Barnes' Brigade

Historical marker location:

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

( Marker is on River Road (County Route 17/1) 0.1 miles west of Trough Road (County Route 31/1), on the left when traveling west.)

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.