Glenray Lumber Co. Teamsters and Crew Skidding Logs on Keeney's Knob
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Mill was located at Glenray, W. Va.- one mile west of Alderson, W. Va. Alderson is located in Greenbrier County on the Summer and Monroe County Borders.
Officers of First National Bank of Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1909
Description:
Officers in front of Alderson National Bank 'Left to right: James H. George, Cashier, H. B. Rowe, Asst. Cashier, L. E. Johnson, President and Dr. J. H. A. Miller Dentist.'
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
C&O depot in Alderson W. Va. Men standing outside left to right: Moody Hokins, Harold Flack, Fred Patton, Floyd Thomas, Frank Bordurant, Agent T.L. Jamison, unknown, unknown, Freight Agent W.A. Hancock, J.C. Boggs (in doorway.)
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Telegraph and Signal Tower at Alderson W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Telegrapher W.L.Knopp stands on right. Tower was known as "AD Cabin" and controled train movements between Ronceverte and Hinton. Twenty switches to Alderson sidings were operated here.
'The Alderson House Hotel was built at Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County) in 1882 by Messrs. David J. Cogbill and John W. Alderson. It was located in close proximity to the main line iron of the Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railway. It was the most modern hotel in the state of West Virginia on the C [and] O line when it was built, having 26 rooms and two annexes, adding about 15 rooms. It was the first building in Alderson to have running water in every room, it being supplied from a 7,000 gallon tank located just above the third story of the hotel. It recieved much praise from Virginia Newspapers in the '80's who always referred to it as the best and most famous house on the C and O in West Virginia except for the White Sulphur Hotel. In addition to the regular guests and boarders, two C [and] O passenger trains each day stopped for meals in the hotel's dinning room. One express passenger train stopped for breakfast and one for supper, there being about 200 people from the steamcars taking meals in the fine dinning room. The Alderson House took over the passenger business which had from 1872 to 1882, been handled by the Monroe House Hotel, which was located across the street on the other side of the rails. The Alderson House continued as a eating stop on the C [and] O until the middle 1890's and after that became principally a summer resort. By 1896 the town of Alderson had huge swarms of people coming in from the Virginia and Ohio cities to spend the summer in the cool, pleasant mountains. This traffic reached a height about 1900. By 1912 there were few summer boarders. During this period the Alderson House got more than its share of the trade. It continued as a popular stop until the 1930's when rail travel slowed down considerably. The hotel operated under many different managers after Mr. J.W. Alderson gave up the management in 1905 and did not close down until 1961. Compiled by Thomas W. Dixon, Official Historian to the Municipal Government of the Town of Alderson, Inc.'
'The Alderson House Hotel was built at Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County) in 1882 by Messrs. David J. Cogbill and John W. Alderson. It was located in close proximity to the main line iron of the Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railway. It was the most modern hotel in the state of West Virginia on the C [and] O line when it was built, having 26 rooms and two annexes, adding about 15 rooms. It was the first building in Alderson to have running water in every room, it being supplied from a 7,000 gallon tank located just above the third story of the hotel. It recieved much praise from Virginia Newspapers in the '80's who always referred to it as the best and most famous house on the C [and] O in West Virginia except for the White Sulphur Hotel. In addition to the regular guests and boarders, two C [and] O passenger trains each day stopped for meals in the hotel's dinning room. One express passenger train stopped for breakfast and one for supper, there being about 200 people from the steamcars taking meals in the fine dinning room. The Alderson House took over the passenger business which had from 1872 to 1882, been handled by the Monroe House Hotel, which was located across the street on the other side of the rails. The Alderson House continued as a eating stop on the C [and] O until the middle 1890's and after that became principally a summer resort. By 1896 the town of Alderson had huge swarms of people coming in from the Virginia and Ohio cities to spend the summer in the cool, pleasant mountains. This traffic reached a height about 1900. By 1912 there were few summer boarders. During this period the Alderson House got more than its share of the trade. It continued as a popular stop until the 1930's when rail travel slowed down considerably. The hotel operated under many different managers after Mr. J.W. Alderson gave up the management in 1905 and did not close down until 1961.'
Interior of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
'Interior of Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson W. Va. At extreme left, behind counter is the station agent T.L. Dameron and standing on extreme right is freight agent W.A. Hancock (who worked in the Alderson station for fifty years. He was a deaf-mute.)'
Students at Allegheny Collegiate Institute Pose to Demonstrate Variety of Sports, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
Male and female students from Allegheny Collegiate Institute, dressed in a variety of uniforms and outfits, hold equipment for several sports including lacrosse sticks, tennis rackets and fly-fishing poles.
Group in front of Hamlett's Electrical Shop, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1914-1915
Description:
Unidentified men in front of Hamlett's Electrical Shop, at the south end of bridge on Monroe Street. Thought to be Virginia Western Power Co. crew who installed their system in Alderson, West Virginia.
The Corps of Cadets are at rest near the C&O depot on Railroad Avenue during the 4th of July parade, 1919. 'Just before the begining of Alderson, W. Va.'
Group portrait of businessmen. 'Back Row L-R; 1.Unidentified, 2. Geo. W. Miller (Grange Manager), 3. J. W. Johnson, 4. L.E. Johnson (Banker), 5. Dr. W. C. Beard M.D. Front Row L-R; 1. Andrew L. Riffe (Retail Merchant), 2.-5. Unidentified.'
Railroad Avenue and Monroe Street, South Alderson, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
1903
Description:
"This is an excellent view of the principal business district of the Town of Alderson at the turn of this century. Note prominence of two large railroad stations 'passanger and freight' and the long freight yard on down the tracks from the passanger station. On the west side of Monroe Street 'foreground' we see from left to right these stores: #1-J.M. Alderson, Gen Merch. '1888-1930', #2- Shanklin [and] Co., Gen Merch. 1900-1904, #3- E.D. Jeffries 'later W.J. Hancock', #5 Corner- First National Bank '1901--'==turning corner from bank: #2 T. M. Reynolds- Gen Merch. '1890's-1906', #3 'brick bldg'- J. Orr Nickell Drug store, #3b. 'same bldg' Greenbrier Valley Bank '1884-1909', Post Office and 2 small confectionaries. #7 Annex to Monroe Hotel with Hardware of G.W. Graves in bottom floor 'Hotel:1872-1935', Hardware '1879-1925', #8 Monroe Hotel, main bldg.-J.M. Trice barber shop, Lobban Bros.,Furniture '1901-1909,1909--', other small stores, residences; far right: Alderson Hotel."
Huntington to Richmond Express Train at Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.
Date:
1885/04
Description:
'C&O Train, The Huntington to Richmond Express at the breakfast shop by the Alderson House Hotel on the morning of April (?) 1885. The locomotive is No. 32, and the engineer is ? Noel.'
!['The Alderson House Hotel was built at Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County) in 1882 by Messrs. David J. Cogbill and John W. Alderson. It was located in close proximity to the main line iron of the Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railway. It was the most modern hotel in the state of West Virginia on the C [and] O line when it was built, having 26 rooms and two annexes, adding about 15 rooms. It was the first building in Alderson to have running water in every room, it being supplied from a 7,000 gallon tank located just above the third story of the hotel. It recieved much praise from Virginia Newspapers in the '80's who always referred to it as the best and most famous house on the C and O in West Virginia except for the White Sulphur Hotel. In addition to the regular guests and boarders, two C [and] O passenger trains each day stopped for meals in the hotel's dinning room. One express passenger train stopped for breakfast and one for supper, there being about 200 people from the steamcars taking meals in the fine dinning room. The Alderson House took over the passenger business which had from 1872 to 1882, been handled by the Monroe House Hotel, which was located across the street on the other side of the rails. The Alderson House continued as a eating stop on the C [and] O until the middle 1890's and after that became principally a summer resort. By 1896 the town of Alderson had huge swarms of people coming in from the Virginia and Ohio cities to spend the summer in the cool, pleasant mountains. This traffic reached a height about 1900. By 1912 there were few summer boarders. During this period the Alderson House got more than its share of the trade. It continued as a popular stop until the 1930's when rail travel slowed down considerably. The hotel operated under many different managers after Mr. J.W. Alderson gave up the management in 1905 and did not close down until 1961. Compiled by Thomas W. Dixon, Official Historian to the Municipal Government of the Town of Alderson, Inc.'](/thumb/004735.jpg "Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.")
!['The Alderson House Hotel was built at Alderson, West Virginia (Monroe County) in 1882 by Messrs. David J. Cogbill and John W. Alderson. It was located in close proximity to the main line iron of the Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railway. It was the most modern hotel in the state of West Virginia on the C [and] O line when it was built, having 26 rooms and two annexes, adding about 15 rooms. It was the first building in Alderson to have running water in every room, it being supplied from a 7,000 gallon tank located just above the third story of the hotel. It recieved much praise from Virginia Newspapers in the '80's who always referred to it as the best and most famous house on the C [and] O in West Virginia except for the White Sulphur Hotel. In addition to the regular guests and boarders, two C [and] O passenger trains each day stopped for meals in the hotel's dinning room. One express passenger train stopped for breakfast and one for supper, there being about 200 people from the steamcars taking meals in the fine dinning room. The Alderson House took over the passenger business which had from 1872 to 1882, been handled by the Monroe House Hotel, which was located across the street on the other side of the rails. The Alderson House continued as a eating stop on the C [and] O until the middle 1890's and after that became principally a summer resort. By 1896 the town of Alderson had huge swarms of people coming in from the Virginia and Ohio cities to spend the summer in the cool, pleasant mountains. This traffic reached a height about 1900. By 1912 there were few summer boarders. During this period the Alderson House got more than its share of the trade. It continued as a popular stop until the 1930's when rail travel slowed down considerably. The hotel operated under many different managers after Mr. J.W. Alderson gave up the management in 1905 and did not close down until 1961.'](/thumb/004736.jpg "Alderson House Hotel, Alderson, W. Va.")
!['Interior of Chesapeake [and] Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson W. Va. At extreme left, behind counter is the station agent T.L. Dameron and standing on extreme right is freight agent W.A. Hancock (who worked in the Alderson station for fifty years. He was a deaf-mute.)'](/thumb/004737.jpg "Interior of Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Freight Depot at Alderson, W. Va.")
![Group of people sitting on benches on a wagon. Sign on the side says 'All Around Washington Auto Co., Office 14th [and] PA. Ave. Phone 2261.'](/thumb/004887.jpg "Alderson, W. Va. Citizens on a Chesapeake and Ohio Excursion Trip in Washington, D. C.")
!["This is an excellent view of the principal business district of the Town of Alderson at the turn of this century. Note prominence of two large railroad stations 'passanger and freight' and the long freight yard on down the tracks from the passanger station. On the west side of Monroe Street 'foreground' we see from left to right these stores: #1-J.M. Alderson, Gen Merch. '1888-1930', #2- Shanklin [and] Co., Gen Merch. 1900-1904, #3- E.D. Jeffries 'later W.J. Hancock', #5 Corner- First National Bank '1901--'==turning corner from bank: #2 T. M. Reynolds- Gen Merch. '1890's-1906', #3 'brick bldg'- J. Orr Nickell Drug store, #3b. 'same bldg' Greenbrier Valley Bank '1884-1909', Post Office and 2 small confectionaries. #7 Annex to Monroe Hotel with Hardware of G.W. Graves in bottom floor 'Hotel:1872-1935', Hardware '1879-1925', #8 Monroe Hotel, main bldg.-J.M. Trice barber shop, Lobban Bros.,Furniture '1901-1909,1909--', other small stores, residences; far right: Alderson Hotel."](/thumb/004896.jpg "Railroad Avenue and Monroe Street, South Alderson, Monroe County, W. Va.")
