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"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business.  They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

101. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing:  Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera:  Alfred Higgins; first on left:  Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner

102. Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp

GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front:  Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

103. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

104. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row.  Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

105. Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

From left to right: 'Police Chief John Lewis, William Musgrave, Bill Hughes, Bennie Palmer, George Katchur, Robert West'.

106. Morgantown Policemen, Morgantown, W. Va.

Train moving along tracks.

107. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Engine parked in shop.

108. Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.

Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.

109. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.

110. Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.

Train on tracks. From the collection of Harold K. Vollrath, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas.

111. Climax No. 6 of Middle Fork Railroad, Ellamore, W. Va.

Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.

112. Mower Construction Train, Cass, W. Va.

P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works.

113. Shay No. 12. Builder's Photo

Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

114. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Engine No. 2

115. Shay No. 2 (Pulp Train) on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.

Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA  22308

116. Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.

Tucker County, West Virginia.  Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

117. Pulp mill at Parsons

Original Source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

118. High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

119. Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

120. Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

121. Shay Locomotive at a Lumber camp near Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.

122. Logging Crew

Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.

123. Logging Crew

Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.

124. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV

125. Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge

From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957

126. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.

127. Train Pulling Workers on Cars

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.

128. Log Loader and Crew

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va. July 1903

129. Log Skidding Crew and their Team of Horses

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."

130. Loggers Posing on Logs

Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

131. Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company Log Train

Cass, WV; Looking from railhead; D.D. Brown Collection

132. Clearing Trees for a Road Up Shavers Fork

Willdell, W.Va. 1911; Source of original: Earl Whitlach, Mill Creek, W.Va.

133. Loggers Posing with Logs

O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

134. Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

135. Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

136. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers

Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.  Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods.  In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass.  Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection

137. Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

138. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

139. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Cass, W.Va.  Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump.  Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV

140. Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain

Lumber train on tracks moving through heavily lumbered area. <br />

141. Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.

Cut trees in a forest.

142. Waste in Lumbering

Near Davis, Tucker Co.-- Geological Survey.

143. Destruction of Vegetation and Soil by Fires Following Lumber Operations

The 'Lucy Belle' named after the engineer's girl.  On Hill's Creek near Lobelia, Pocahontas Co., WV.

144. Wreck of the Lucy Belle, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Portrait of men and crane lifting train.

145. Logging Scene in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

The wood of blight killed chestnut if used within five years is suitable for ties or lumber.  Narrow and standard guage railroads constitute the farmers market for his tie timber.

146. Forest Road

147. Train Wreck in Nicholas County Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Collapsed bridge and wreck of train box cars.

148. Collapsed Railroad Bridge, Babcock L. SB. Company

Heavily logged area near train tracks.

149. Wasteful Deforestation on Cheat Mountain.

Men working on wrecked train.

150. Wreck of Eva Lee

151. Spruce Forest Cut Over and Destroyed by Fire Near Davis, W. Va.

People standing by the remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co.

152. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

Remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company.

153. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company Mill

Remains of the Cherry &amp; Lumber Company.

154. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company Mill

Group portrait of men sitting on a wooden bench.<br />

155. Logging Camp Crew of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Bergoo, West Virginia; Lumber company building beside train tracks.<br /><br />

156. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Prior to Conversion to Electricity

Logs and lumber piles seen from a distance.

157. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Mill Yard, Bergoo, W. Va.

Portrait of crew with surveying equipment.

158. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

A Pardee and Curtin Company operation.

159. Cutting Bridge Stringers for a Logging Railroad

Smoke emanating from burning mill at night.

160. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

Log Train passing along hillside.

161. Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Log Train

Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949.  Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.

162. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.

163. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

164. Team of William 'Bill' McCourt on Logging Road

Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.

165. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

Group portrait of loggers with their tools.

166. Loggers in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Men generally did not live in towns when they worked timber.  Instead, they came in from outlying areas, lived in groups in barracks, and went home over the weekends.  Here they lived in arks on the river.

167. Arks Tied on Greenbrier River Near Cass, W. Va.

Group portrait of lumber workers in front of building.

168. Lumber Workers at Logging Camp in Pocahontas County

169. Guy Dean and Horses at Home on HIlls Creek

170. Log Piles in front of Lumber Mill

171. Logging Crew at Work

Two men using lumber machinery next to a timbered hillside.  Pendleton Co.

172. Portable Sawmill Operation

Log train passing logging camp. Note Log Dump in Foreground, Mower Lumber Co.

173. Railroad Logging Camp,

Crane loading logs onto train.

174. Shay No. 4 in Woods with Log Crane, Mower Lumber Co.

175. Clearing Trees for Mower Lumber Co. Railway (Starting Grade Up Shavers Fork of Cheat River)

176. Log Loader Loading Flat Cars, Note Logs Lifted by Skidder, Mower Lumber Co.

Greenbrier River, Near Ronceverte, St. Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, Greenbrier County.

177. Log Boom

178. Log Loading in the Forest

Same chamber is used when wood is treated with osmosalts.

179. Pressure Chamber with Creosoted Logs Coming Out

Plant also planes, bores, squares ends of big timbers.

180. Pole Peeler is One of Several B-P-B Dressing Operations

The light machinery used in milling allows the mobile portable mill to penetrate the heart of the stand.

181. Mobile Portable Saw Mill and Crew at Work

The portable mill cuts lumber and ties and does custom sawing for farmers.

182. Mobile Portable Saw Mill

183. Mobile Portable Saw Mill and Crew at Work

184. Mobile Portable Saw Mill

Train engine on tracks in forest.

185. Shay in Woods Near End of Track, Mower Lumber Co.

Men working with mill equipment.  L to R  1. Setter, William Simmons (sawed the last log at Cass July 1, 1960)  2. Oliver Tyson  3. unknown.

186. Cass Mill Interior, Mower Lumber Co.

Log train passing log pond.

187. Cass Mill Log Pond, Mower Lumber Co.

188. Benjamin Jackson Measures Log at Cass Mill, Mower Lumber Co.

Men direct floating logs on the pond as a log train passes.

189. Cass Mill Log Pond, Mower Lumber Co.

Train engine and crane working in log yard.

190. Shay No. 4 in Woods with Log Crane, Mower Lumber Co.

Man walking on a dirt road bordered by tree stumps.

191. Log Trail, Meadow River Lumber Co.

Log skidder and log piles.

192. Log Skidder, Meadow River Lumber Co.

193. Log Skidder, Meadow River Lumber Co.

Picture of stumps and felled trees.

194. Deforestation Scene, Meadow River Lumber Co.

195. Dozer Pulling Logs to Log Dump, Meadow River Lumber Co.

196. Dozer Pulling Logs to Log Dump, Meadow River Lumber Co.

197. Climax Locomotive of New Dominion Lumber Co., Diana, W. Va.

Diana, West Virginia.  Two men standing in front of train engine.

198. Locomotive Eva Lee, New Dominion Lumber Company

199. Log Skidder, Meadow River Lumber Co.

Three men sorting lumber.  L to R, 1. Alex Duncan 2. Sherwin Lambert 3. Cammern Ware.

200. Cass Mill Interior, Mower Lumber Company, Cass, W. Va.