Pleasant Grove Methodist Church, Webster County, W. Va.
Description:
The first Methodist church built in the county was at Pleasant Grove in the early 1840's. The first Methodist society organized in Webster County in 1833 at the Hamrick Barn by Reverend Addison Hite. The present church at Pleasant Grove was erected in 1910. The church is located several miles east of Webster Springs.
A man sits on a chair in the lawn. In the background is a small pavilion. The stereograph is part of photographer William Dunnington's "Webster Springs Series."
Picnic Group Outside Rutherford Hotel, Webster Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
"Picnic group leaving Rutherford Hotel for Whittaker Falls about 1912.First wagon, left to right: Isaac Curry, Doy Rutherford, Hawes Thurmond with large hat, Goodrich White, Garrett Thurmond, Ben Hamrick, Beatrice Cogar, Belle Wethered, R. Moore Dodrill, Eula Thurmond, Eva Lowe.Second wagon: Zetta Stanard, Mrs. S. P. Allen, Attorney H. C. Thurmond, 'Doc' White.Buggy: Faye Thurmond, Roy Rutherford, Kate White. Mrs. Arch Rutherford is on balcony. Unknown observer is in background. Photo was preserved by Mrs. Faye Thurmond Meeker of Charleston, W. Va."