Jarboe's Blockhouse

Historical marker location:

5035 Upper Patterson Creek Rd, Lahmansville, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Lennox Lane and Patterson Creek Road (County Road 5), on the right when traveling south on Lennox Lane.)

Guarding Patterson Creek Valley.

The first electric railroad in the world was built in West Virginia in 1888. The line ran between Huntington and Guyandotte and was powered by electricity generated from a hydroelectric plant on the Ohio River.