Historical Marker
Franklin
Historical marker location:
100 South Main Street, Franklin, West Virginia
( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 220) and Walnut Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.)
The West Virginia University Mountaineers football team played the first ever college football night game in 1892. The game was played under electric lights at the Mountaineer Field in Morgantown.