte's
engineers, with Napoleon >ons his dis
astrous march to Moscow. He came
TO America on the downfall Of Ma
poleon. Col. Croft was also em-
ploycd by Virginia in the location OF
the Virginia Central railroad from
Richmond to Stanton. and there is
a station east Of the Blue Ridge tun-
mel named in his honor. ss.,,i
On the bank of Cheat river Is slo-
Gated Camp Dawson, where our sol
der boys are ''preparing for war in
time OF peace" The pike passes
close the camp. We go up Cheat
niountai non a. good grade Of four de-
grees. with many curves and SIS
one very sharp curve known ! as
Ktncheloe's bend Is where the stage
upset in which was Daniel Kinche-
loe. w. A. Harrison, our delegate in
The legislature. and Waldo P. Goff,
our senator, returning home. This
was in March. 1886. All escaped
nnhurt but Col. Kincheloe. whose leg
was broken; andrhe was lame man
as long as he lived.
Col. Kincheloe lived on and owned
the property where the Clarksburg
Trust Company now has Its bank.
The colonel-was a Virginia gentle-
man OF, the old school. a real Lord
Chesterfield in his manners. He
served many terms in the legisla-
ture. on top Of the mountain we
came to aurora. formerly called
West Union, fifty-four8 and one-half
miles from Clarksburg-just midway
between EC larksburg and 5Romney.
There are many summer residences
and summer boarding houses along
the pike in this vicinity-they all
look inviting. For twenty miles or
more we We're on top OF the sAlleghe-
nies-a good. road a little up and
little down to Mount Storm where
Mr.. Shaver: keeps entertainment. we
stop for ,dipner and a;sbetter dinner
we never had. Charge, thirty-ive
cents. We met here ex-Postmaster
Hazlett, Of Wheeling. and Col. Hub
bard aud their familieswith their Ca
dillaes and "shofers." The people
auto out here from the bfgh-priced
resorts at: Oakland and Deer Park
TO get something good to eat. When
this road was only bride path. our
forefathers carried their salt and
axes from Winchester on pack horses
and 1T took two weeks to make the
round trip. On one of the SUBMITS
OF the mountains where the road
leads to Keyscer lives Mr.. Arnold.
They told be that he is very wealthy
and very public spirited. and takes
great, pride in entertaining any who
may happen his. way. His home