Historical Places

Take a look at our past: a 1774 frontier fort, a round barn, country music museum and all the places in between.

white round barn with dark shingled roof

Photo of many graves on a hillside and a mausoleum at the top

Photo of a bridge over a river in the fall

Landmarks worth the drive

illustration of pricketts fort — Pricketts Fort State Park

Hand-drawn illustration of The Round Barn, Mannington — The Round Barn, Mannington

Hand-drawn illustration of Marion County Historical Society — Marion County Historical Society

Marion County History Guide

Marion County History Guide

Spend a day alongside the frontiersmen, step along the warpaths that empowered our state’s beginnings and trace your hands along the mementos left behind from icons of history. Become a part of our historical timeline

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