Historical Marker

Beehive Inn

Historical marker location:
West Union, West Virginia
( Marker is on North Bend Rail Trail.)
Marker installed: 2005

1828 until flood in late 1800's. Possibly an Underground Railroad Site.

The first Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908. Anna Jarvis, a resident of Grafton, held a memorial for her mother, who had died two years earlier, and campaigned for a national holiday in honor of all mothers. Mother's Day became a national holiday in 1914.