On December 1, 1790, two prominent Shepherdstown residents wrote to President George Washington to recommend that the capital of the United States be located in Shepherdstown.
Learn more:
Shepherdstown Considered For Nation's Capital
"The Capital On The
'Potowmack'"
"The Capitol That Might Have
Been"
1791 Newspaper Article From the
Potowmac Guardian and Berkeley Advertiser
On This Day in West Virginia History: December