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Morgantown, WV is rich with national and local history! With attractions such as the West Virginia University Mountaineer Week, a walking audio tour of Downtown Morgantown, memorials to historical figures, you’ll gain a better understanding of how the area became what it is today. Many memorials and landmarks are free and open to the public during business hours.
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21 ResultsA Father’s Love JFK Memorial
This piece was done by artist Chris Kroll in 2007. It is a John F. Kennedy Memorial and homage to fatherhood and includes a bronze statue depicting John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father’s casket in 1963, and a base relief of President Kennedy. The statue recognizes Senator Kennedy’s announcement of his intention to run […]
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BARRACKVILLE COVERED BRIDGE
Brian M. Powell, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Built in 1853, the structure is a modified arched Burr truss, with siding added twenty years after the bridge’s construction and spans Buffalo Creek near Barrackville, West Virginia. Located at the intersection of Pike St. and Buffalo Rd.
Learn MoreCharles C. Wise Library

Cook Hayman Pharmacy Museum

Dent’s Run Covered Bridge

Easton Roller Mill

Forks of Cheat Baptist Church Cemetery

MARION COUNTY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Barely off exit 136 on I-79, a six-ton monument is inscribed with the names of 27 men from Marion County, WV who died in Vietnam. Also located there is a Huey Helicopter which was actually flown in Vietnam… worth the quick stop on your way back to Morgantown.
Learn MoreMason-Dixon Historical Park

Mason-Dixon Line
“Where Men Are Free” Mason-Dixon Line symbolizes a cultural boundary between the North and South (Dixie). 119S Pa./W.Va. state line
Learn MoreMorgantown History Museum

Old Morgantown Glass Collector’s Guild Glass Museum

Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum
Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts Museum – dedicated to the Mining and Petroleum Industries features a wide collection of mining paraphernalia. Items represent different eras in mining and oil/gas drilling, and features a wide array of coal mining artifacts, books, scrip, photographs, etc. Free admission. Located in the Mineral Resources Building – Evansdale Campus […]
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Seneca Center

SIMPSON CREEK COVERED BRIDGE
A multiple-Kingpost truss bridge that was built in 1881. It was washed out by a flood in July 1889 and later relocated to its current location a half-mile upstream. Located at the intersection of Club View Dr. and Meadowbrook Dr.
Learn MoreUSS WV Mast and Memorial
Remember Pearl Harbor at this historic landmark. The USS West Virginia was the third and final member of the Colorado Class dreadnought battleship. The ship was docked at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941, and was sunk during the attacks that served as the catalyst for World War II. The Mast was […]
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West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
The Survey is housed in a converted state park lodge that overlooks Cheat Lake. There is a mini-museum displaying minerals, fossils, casts of T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Allosaurus skulls and a full-sized Edmontosaurus dinosaur mounted on the wall.
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The WVU was founded in 1867 and boasts six buildings on the National Register of Historic Places along with the mast from the USS West Virginia—attacked while docked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941—is located at Oglebay Hall. The majestic Woodburn Circle, just across the street, is the campus’s crown jewel.
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