Welcome to Our Web Site ! While a web site can't really give you the experience of being here, we do hope that our site can provide you with a sense of the history we are striving to preserve. We hope your visit is pleasant. Our mission is to promote and preserve local history which dates back to and beyond Colonial times through such activities as: Julia Pierpont and Memorial Day Historic Homes Tour Marion County Historical Society Museum Participation in Community Historical Events Celebrations of Historic Events and Personages The George P. Stanton Speaker's Bureau Restoration & Preservation of Historic Cemeteries Fairmont City Cemetery Historic Landmarks Preservation & Recognition Preservation of the Museum Archives and Artifacts Historic Tours and Exhibitions Preservation of Endangered Sites 100th Anniverisay of  the Founding ot the MCHS Featured Links to Places in Marion County Marion County Jail People's Temple Methodist Church Photographs of Fairmont, County Seat Woodlawn Cemetery The Marion County Historical Society in the News A Time to Remember Locals Start First Founders’ Month   For more information about ordering, please contact us at . . . Marion County Historical Society Museum P.O. Box 1636 Fairmont, WV 26555-1636 304 • 367 • 5398 marionhistorical@yahoo.com Site Host and Web Applications Developer FusionCreek Our Internet Consultant, Site Designer and Web Master Creed Holden Updated June 1, 2008 •