Historical Marker
Ferguson Rock
Historical marker location:
121 Laurel Ter, Beckley, West Virginia
( Marker can be reached from Laurel Terrace just west of F Street, on the right when traveling west.)
Marker installed: 2020
Legends & Lore.
The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.