Historical Marker
Flood Control
Historical marker location:
Summersville Dam, West Virginia
( Marker is on Summersville Lake Road (West Virginia Route 129) 2.6 miles west of U.S. 19, on the right when traveling east.)
Summersville Lake.
The first Mother's Day was celebrated in Grafton, West Virginia in 1908. Anna Jarvis, a resident of Grafton, held a memorial for her mother, who had died two years earlier, and campaigned for a national holiday in honor of all mothers. Mother's Day became a national holiday in 1914.