Harper's Ferry in By Gone Days, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Small white X in the middle of postcard on building is John Brown's Fort. All three states, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia can be seen as well as the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Published by W.L. Erwin. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Looking at one of the oldest homes in West Virginia from across the road, located near the banks of the Greenbrier River. The home was the sight to a Shawnee Indian attack in 1777.
Steamboat on the Monongahela River, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
The "I. C. Woodward," launched in 1898 for the Pittsburgh, Brownsville, and Geneva Packet Company, and traveled between Pittsburgh and Morgantown. Woodburn Hall and Martin Hall can be seen on the bank in the background.