Jim Mounce & Family, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1892
Description:
Photograph taken during the construction on the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers. None of the family members are identified.
Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Unidentified man sitting on top of a culvert. Several supports use to shape the culvert are lying in the foreground. This image is probably a pinpoint photograph.
The subject's full name is most likely Selkirk McCoy, the son of Asa McCoy and a member of the West Virginia branch of the McCoy family in Logan County. This photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Looking Down River From Camp 6, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
View of the Tug Fork River, looking from the Civil Engineers' Camp 6. The photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.