Historical Marker
Fountain Rock
Historical marker location:
4196 Kearneysville Pike, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Kearneysville Pike (State Highway 480) and Sweaningen Way on Kearneysville Pike.)
"CrowsÂ… will have to carry their provender with them". 1864 Valley Campaign.
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.