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LOOKING
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VIEWS
FROM QUEENS POINT
KEYSER
WV
The following article was posted to the Mineral County Mailing List by Dr. Robert Bess.
Recently
I recall a query as to the origin of the name "Queen's
Point" for the outcroping of rocks overlooking the river to the
north of Keyser.
In
the May 22, 1999, issue of the Cumberland Times-News, Kay Stangel
credits the late Bill Hunt with the following:
"There
is a legand, Hunt wrote, that Queen's Point was named for a white
horse whose colonial owner resided near the present (1967) town of
Rawlings. One day, during a dangerous period of Indian raids that
followed Braddock's defeat, Queen's owner started on a
scouting-exploring trip south westward. Near McCoole a roaving band
of Indians spied the white hourse and his rider and with a wild war
whoop gave chase. Queen made for the crest of the hills at McCoole
and was running so fast that it was impossible to stop at the
precipice. Queen and her rider plunged to death over what has been
known ever since as Queen's Point. Hunt wrote that in several
versions of this story he never heard the name of the man. Only his
horse, Queen, won the legendary renown."
Kay
Stangel writes the column "Reflections" which appears in
each Saturday's edition of the Times-News. The bulk of the current
issue, 5/22/99, relates to McCoole and its development. Bob Bess
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LOOKING
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QUEENS
POINT LOOKING EAST OVER THE POTOMAC RIVER |
CIRCA
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