West Virginia’s history is filled with as many twists and turns as our famed country roads. Find Native American burial mounds in South Charleston and Moundsville; re-creations of frontier forts such as Prickett’s Fort State Park; and locations of battles, like the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Point Pleasant.
Of course, that doesn’t even include the state’s rich Civil War history. Re-enactments, historic dramas and theater productions, and 18 Civil War Discovery Trail Stops, such as the Philippi Covered Bridge, that commemorate the conflict that led to the creation of the State of West Virginia.