Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Pk

Situated at the junction of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The battle fought at this site between General Andrew Lewis and about 1,100 Virginia frontiersmen and Shawnee chief Cornstalk and a like number of American Indians of the federated western tribes, is said to have been the opening engagement of the American Revolution. An 84-foot-high granite shaft commemorates the battle. At its base is a statue of a typical Virginia woodsman of the period. South of the monument is the grave of 'Mad Anne' Bailey, pioneer woman soldier and border scout. Park open Monday-Saturday 10am-4:30pm, Sunday 1-4:30pm. Free to the public.

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