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At the junction of the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers stands this monument which commemorates the frontiersmen who fought and died at the Battle of Point Pleasant. This battle was fought with Chief Cornstalk on October 10, 1774, and is recognized as the decisive engagement in a proactive series of Indian wars. The name "Tu-Endie-Wei" is a Wyandotte word meaning "point between two waters."
Special Event
250th Anniversary – French & Indian War
250 years ago this year, Cherokee war gangs traveled the Ohio River War Road,
terrorizing the French and their allied American Indians. Presented by Doug Wood
and Trails, Inc. See history come alive at Tu-Endie-Wei, Blennerhassett Island, and
Tomlinson Run state parks.
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