National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Point Pleasant Battleground
SW corner of Main and 1st Sts., Point Pleasant, WV Local significance of the site: Historic - Aboriginal; Historic - Non-aboriginal; Military; Politics/government
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
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.