Coal Discovered

Historical marker location:

Peytona, West Virginia

( Marker is on Daniel Boone Parkway (West Virginia Route 3) 0.1 miles west of Roundbottom Road (Local Route 119/21), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1997

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.