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Tucker, West Virginia, United States. Coordinates. 39°06′24″N 79°36′12″W / 39.10667°N 79.60333°W / 39.10667; -79.60333. Elevation. 3,736 ft (1,139 m) [1] Website. Olson Observation Tower. Olson Observation Tower is one of the few remaining fire towers in Monongahela National Forest. Olson is located at the southern end ...
Capon Springs, also known as Frye's Springs and Watson Town, is a national historic district in Capon Springs, West Virginia that includes a number of resort buildings ranging in age from the mid-nineteenth century to the early 20th century. The area grew around a mineral spring discovered by Henry Frye in the 1760s, so that by 1787 the town of ...
February 14, 1978. The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre (6.1 ha) historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14 ...
John Brown's Fort was initially built in 1848 for use as a guard and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). An 1848 military report described the building as "An engine and guard-house 35 1/2 x 24 feet, one story brick, covered with slate, and having copper gutters and down ...
August 29, 1979. Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind, located on the outskirts of Wheeling, West Virginia, on 1,650 acres (670 ha). In 1926, Earl W. Oglebay (of Oglebay, Norton, and Company) deeded his estate, Waddington Farms, to the city of Wheeling for the express purpose of public recreation. [5]
Protected areas of Ohio County, West Virginia (7 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Ohio County, West Virginia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Ohio County is a county located in the Northern Panhandle of the U.S. state of West Virginia, and forms part of the Wheeling metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 42,425. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Wheeling. [ 2 ] The county was formed in 1776 from the District of West Augusta, Virginia. [ 3 ]
December 31, 1979. Wheeling Historic District, also known as the Wheeling Central Business District, is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 205 contributing buildings in the central business district of Wheeling. It includes the site of the original location of Fort Henry.