The James Rumsey Monument, also known as Rumsey Monument Park, is a municipal park and former West Virginia state park in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West …

The James Rumsey Monument overlooking the river at Shepherdstown, circa 1915 Shepherdstonians, jealous at the success of Robert Fulton, had talked of building a monument …

James Rumsey Monument overlooks the Potomac, the very river on which Rumsey pioneered the first steamboat. Shepherdstonians began discussing a monument in the 1830s – undoubtedly …

The Rumsey Monument then and now. Right-hand photo taken in 2015 by James Horn Soon after the steamboat became a common mode of transport in the 1830’s, Shepherdstown residents …

In 1915, the people of Shepherdstown erected a 75 foot tall monument on a hill above the River to memorialize Rumsey & his technological accomplishment. Two bronze plaques on the …

The portrait of James Rumsey was painted by George William West, 1822, Luce Foundation Center for American Art, a bequest of Eugene A. Rumsey and Brothers, currently at the …

The Society was first created in Philadelphia, in 1788, to further the inventive career of James Rumsey, and was disbanded with his death, in 1792. It was re-created in 1903 in …

2015年10月21日 · James Rumsey Monument at end of Mill St. Affords a panoramic view of the Potomac and the historic setting of Shepherdstown. Efforts of the Rumseian Society led to the …

The James Rumsey Monument, also known as Rumsey Monument Park, is a municipal park and former West Virginia state park in Shepherdstown, Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West …