Cheap Things To Do in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Located in the historic Entler Hotel, the museum features furnished Victorian rooms and displays of local and American Indian artifacts. The historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded in 1983 to make preserve artifacts that may otherwise ... More on Heritage

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Inscription. Side A, Confederate Soldiers in Elmwood Cemetery: Over 114 Confederate soldiers who were killed at the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) September 17, 1862, or later died of wounds in Shepherdstown, were buried here. They ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Established in 1872 as a branch of the State normal school system. It was an outgrowth of the old Shepherd College. This is the site of early settlement made by Thomas Shepherd who built a fort here during Indian days. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 118th Pennsylvania Infantry: (Corn Exchange Regiment), Colonel Charles M. Prevost, Commanding, (September 20, 1862), The 118th Pennsylvania Infantry (737 officers and men) crossed the river by the Ford south of this and ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Inventor of the Steamboat: who in October, A. D. 1783, on the Potomac River near the mouth of Sir John's Run made the first successful application of steam to the practical purpose of navigation and who on December 3rd, ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1775, Shepherdstown (formerly known as Mecklenburg) was asked to furnish one company (about 100 men) to assist patriots fighting the British around Boston. In July, the company marched in high spirits down German Street ... More on HMDB