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Sign is located on Rt. 73, south of White Hall. The James Booth grave is about 1 mile from this sign, near the White Hall/Fairmont industrial park. Sign reads: Boothsville - Named for Captain James Booth, pioneer soldier and settler. He was killed by indians, 1778, and his companion, Nathaniel Cochran, wounded and captured. William Grundy, brother of the noted Felix Grundy was also killed by indians nearby.
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Sign is located in the town of Monongah. Sign reads: Monongah disaster - On the 6th of Dec., 1907 361 coal miners, many of them from countries far across the sea, perished under these hills in the worst mining disaster of our nation. The four who escaped died of injuries.
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Sign located on Rt. 73, north of Fairmont at GPS location: N39°29'43.8" W080°05'34.4". Sign reads: Prickett's Fort - To the north stood the fort built, 1774, by Jacob Prickett. In 1777, Capt. William Haymond commanded a militia company here which guarded Monongahela Valley. In Prickett Cemetery are graves of Col. Zackquill Morgan and other pioneers.
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Sign located beside Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, W.Va. Sign reads : Fairmont - Home of Francis H. Pierpont, whose services in the organization of this State are commemorated by his statue in Statuary Hall, Washington. He was governor under the restored Government of the State of Virginia, 1861 - 1868.
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