Point Pleasant, West Virginia - Chief Cornstalk's Vengeful Bones
- Address:
- Point Pleasant, WV
- Directions:
- Point Pleasant Battlefield State Park. At 1st and Main Sts, where the Ohio River meets the Kanawha River.
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia - Chief Cornstalk I spent a considerable amount of time in Point Pleasant so I could catch some of the sights. The town, small as it is, has a big and colorful history.
In October 1774 the Battle of Point Pleasant occurred, when Colonel Andrew Lewis defeated Shawnee Chief Cornstalk and his coalition of Shawnee and Mingo warriors. Many say that this was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War, which is a distinction that was apparently made official by an act of Congress in 1910. The park in town contains some massive murals painted (by muralist Robert Dafford) on the river retaining walls in the park. There are metallic statues immortalizing both Colonel Lewis and Chief Cornstalk. [David Kravetz, 04/30/2008]
[RA: The Chief was treacherously murdered in Point Pleasant in 1777. What remains of his bones are interred in a four-ton obelisk marked "Cornstalk," which is also in the park.]Nearby Offbeat Places
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