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Ferguson's Rock, Beckley WV
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Ferguson's Rock, carved by unknown hands on Piney Creek in 1814, now at Bero Ave., Beckley, WV
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From: editorial@wvexplorer.com
@ 67.200.129.122
(Oct 13, 2002 01:14 EDT)
Legend has it that in 1814 Steven Ferguson, an adventurer from Franklin County, was thrown from his steed and carved his epithet on this rock while dying alone in the wilderness along Piney Creek. This has never been confirmed. The rock was moved to Bero Avenue in the late 1970s after city crews building a sanitation plant nearly destroyed it.
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From: w3v2@london.com
@ 65.134.241.206
(Dec 19, 2002 03:15 EST)
I'll play the devil's advocate. So if this ghostly woodsman were dying, is this what he would type? Or was this a bored hunter? The question has been posed.
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From: contact@raleighcountylandmarks.org
@ 65.134.241.206
(Dec 19, 2002 03:17 EST)
The question HAS been posed many times over the last century. Was it a dying explorer? Was it a bored huntsman?
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From: dinoberry@yahoo.com
@ 65.134.241.206
(Dec 19, 2002 03:19 EST)
What are the dimensions?
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From: contact@raleighcountylandmarks.org
@ 65.134.241.206
(Dec 19, 2002 03:24 EST)
I'm not sure how deep the rock goes. It's simply resting on the ground to which it was rescued. As shown in this photo, from just-north of west to just-south of east, it's four-foot. Had the tip of the rock to the south remained, it might had been seven-foot long.
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