Historians working with a landmark tavern near America’s newest national park are clarifying the role of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson at the site, which served as a headquarters for northern and southern armies during the Civil War.
To speak more clearly to younger audiences, Drew A. Gruber, executive director of 
Grave of Julia Jackson near Tyree’s Tavern.[/caption]
According to David Sibray, a historian and an agent for Foxfire Realty, the landmark is one of the oldest taverns on the edge of what had once been the western wilderness.
It was built not long after the Shawnee had withdrawn across the Ohio River, and it swiftly became one of the best-known stagecoach inns along the old westward road,” he said.
Sibray, who specializes in the sale of exceptional West Virginia properties, worked with the trails organization to install the marker.
Last month Sibray installed the new panel met with fellow real estate agent Randy Burdette, home-owner Dr. Scott Keffer, and Becky Sullivan, executive director of the New River Gorge Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The tavern housed heads of state and headquartered Union and Confederate armies. Legendary Confederate States commander Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson lodged there when visiting his mother’s grave, which stands on a knoll overlooking the town.
On the National Register of Historic Places, the tavern property was for sale by Foxfire Realty as of the publication of this story.