Historical Marker
Cameron's Depot
Historical marker location:
8168 Middleway Pike, Kearneysville, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Middleway Pike (West Virginia Route 51) and Earle Road, on the right when traveling east on Middleway Pike.)
Marker installed: 2002
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.