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The second Raleigh House Hotel in Beckley, W.Va., at Main and North Kanawha Streets.  Operated by John S. Hull.

1. Raleigh House Hotel, Beckley, W. Va.

Maria Prince Beckley of Philadelphia, wife of James John Beckley, first clerk of the United States House of Representatives and first Librarian of Congress.  Maria Prince Beckley was also the mother of Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley and Raleigh County.  She died in 1833 in Lexington, Kentucky.

2. Maria Prince Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

Alfred Beckley (1802-1888), the founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va.

3. Alfred Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

Home of Alfred Beckley Sr., founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va.  Built in the 1830s.

4. Wildwood, Home of Alfred Beckley Senior, Raleigh County, W.Va.

Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, the first United States soldier killed in the Korean Conflict.

5. Headstone of Kenneth Shadrick, American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

View of headstones at the American Legion Cemetery in Beckley, W.Va.

6. American Legion Cemetery, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Still raid exhibited on the courthouse lawn in Beckley, W.Va.

7. Still Raid in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

8. Parade, Main Street, Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Political rally on Main Street in Beckley.  Regards the 1920 presidential race of Governor J. M. Cox of Ohio against Warren G. Harding.

9. Political Rally during 1920 Presidential Campaign, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

10. Flying Eagles Band, Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

Raleigh General Hospital is in the center of the picture and the Raleigh County Armory is featured on the top right.  Both were built in the 1920s and demolished in the 1960s.

11. Aerial View of Raleigh General Hospital and County Armory, Raleigh County, W.Va.

12. Hearses Await the Dead after the Eccles Mine Explosion on April 8, 1926