Pack Horse Ford Chapter, D.A.R.

Historical marker location:

100 East German Street, Shepherdstown, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of German Street (West Virginia Route 230) and King Street, on the left when traveling west on German Street.)

Marker installed: 1917

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.