Come see the grave of Hokoleskwa, or Chief Cornstalk, a Mekoche Shawnee chieftain and war leader, master strategist, and impressive orator. He organized the various Ohio tribes in their resistance to British and Colonial expansion, and in 1774, led them in war against Lord Dunmore and Andrew Lewis’ Virginia militia. He fought Lewis’ Southern Army to a near draw during the Battle of Point Pleasant, but faced with Dunmore’s Northern Army nearing his and his sister Nonhelema’s towns near present day Circleville, Ohio. Cornstalk signed the Treaty of Camp Charlotte establishing the Ohio River as the border between the English colonies and Native American lands.
While on a peace mission to Fort Randolph during the American Revolution, he and three other chieftains were brutally murdered, shattering the fragile peace and forcing a Native-British alliance. In the 1840s, his grave was discovered and moved to the Mason County Courthouse lawn. During the construction of the present courthouse in 1954, his grave was moved to Tu-Endie-Wei State Park where it rests today.
Krodel Park Campground, Neal Road, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.47 mi (straight line)
Fort Randolph, Lighthouse Lane, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.55 mi (straight line)
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park, Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.59 mi (straight line)
332 Viand St, Point Pleasant, WV 25550, USA
Distance: 0.60 mi (straight line)
Pt Pleasant River Museum, Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.64 mi (straight line)
Mothman Museum, Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.67 mi (straight line)
Lowe Hotel, Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.69 mi (straight line)
329 Main St, Point Pleasant, WV 25550, USA
Distance: 0.70 mi (straight line)
Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.74 mi (straight line)
Main Street, Point Pleasant, WV, USA
Distance: 0.83 mi (straight line)
209 Upper River Road, Gallipolis, OH 45631, USA
Distance: 1.54 mi (straight line)
Cliffside Golf Course, Cliffside Drive, Gallipolis, OH, USA
Distance: 2.64 mi (straight line)
Gallipolis Railway Freight Station Museum, 3rd Avenue, Gallipolis, OH, USA
Distance: 3.67 mi (straight line)
Pine Street Cemetery, Vinton Court, Gallipolis, OH, USA
Distance: 3.83 mi (straight line)
John Gee Black Historical Center, Pine Street, Gallipolis, OH, USA
Distance: 3.83 mi (straight line)
French Art Colony, 1st Avenue, Gallipolis, OH, USA
Distance: 4.15 mi (straight line)
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