Scotts Run / The First Shack

Historical marker location:

Pursglove, West Virginia

( Marker is on West Virginia Route 7 east of #8 Hollow Road, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2008

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.