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A photograph of the National Guard drilling in a field.

30853. West Virginia National Guard

IDNO:
030853
Title:
West Virginia National Guard
Date:
ca. 1903
Description:
A photograph of the National Guard drilling in a field.

30854. Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent

IDNO:
030854
Title:
Members of the Fifth Regiment, U.S. Engineers, West Virginia University Contingent
Date:
1917
A photograph of a crowd gathered in a field to watch a demonstration by troops.

30855. Crowd Watching Demonstration by Troops

IDNO:
030855
Title:
Crowd Watching Demonstration by Troops
Date:
1917
Description:
A photograph of a crowd gathered in a field to watch a demonstration by troops.
A large collection of bomb shells in a field.

30856. Cannon Shells at Penniman, Virginia

IDNO:
030856
Title:
Cannon Shells at Penniman, Virginia
Date:
1918
Description:
A large collection of bomb shells in a field.
Likely the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry

30857. Military Group

IDNO:
030857
Title:
Military Group
Date:
ca. 1898
Description:
Likely the First West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
This picture was found in Jays Mills Chickamauga Park 1898.

30858. General Grant and Staff on Point Lookout

IDNO:
030858
Title:
General Grant and Staff on Point Lookout
Date:
1863
Description:
This picture was found in Jays Mills Chickamauga Park 1898.
A photograph of a military unit engaged in training exercises with onlookers along the perimeter.

30859. Cadets Undergo Weapons Training, West Virginia University

IDNO:
030859
Title:
Cadets Undergo Weapons Training, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
A photograph of a military unit engaged in training exercises with onlookers along the perimeter.
"Kanawha County--Authorized, 1788 and organized, 1789, from Montgomery and Greenbrier. Named for Kanawha River bearing name of Indian tribe. Salt making brought early settlers into this valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants."

30860. Kanawha County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

IDNO:
030860
Title:
Kanawha County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia
Date:
1951
Description:
"Kanawha County--Authorized, 1788 and organized, 1789, from Montgomery and Greenbrier. Named for Kanawha River bearing name of Indian tribe. Salt making brought early settlers into this valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants."
"Clay County--formed in 1858 from Braxton and Nicholas. Named for the great Kentuckian, Henry Clay, who was so popular in western Virginia that in 1820 a monument was erected to him for his part in bringing the National Road to Wheeling. A man on left is George Eddy."

30861. Clay County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

IDNO:
030861
Title:
Clay County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia
Date:
1951
Description:
"Clay County--formed in 1858 from Braxton and Nicholas. Named for the great Kentuckian, Henry Clay, who was so popular in western Virginia that in 1820 a monument was erected to him for his part in bringing the National Road to Wheeling. A man on left is George Eddy."
"Formed in 1824 from Cabell, Kanawha, Giles and Tazewell. Named for Logan, the famous chief of the Mingo Indians, whose "Lament" is most noted example of Indian eloquence. Logan County ranks second in State coal production."

30862. Logan County Historic Marker On U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

IDNO:
030862
Title:
Logan County Historic Marker On U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia
Date:
1951
Description:
"Formed in 1824 from Cabell, Kanawha, Giles and Tazewell. Named for Logan, the famous chief of the Mingo Indians, whose "Lament" is most noted example of Indian eloquence. Logan County ranks second in State coal production."
"During the Indian raids in 1779 upon the settlements on Dunkard Creek, savages attacked the cabin of John Bozarth. Armed only with an axe, in a brief hand-to-hand flight, Mrs. Bozarth killed three of the red men."

30863. Border Heroine Historic Marker on State Route 7 near Blacksville, W. Va.

IDNO:
030863
Title:
Border Heroine Historic Marker on State Route 7 near Blacksville, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
"During the Indian raids in 1779 upon the settlements on Dunkard Creek, savages attacked the cabin of John Bozarth. Armed only with an axe, in a brief hand-to-hand flight, Mrs. Bozarth killed three of the red men."
"Beauty spot six miles north on the boundary of Taylor and Marion counties where Tygarts Valley River dashes through a mile-long gorge in series of lovely falls and rapids. Included in 1000-acre grant to Thomas Parkeson in 1773."

30864. Valley Falls Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 near Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
030864
Title:
Valley Falls Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 near Grafton, W. Va.
Date:
1951
Description:
"Beauty spot six miles north on the boundary of Taylor and Marion counties where Tygarts Valley River dashes through a mile-long gorge in series of lovely falls and rapids. Included in 1000-acre grant to Thomas Parkeson in 1773."