Beverly Blog: Featured Event
Annual RR Fundraiser 2026
Presented by the Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation and the Tygart Valley Lions Club, the annual Rifle Rally is well-known for great food and great prizes! We have sold out…
The 1854 Bushrod Crawford House
This house, on a part of original town lot #4, was built about 1850. It was the home of Bushrod Crawford, who also operated a store in the western wing of the building with his brother Absalom. Bushrod Crawford ran against John Hughes in February of 1861 as Delegate to the State Convention to be held in Richmond, Va. Bushrod favored secession; Hughes did not. Hughes was elected, but changed his mind at the convention to vote for secession. Bushrod and his brother, Absalom, and their families fled south, as many others did, in July of 1861, leaving the store…