Things To Do in Colliers, West Virginia

(Jackson’s Mill, 46', 38-63-18) across Kings Creek NE of Paris , Hanover Township, Washington County, PA. Steubenville Pike E. 0.7 miles from West Virginia State line in Paris, N. on Kings Creek ... More on dalejtravis.com

Inscription. John Decker built a fort of logs and stone on a site just north of State St. near Ohio River, 1774. Leaden bullets and arrowheads found here on the river bank signify Native American attack on the fort from Mingo Island. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Abraham Lincoln and his family stopped in Steubenville on February 14, 1861 on their way to Lincoln's presidential inauguration in Washington, D. C. Traveling by train, once in Steubenville he departed the depot to address ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Federal Land Office. This log building was constructed in 1801 by David Hoge on the west side of Third Street. It served as his home and was the first Federal land office in that part of the Northwest Territory known ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Born in Steubenville in 1814, Edwin McMasters Stanton studied at Kenyon College and opened his law practice in Cadiz in 1836. The grandson of North Carolina slaveholders, Stanton opposed slavery. A successful railroad ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Constructed by Alexander Wells at, 65 Washington St. Buffaloe, Virginia, (present day Third St. Wellsburg, West Virginia), The Wells Log House was, and is, in the, “National Register of Historic Places”, District ... More on HMDB

Inscription. First highway tunnels constructed west of Alleghenies. They were built in 1831 by Richard Waugh at personal expense to ease transportation to his flour mills. The tunnels, a mile apart, were removed by the State in 1957. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Methodism in Wellsburg dates back to 1787 with the establishment of the “Ohio Circuit.” Early services were held in “The Academy” on High Street. Bishop Asbury preached at the courthouse on September ... More on HMDB

Inscription. George Washington began a journey on October 5, 1770 to the Ohio Country to see lands he had fought to win and now hoped to own. After a trip, on November 3, up the Kanawha River, the party headed back up the Ohio River. ... More on HMDB