Historical Marker
The Wilfong Church / St. Michaels Lutheran Church
Historical marker location:
Sugar Grove, West Virginia
( Marker is on Sugar Grove Road (West Virginia Route 21) south of Brushy Fork Road (West Virginia Route 30), on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2003
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.