McColloch's Leap Monument

Beautiful now that it is moved but no place to park!
Dec 9th, 2023

The monument is no longer in place.
Sep 8th, 2023

Very cool place if you love a view and graffiti
Oct 3rd, 2022

McColloch St.(Bow) runs below the ridge that Major McColloch was forced over. Im not sure what the terrain was in 1777, but from the monument on National Road down to the banks of Big Wheeling Creek is currently a steep 400 decline, a 200 yard sloping grade to a 50 drop to the creek. The very idea of just running down that slope is a invitation for a broken neck let alone throwing yourself and mount down a old growth forest barricade. There is little doubt that Major McCollochs leap was a do or die moment. Three different tribes the Shawnee, Wyandot and Mingo with the backing of the British made common cause to bar colonial settlements in the Ohio River Valley. Fort Fincastles(Henry) settlement was built in 1774 in what is now Wheeling, WV. It took thirteen years to cross the Ohio River and establish Fort Steuben in 1787. The Ohio/West Virginia river border was the western front of the War for American Independence. Indian raids on homesteads were a fairly common occurrence.
Apr 21st, 2020

Great story. Unfortunately the monument is difficult to access and the view of the area is limited due to plant growth.
Mar 17th, 2020