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The Battle of Point Pleasant, also known as the Battle of Kanawha and the Battle of Great Kanawha, was the only major action of Dunmore's War. It was fought on October 10, 1774, between the Virginia militia and Shawnee and Mingo warriors.
Schematic illustration of Point Pleasant Canal. Point Pleasant is a borough situated on the Jersey Shore, in northern Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [20] As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 18,941, [10] [11] an increase of 549 (+3.0%) from the 2010 census count of 18,392, [21] [22] which in turn reflected a decline of 914 (−4.7%) from the 19,306 ...
The force under Lewis, now 1,100 strong, proceeded from Camp Union to the headwaters of the Kanawha. From there, he continued downriver to the appointed rendezvous, reaching the river's mouth (October 6) where he established "Camp Pleasant" (soon to be known as Point Pleasant). Not finding Dunmore there, he sent messengers up the Ohio to meet ...
The building, which dates back to 1790, originally opened in 1792 as the Point Pleasant Inn, a hotel and tavern that was a popular destination for vacationers and commuters travelling between New ...
Mothman, in West Virginian folklore, is a humanoid creature reportedly seen in the Point Pleasant area from November 15, 1966, to December 15, 1967. Despite its name, the original sightings of the creature described avian features.
Officially named the Point Pleasant Bridge, [1] it was popularly known as the Silver Bridge for the color of its aluminum paint. On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed amid heavy rush-hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people, two of whom were never found.
Update: Emergency officials elevated the evacuation warning to an order.
Fort Randolph was an American Revolutionary War fort which stood at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers, on the site of present-day Point Pleasant, West Virginia, United States. Built in 1776 on the site of an earlier fort from Dunmore's War , Fort Randolph is best remembered as the place where the famous Shawnee Chief Cornstalk was ...