Historical Marker

The Gilmer Rifles

Historical marker location:
302 E Main St, Glenville, West Virginia
( Marker is on East Main Street just east of Morris Street, on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2017

The West Virginia University Mountaineers football team played the first ever college football night game in 1892. The game was played under electric lights at the Mountaineer Field in Morgantown.