 It was once well known as the first stagecoach stop west of Allegheny Mountain.It was owned and managed from 1845 by Andrew Yeager (1800-1861), son of area pioneer John P. Yeager, Sr (1762-1833), an immigrant from near Lancaster City, Pennsylvania who had arrived in the area around 1795.The Repose served as Pocahontas county's first post office (1847-1906).