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The town is located eight miles through the gap.

73. Distance View of Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041228
Title:
Distance View of Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Description:
The town is located eight miles through the gap.
Southeast West Virginia.

74. View of Freight Train Three Miles Away, W. Va.

IDNO:
041229
Title:
View of Freight Train Three Miles Away, W. Va.
Description:
Southeast West Virginia.
Unidentified women view fish swimming below.

75. Fish Hatchery at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., W. Va.

IDNO:
041230
Title:
Fish Hatchery at White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier Co., W. Va.
Description:
Unidentified women view fish swimming below.
Originally was opened as a health resort in 1833, its origins date back to 1764 when Sweet Springs was discovered. William Lewis constructed several log cabins to promote the area's healthy attributed east of Peters Mountain. His son, John B. Lewis took ownership in 1805. The elongated 110,000 square foot hotel, reportedly designed by Thomas Jefferson, was not constructed until 1839. In 1852 the resort was sold to the Beirne and Caperton families of Union, West Virginia who managed the resort until 1860.

76. Old Sweet Springs Resort, Sweet Springs, Va.

IDNO:
041231
Title:
Old Sweet Springs Resort, Sweet Springs, Va.
Description:
Originally was opened as a health resort in 1833, its origins date back to 1764 when Sweet Springs was discovered. William Lewis constructed several log cabins to promote the area's healthy attributed east of Peters Mountain. His son, John B. Lewis took ownership in 1805. The elongated 110,000 square foot hotel, reportedly designed by Thomas Jefferson, was not constructed until 1839. In 1852 the resort was sold to the Beirne and Caperton families of Union, West Virginia who managed the resort until 1860.
Shops line the street and a horse and buggy can be seen up the road. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

77. Bridge St.; Belington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041742
Title:
Bridge St.; Belington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Shops line the street and a horse and buggy can be seen up the road. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Hotel burned ca. 1930. See original postcard for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

78. Luzerne Hotel; Belington, W. Va.

IDNO:
041753
Title:
Luzerne Hotel; Belington, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Hotel burned ca. 1930. See original postcard for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Souvenir Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

79. West Burk Street, Looking East; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041785
Title:
West Burk Street, Looking East; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Souvenir Post Card Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

80. Main Street, Looking North; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041786
Title:
Main Street, Looking North; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on postcard reads: "Martinsburg is in the center of the Maryland-West Virginia-Virginia apple belt, and is the northernmost city in the famed Shenandoah Valley. It is the county seat of Berkeley County, which was named for Norbonne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Virginia's most popular colonial governor. In 1801 Berkeley, which extended from the Blue Ridge to the Alleghanies, was divided and the eastern half organized as Jefferson County. In 1863 Berkeley and Jefferson were placed in West Virginia due to the influence of the B. & O. Railroad. The present Court House was built in 1809." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

81. Berkeley Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041798
Title:
Berkeley Court House; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Caption on postcard reads: "Martinsburg is in the center of the Maryland-West Virginia-Virginia apple belt, and is the northernmost city in the famed Shenandoah Valley. It is the county seat of Berkeley County, which was named for Norbonne Berkeley, Baron de Botetourt, Virginia's most popular colonial governor. In 1801 Berkeley, which extended from the Blue Ridge to the Alleghanies, was divided and the eastern half organized as Jefferson County. In 1863 Berkeley and Jefferson were placed in West Virginia due to the influence of the B. & O. Railroad. The present Court House was built in 1809." Published by John Myerly Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

82. Dam Number Four, Power Plant; Martinsburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
041805
Title:
Dam Number Four, Power Plant; Martinsburg, W. Va.
Description:
Published by Louis Kaufmann & Sons. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

83. Johnson's Mill Dam; Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
041806
Title:
Johnson's Mill Dam; Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Bridge washed away in 1936 flood. Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

84. Schoppert Ford Bridge Over Opequon Creek; Martinsburg, W. Va

IDNO:
041807
Title:
Schoppert Ford Bridge Over Opequon Creek; Martinsburg, W. Va
Description:
Bridge washed away in 1936 flood. Published by Fred H. Baker. (From postcard collection legacy system.)