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"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--West Virginia (16)" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved November 14, 2007 .
The park was established in 1961 as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to preserve the neglected remains of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and many of its original structures. The canal and towpath trail extends along the Potomac River from the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. , to Cumberland, Maryland , a distance of ...
Mid-Ohio Valley 44 Roane: 6 Mid-Ohio Valley 45 Summers: 8 New River/Greenbrier Valley 46 Taylor: 6 Mountaineer Country 47 Tucker: 11 Potomac Highlands 48 Tyler: 10 Northern Panhandle 49 Upshur: 7 Mountain Lakes 50 Wayne: 9 Metro Valley 51 Webster: 7 Mountain Lakes 52 Wetzel: 4 Northern Panhandle 53 Wirt: 6 Mid-Ohio Valley 54 Wood: 48 Mid-Ohio ...
Lydia Boggs Shepherd, now a wealthy widow, remarried to widower Daniel Cruger (December 22, 1780 – July 12, 1843), one year later on July 16, 1833, in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia). Daniel Cruger, fourteen years her junior, was a United States Congressman from Steuben County, New York , and they had met in Washington, D.C., during ...
In comparison, 15 million people visit Washington, DC, each year. [12]) North of the park and across the Potomac from Harpers Ferry is the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. The canal, which operated from 1828 to 1924, provided a vital waterway link with areas up and downstream prior to and during the early years after the ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Until the ruling, the boundary of Maryland was indeterminate. Three West Virginia counties—Grant, Preston and Tucker— share the boundary marked by the Fairfax Stone (West Virginia having seceded from Virginia during the American Civil War). The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 26, 1970. [9]
The District of Columbia, capital of the United States, is home to 76 National Historic Landmarks.The National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]