Running the River

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.)

Why Howell-Bunger Valves?. Summersville Lake.

West Virginia is the only state in the United States to be created as a result of the Civil War. In 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union, but many residents in the western part of the state opposed secession and eventually formed their own state, which was admitted to the Union in 1863.