Grafton to Camp Allegheny Tour / 223CheatMtnWorks
Photo by Linda Walcroft
May 2007
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Earthworks on Cheat Mountain

223CheatMtnWorks

Signs of a recent fire are starting to disappear under spring growth at Cheat Mountain Summit.

McClellan ordered a fort built here in 1861. It was occupied Summer 1861 - April 1862 and was known as Cheat Summit Fort but was sometimes called White Top or Fort Milroy.

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