Virgil Lewis - West Virginia's First State Histori LbNA #57013
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Add Location| Owner: | Family Grave Seekers  |
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| Plant date: | Feb 17, 2011 |
| Location: | Lone Oak Cemetery |
| City: | Point Pleasant |
| County: | Mason |
| State: | West Virginia |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Maude |
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| Last found: | Sep 26, 2022 |
| Status: | FFF |
| Last edited: | Feb 17, 2011 |
Virgil Lewis was West Virginia’s First Historian. He was also a teacher, principal, college president, lawyer, druggist, author, editor, mayor of Mason, WV and state superintendent of WV Schools. Mr. Lewis typifies the hardy and self-educated pioneer of his day.
Mr. Lewis was indefatigable in historical research and published many volumes dealing with the history of this portion of the country.
His historical and education work made him the logical person for state historian and archivist when that state department was opened in 1905. His work in building up this new department has been widely commented upon. He held the position until his death in 1912.
For more information, see the following link: http://www.wvculture.org/history/notewv/lewis1.html
Clues: Find Lone Oak Cemetery located on Rt. 62 at the north end of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W. Va. The oak must have died of loneliness because you won’t fine one there. You will, however, need to locate the tallest monument. In front of it are smaller stones for the Lewis family. Stand before the one that reads ‘Virgil A. Lewis, Historian’. Take a heading of 220 degrees and go to The Edward Bartow Jones and Nedra Eleanor Wilhelm Jones monument. The bridge over the Kanawha River is named for him. I’ve never seen some much engraved on one stone like this one and it’s rather interesting reading. Note on the east side the first numeral listed. Take this number and divide by 10. Use that value to take a heading and proceed 40 steps to a monument for a family whose last five letters of their surname means ‘serious’. One family member was Frederick Gerald. What year did he die? Use the last two digits of the year of death and take that bearing 30 steps to a name very familiar in American history. There are several members of this particular family resting here, one of them is a “IV”. Standing at his stone, go 30 steps at 130 degrees to a monument that the middle five letters spell a currency that the historical figure just mentioned might have actually carried in his pocket back in the day. Look to your right and you will see a tall slender shaped shrub, possibly an arborvitae, 70 steps away. You are looking for a box wrapped in camouflage tape. Please retrieve and return unobserved, making sure bag and box are properly sealed. While you are in the area, you might want to search for the other boxes in town and also several north of town along Rt. 62 toward Mason, WV. Let me know how your visit to the area was by contacting the placer. Happy Letterboxing!
Mr. Lewis was indefatigable in historical research and published many volumes dealing with the history of this portion of the country.
His historical and education work made him the logical person for state historian and archivist when that state department was opened in 1905. His work in building up this new department has been widely commented upon. He held the position until his death in 1912.
For more information, see the following link: http://www.wvculture.org/history/notewv/lewis1.html
Clues: Find Lone Oak Cemetery located on Rt. 62 at the north end of Point Pleasant, Mason County, W. Va. The oak must have died of loneliness because you won’t fine one there. You will, however, need to locate the tallest monument. In front of it are smaller stones for the Lewis family. Stand before the one that reads ‘Virgil A. Lewis, Historian’. Take a heading of 220 degrees and go to The Edward Bartow Jones and Nedra Eleanor Wilhelm Jones monument. The bridge over the Kanawha River is named for him. I’ve never seen some much engraved on one stone like this one and it’s rather interesting reading. Note on the east side the first numeral listed. Take this number and divide by 10. Use that value to take a heading and proceed 40 steps to a monument for a family whose last five letters of their surname means ‘serious’. One family member was Frederick Gerald. What year did he die? Use the last two digits of the year of death and take that bearing 30 steps to a name very familiar in American history. There are several members of this particular family resting here, one of them is a “IV”. Standing at his stone, go 30 steps at 130 degrees to a monument that the middle five letters spell a currency that the historical figure just mentioned might have actually carried in his pocket back in the day. Look to your right and you will see a tall slender shaped shrub, possibly an arborvitae, 70 steps away. You are looking for a box wrapped in camouflage tape. Please retrieve and return unobserved, making sure bag and box are properly sealed. While you are in the area, you might want to search for the other boxes in town and also several north of town along Rt. 62 toward Mason, WV. Let me know how your visit to the area was by contacting the placer. Happy Letterboxing!