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Sign located on State Rt. 28 at GPS co-ordinates N38°36'45.9" W79°37'32.0". Sign reads: Pocahontas County - Formed from Bath, Pendleton and Randolph in 1821. Named for Pocahontas, Indian princess, friend of Jamestown settlers. Site of Droop Mountain Battle, November 6, 1863. The famous Cranberry Glades are in this County.
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Sign is located near the intersection of US Rt. 250 and Rt. 28 at GPS co-ordinates N38°32'16.8" W79°46'24.8". Sign reads: "Travelers' Repose" - Made famous in novels of Hergesheimer, Bierce and others. This is the country of "Tol'able David." On the neighboring hills are the Confederate trenches that gaurded their camp in 1861, near which several battles were fought.
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Sign is on the backside of the above sign. Sign reads: Blue and Gray - Near here was Camp Bartow, fortified by Confederates in 1861. At Greenbrier Bridge, an artillery duel was fought, Oct. 3, 1861. Battle of Allegheny (8Mi.E.) was fought, Dec. 13, 1861, between armies of Gen. W.L. Jackson and Gen. R.L. Milroy.
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