Ravenswood / Ohio River Ford
Side one:
Ravenswood
These lands were surveyed, 1771, for George Washington by Colonel William Crawford, who later was taken captive by the Indians and burned at the stake. Washington camped here in 1770. Here is grave of Jesse Hughes, noted scout.
Side two:
Ohio River Ford
Sand Creek Riffle, where the Indians and pioneers crossed the Ohio, was used by General Jenkins when he carried the Confederate flag into Ohio in 1862, and also by the Union Army under General Lightburn in its retreat the same year.
Marker is on West Virginia Route 68 0.2 miles east of U.S. 33, on the left when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
