This document provides information from several historical markers located along highways in Mineral County, West Virginia. The markers commemorate forts from the 18th century like Fort Ashby and Fort Sellers. Other markers note the location of Abraham Johnson's home where George Washington stayed, sites related to the Civil War Battle of Keyser, and important individuals from the area's history like musician Don Redman. The markers provide brief summaries of the historical significance and details about the people and events being commemorated.

1. Mineral County WV
Highway Markers
Dr. David M. Gillespie

2. Mineral County, West Virginia
Keyser WV

3. West Virginia Highway Markers
Glove Box Size
Paperback Edition
Published in 1967

4. Marking Our Past
Glove Box Size
2002 Paperback Edition
Joe Geiger: Project Manager and Editor

5. Frontier Forts
Along the Potomac

6. West Virginia Forts
David M. Ansel, p. xi

7. Fort Ohio
WV 28 Ridgeley

8. Fort Ohio
Fort Built @ 1750

9. Fort Sellers
Just Beyond This Intersection

10. Fort Sellers
WV 28 Intersection

11. Fort Sellers
WV28 S of Ridgeley

12. Fort Sellers
Surveyed in 1748

13. Fort Ashby
WV 28 & WV 46

14. Fort Ashby
Named for Col. John Ashby

15. Fort Ashby
Marker Erected 1963

16. Intersection
Rt 28 & Rt 46
Parking LotParking Lot

17. Fort Ashby
Erected in 1755

18. Fort Ashby
Restored in 1939

19. Fort Ashby
WV 46

20. Washington’s Host Missing
WV 46 & Rt 9

21. Missing 2011
Commemorating Abraham Johnson

22. Washington’s Host Marker Text
• At Reese’s Mill, ruins of the home of Abraham
Johnson, who entertained George Washington &
surveying party in 1748. Johnson appeared in
Patterson Creek Valley in 1735 and in 1740 and in
1750 became an official of the Ohio Company.

23. Averell’s Raid/Keyser
Front of Grand Central

24. Averell’s Raid
Gen. W. W. Averell

25. Keyser
Changed Hands 14 times

26. Potomac State College
US 220 (Mineral St & State St)

27. Carskadon Mansion
US 220 (S Mineral St)

28. Averell’s Raid/Keyser
US 220 (S Mineral St & Carskadon Rd)

29. Averell’s Raid/Keyser
US 220 (S Mineral St & Carskadon Rd)

30. Claysville Church
US 50/WV 93

31. Claysville Church
Mineral County Historic Landmark

32. Claysville United Methodist Church
Constructed in 1850

33. Claysville Church
Highway Marker 1974

34. Oriskany-Helderberg
WV 46 2 Miles E of Keyser
US 50 S of New Creek

35. Oriskany-Helderberg Marker Text
• Massive sandstone at top of this exposure is the
Oriskany and the limestone in the quarry is the
Helderberg of the driller & the geologist. The
“Oriskany Sand,” an important gas sand, has
produced in excess of a trillion cubic feet of gas in
WV.

36. Vandiver-Trout-Clause House
US 50/US 220 & County Rt 9
Near Ridgeville

37. Vandiver-Trout-Clause House
Located on a 1766 Fairfax Grant

38. Traveler’s Rest/Old Stone House
US 50

39. Traveler’s Rest Back View
Gifted to MCHF by Elizabeth (Dye)
Walker

40. Sloan House
US 50

41. Sloan House
Built in 1790

42. Don Redman
1900-1964

43. Don Redman
Highway Marker Erected in 2008

44. Gassaway Davis
Piedmont WV

45. Devonian Shale Missing
US 50 near Mineral/Hampshire
County Border

46. Devonian Shale Marker Text
• The carbonaceous shale exposed in the picnic area
is the Marcellus brown and black shale of the
driller. It yields large amounts of natural gas in
southern WV.

47. Dr. John Green 1750-1873
WV 42 & County Rt 4

48. Mayo & Savage
WV 46 Piedmont

49. Mayo & Savage Marker Text
• Near here, William Mayo, Thomas Savage & party
spent the winter of 1736, on their expedition for
the British king to determine the headwaters of the
Potomac River & fix the boundary between
Maryland and the lands of Lord Fairfax

50. WV Route 46
Between Keyser & Piedmont

51. Mayo & Savage Marker
Text Same as Highway Marker

52. Skip Gates
1950-

53. WV Rt 46
Don Redman & Aubrey Stewart

54. MD 135 & WV 46
Aubrey Stewart &“Wereth 11”

55. Jonah E. Kelley
Jonah E. Kelley
Memorial Bridge Marker

56. S/Sgt William E. Shuck, Jr.
Memorial Bridge Marker

57. Bronze Memorial Bridge Plaque
US 220

58. Memorial Bridge
Present & Future Sites