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Taken during the construction of the Ohio extension.

13. Looking East Toward Camp Six for Norfolk & Western Railroad Workers, Tug Fork River Valley, W. Va.

IDNO:
039171
Title:
Looking East Toward Camp Six for Norfolk & Western Railroad Workers, Tug Fork River Valley, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1892
Description:
Taken during the construction of the Ohio extension.
Photograph taken during the construction of the Ohio extension, part of Norfolk & Western Railroad. None of the individuals are identified.

14. Painter Creek Camp Meeting

IDNO:
039172
Title:
Painter Creek Camp Meeting
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph taken during the construction of the Ohio extension, part of Norfolk & Western Railroad. None of the individuals are identified.
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.

15. Jim Mounce & Family, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.

IDNO:
039173
Title:
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.
An unidentified woman, wearing a matching sun-bonnet and dress, holding a little girl on her lap.

16. 'Rene', Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.

IDNO:
039174
Title:
'Rene', Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
An unidentified woman, wearing a matching sun-bonnet and dress, holding a little girl on her lap.
A small split-logged cabin with a stone chimney, surrounded by a vegetable garden.

17. Home of Rene Bailey, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.

IDNO:
039175
Title:
Home of Rene Bailey, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
A small split-logged cabin with a stone chimney, surrounded by a vegetable garden.
Elevated view of the Short Pole Creek, a tributary of the Tug Fork River.

18. Short Pole Creek, McDowell County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039176
Title:
Short Pole Creek, McDowell County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Elevated view of the Short Pole Creek, a tributary of the Tug Fork River.
Squire Murphy, 2nd from the left and four unidentified children.

19. Squire Murphy and Company, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.

IDNO:
039181
Title:
Squire Murphy and Company, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Squire Murphy, 2nd from the left and four unidentified children.
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.

20. Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039182
Title:
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.
Unidentified engineers stand outside their icicle covered cabins with a team of oxen.

21. Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039183
Title:
Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Unidentified engineers stand outside their icicle covered cabins with a team of oxen.
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.

22. Kirk McCoy, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039184
Title:
Kirk McCoy, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
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.
Photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

23. Ham Williamson Dwelling, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039185
Title:
Ham Williamson Dwelling, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Photograph taken of several unidentified civil engineers during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

24. Engineers Hunting Trouble, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039187
Title:
Engineers Hunting Trouble, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph taken of several unidentified civil engineers during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.