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Floating cut timber on the Guyandotte.

61. Guyandotte River View From Bridge South, Huntington, W. Va.

Postcard photograph.

62. Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Station; Charleston, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of an elevated view of Marlinton.

63. Court House and Residence Section, Marlinton, W. Va.

64. City Bank of Wheeling, Wheeling, W. Va.

65. Scottish Rite Cathedral, Wheeling, W. Va.

66. Flood of 1907, Wheeling, W. Va.

The fort was subject to two major sieges, two notable feats (McColloch's Leap and Betty Zane's trek through the battle), and other skirmishes.

67. Fort Henry, Wheeling, W. Va.

68. City Water Works, Wheeling, W. Va.

Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."

69. Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin, Wheeling, W. Va.

70. Mill In Action During the Night, Wheeling, W. Va.

71. Entrance to Wheeling Park, Wheeling, W. Va.

The Black Hand was an underworld society of Italians that thrived in Sicily in the late 19th century. After the great migration, immigrants of the group settled in West Virginia and sought to extort money from other Italian immigrants to the area. Several members of the Black Hand were successfully prosecuted for murder and extortion in the early 20th century.

72. Members of Black Hand Arrested, Fairmont, W. Va.