Cheap Things To Do in Parsons, West Virginia

Inscription. "How gallantly he died in the discharge of his duty.", President Jefferson Davis CSA, On July 13, 1861, some 3,500 Confederate soldiers under Gen. Robert S. Garnett crossed Shavers For... More on HMDB

Inscription. "No shaft of shining marble, new, From the sculptor's hand we raise for you, No, here we lay, A boulder drawn from the river-side, Where brave men battled and bled and died.", Karl Mye... More on HMDB

In and around the Otter Creek Wilderness in the Monongahela N.F. are numerous swimming places in creeks. More on SwimmingHoles.info

Inscription. Architect Frank Pierce Milburn, Built 1898 c. 1900 The original county seat at St. George was forcibly moved to Parsons at night on August 1, 1893. With the construction of the brick courthouse hopes of the return to ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (South Side): John Crouch, pioneer settler, established "tomahawk rights" here in 1766, but the town was not incorporated until 1893. Here Shavers Fork and Blackwater unite to form the Cheat River. Hu Maxwell, the historian, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Federal victory at Rich Mountain on July 11, 1861, forced Confederate Gen. Robert S. Garnett's 4,000 troops to retreat from Laurel Hill in Barbour County. Garnett, fearing that his escape route was blocked, struck northeast. ... More on HMDB

The Cheat River is a tributary of the Monongahela River in eastern West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States. Via the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. The Cheat River ... More on AnglerWeb.com

In a natural bowl between Shavers Mountain (on the east side) and McGowan Mountain (on the west side) lies Otter Creek Wilderness. Most of the numerous streams in the area flow into Otter Creek, which runs north across the Wilderness ... More on Epinions.com

The Dry Fork is a tributary of the Black Fork of the Cheat River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Black Fork, the Cheat, and the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, it is part of the watershed ... More on AnglerWeb.com

Inscription. (East Side): Randolph County: Formed from Harrison in 1787. Named for Edmund Jennings Randolph, Virginia statesman and soldier. Largest county in the State. Federal dominance of the Tygart's Valley in War between the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Seneca Trail, or Warriors' Path, was the Indian highway from New York to the South. In West Virginia, it followed in general the Alleghenies and this trail, made by moccasined feet centuries ago, may be seen at many ... More on HMDB