“Caudy’s Castle”

Named for James Caudy, a pioneer and Indian fighter who took refuge from Indians on a mass of rocks overlooking the Cacapon River during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), Caudy’s Castle was the Castle of Rocks where he defended himself by pushing the Indians, one by one with the butt of his rifle, over the precipice as they came single file along the narrow crevice of rocks. They fell 450–500 ft. to the base along the edge of the Cacapon.

West Virginia · United States