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MAKING HISTORY LIVING HISTORY

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PRICKETTS FORT INVITES VISITORS TO RELIVE THE PIONEERING SPIRIT OF CAPTAIN JACOB PRICKETT AND HIS FAMILY

Prickett's Fort State Park uses a living history style of interpretation to preserve, document and exhibit the past. It features an 18th century recreation of the original Pricketts Fort which provided a place of refuge from Native American attack. In addition, guests enjoy visiting the original 19th century Job Prickett House, Prickett Cemetery, Visitor Center, and Museum Gift Shop.
Watch Blacksmithing at Pricketts Fort in this YouTube Video, courtesy of Marion CVB: ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahkBaTkAFP8
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Visit Pricketts Fort

A visit to Pricketts Fort allows visitors a glimpse into the everyday life on the Western Virginia frontier during the 18th century. Tours feature costumed interpreters demonstrating a variety of colonial skills and conveying the fort’s fascinating history.
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Attend a Workshop

Pricketts Fort offers a variety of historic arts workshops each year. From blacksmithing to basket weaving, students have the opportunity to learn a fun and unique skill in a historic setting.
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Become a Member

A Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation membership offers members many exciting benefits. By joining the PFMF you are supporting the efforts to promote and preserve Pricketts Fort’s unique history.
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Visitor Center:
Open Daily - 10am to 4pm.
After October 27th, 2024 Closed Weekends until April 21st, 2025.

Fort Tours:
The 2025 season begins on April 21st and runs through October 26th. 
​Closed Mondays and Tuesdays after Labor Day.
Self-guided audio tours are available during the off-season beginning in January.


The Junction Cafe:
  • Open April 1st, 2025
    • 10AM to 5PM, Sun-Thur
    • 10Am to 6PM, Fri-Sat
For menu and updates, click on The Junction Cafe or follow on Facebook at Thejunction At Pricketts Fort. 
​For questions or to book group reservations call 304-612-9947.

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Pricketts Fort
Memorial Foundation

88 State Park Road
Fairmont, West Virginia 26554
CALL NOW: 304.363.3030
Email: [email protected]

Photography Policy

Starting April 23, 2018, Prickett's Fort State Park and the Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation will no longer allow for pay photographers (photographers for hire) to take pictures during operating hours and special events. Photographers are welcome before and after regular business hours and special events. Please see times and upcoming events page.
​2024 CORPORATE MEMBERS​
Gwynn Tire Service, Inc. 
Ford Funeral Home 
​Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau 
Visit Mountaineer Country Convention and Visitors Bureau 
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First Energy Foundation
Marion County Commission
​Marion County Convention and Visitors Bureau
​​Town of White Hall
  • Visit Pricketts Fort
    • Tours
    • The Junction Cafe
    • Field Trips
    • Plan an Event
    • Recreational Opportunities
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Register for an Event
  • Ways to Give
    • Make a Gift
    • Become a Member
    • Buy a Picket Campaign
    • Sponsor a Concert
    • Volunteer
    • Planned Giving
  • History
    • Fort
    • Job Prickett House
    • Native Americans in West Virginia
  • For Kids
  • Shop
  • About
    • The Foundation
    • The Museum
    • Career Opportunities
    • Contact
    • Subscribe