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Point Pleasant Battlefield Memorial

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

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Another view of the monument.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
Chief Cornstalk was captured during the battle, and killed in captivity. He was buried on the battlefield.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A Native American artifact discovered in 1963 is housed on the battlefield.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A sign explains the artifact’s cultural importance to the Native Americans.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A street side plaque describes the battle.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A geodetic survey marker is attached to Cornstalk’s grave marker.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A steely frontiersman stands at the ready.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A close up of the artifact’s carving.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
The story of Cornstalk.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
The juncture of the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers. The Silver Memorial Bridge is in the background.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A bronze plaque depicting the battle itself.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
A log cabin tavern was built on the battlefield in 1796. It now serves as a museum.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
Another view of the monument, looking toward Main Street in Point Pleasant, WV.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
The Point Pleasant Battlefield is part of the park.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
One of the officers that is buried in the magazine.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
Four of the small monuments mark the corners of a magazine where many of the dead militiamen where buried after the battle.   rbt45769 (Atlas Obscura User)
"Mad" Ann Bailey   mrsmcclellan2016 (Atlas Obscura User)
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On October 10, 1774, a battle was fought between American colonists and the native Shawnee and Mingo tribes for control over the junction where the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers met. The colonists came out on top of the conflict, leading to a peace treaty between the tribes and the colonists. The treaty opened the Ohio River Valley to further exploration and new settlements. 

The treaty also kept colonists from having to fight a two-front war when the American Revolution began just a few months later. 

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The Point Pleasant Battlefield can be found at the end of Main Street in Point Pleasant, WV. Main Street ends at the edge of the Kanawha River. The site is illuminated at night and is open until 10 p.m.


Point Pleasant can be easily reached via WV Route 62 from Mason, WV or by using WV Route 2. US Route 35 passes within two miles of the site. The Mothman Museum is a few blocks back up Main Street from the battlefield.

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October 18, 2019

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