Town of Paw Paw Historic Marker
Introduction
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State of West Virginia Highway Marker in Paw Paw, Morgan County, West Virginia.
Backstory and Context
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The marker reads:
Paw Paw
Important concentration point of the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. As many as 16,000 Federal troops were encamped here at one time. A blockhouse stood along tracks of the B&O Railroad at this point.