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Southwest of Shepherdstown on WV 480 39°25′37″N 77°48′43″W / 39.4269°N 77.8119°W / 39.4269; -77.8119 ( Morgan-Bedinger-Dandridge Shepherdstown
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The town is the oldest in West Virginia, founded in 1762 as Mecklenburg. No structures are known to exist from the time before the town became known as Shepherdstown. The historic district is concentrated along German Street, the main street, with 386 contributing resources and 69 non-contributing elements.
By this time the tavern was managed by Thomas James and the hotel by Daniel Entler. In 1823, Daniel Entler became the manager of the entire property. The Entlers managed the properties until 1873, when they moved to Piedmont, West Virginia, while retaining ownership of the hotel. [2] The Entler Hotel was one of two in Shepherdstown run by Entlers.
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During the American Revolutionary War, local men began drilling in Shepherdstown, and two companies of riflemen were organized in July 1775 at the request of the Continental Congress. By this time, William Morgan was a colonel in the Continental Army , and, under Morgan's command, the troops began the Bee-Line March on July 17, 1775, marching ...
Shepherdstown is the only town in West Virginia that has a canal lock named for it. Two free schools were built in the town in 1848. One still stands on the southeast corner of Princess and New Streets. When West Virginia became the 35th state (in 1863), these became the oldest free schoolhouses in the state.