Historical Markers in Hancock County, West Virginia
Brickyard Bend
Brickyard Bend
Captain John Porter / Chelsea China Company
Contested County Seat
Early Mills
Ernest T. Weir
Gravel Hill Academy
Hancock County / Brooke County
Hancock County / State of Pennsylvania
Hartford's Mill
Holliday's Cove
James J. Andrews
Logan Massacre
Margaret Manson Weir Memorial Pool
Morgan's Raid
New Cumberland
New Cumberland
Newell
Ohio River
Old Town
Old Town
On This Spot
Peter Tarr Furnace
Peter Tarr Furnace
Rock Spring Park
The People's Bank
Three Springs Church
Veterans Memorial
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.