CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A book describing each of West Virginia’s roadside historical markers has been published.
“Signs of the Times: West Virginia’s Highway Historical Marker Program” was published by the state Department of Arts, Culture and History. A historical marker book for West Virginia was published in 2002 but had not been updated until now.
The book is 334 pages and includes nearly 200 historical photographs and an index, according to a news release from Gov. Jim Justice’s office. There are complete inscriptions of each marker arranged alphabetically by county.
The book costs $12.95 and is available at the Culture Center in Charleston, at Tamarack in Beckley, The Grave Creek Mound in Moundsville and at Independence Hall in Wheeling.
The historical marker program was started in 1934. The first marker was displayed in 1937 and marked the location of the old Capitol Building in Charleston.
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