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In Monongah, West Virginia, December 6, 1907, an explosion destroyed Mines #6 and #8, killing most of the miners inside. The women in the foreground of the photograph, along with other families walked back and forth on the railroad tracks from one mine entrance to the other searching for news of loved ones. An eyewitness reports many women walked for more than 20 hours without food or sleep and some "were about to become mothers". The official death toll was 361 mine workers killed.

38497. Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
038501
Title:
Women Searching For News, Walking Railroad Tracks Between Mines 6 and 8 After Explosion, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
1907/12/06
Description:
In Monongah, West Virginia, December 6, 1907, an explosion destroyed Mines #6 and #8, killing most of the miners inside. The women in the foreground of the photograph, along with other families walked back and forth on the railroad tracks from one mine entrance to the other searching for news of loved ones. An eyewitness reports many women walked for more than 20 hours without food or sleep and some "were about to become mothers". The official death toll was 361 mine workers killed.
Information inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Caused by 13 loaded cars breaking loose and jumping over the side of the steel span causing it to "upset"and igniting the coal dust and gas. The photograph was taken after the clean up had begun. The building to the right is the new power house and boiler room, only a small portion of the power house is visible".

38498. Wreck of Bridge at Monongah Mine # 6, Monongah, W. Va.

IDNO:
038502
Title:
Wreck of Bridge at Monongah Mine # 6, Monongah, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
Information inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Caused by 13 loaded cars breaking loose and jumping over the side of the steel span causing it to "upset"and igniting the coal dust and gas. The photograph was taken after the clean up had begun. The building to the right is the new power house and boiler room, only a small portion of the power house is visible".
James F. Ellis enlisted in the army in August, 1862. He fought in several Civil War battles including Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign and was wounded three times during his service. Ellis was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 and imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina. Ellis died in Salisbury Prison, February 13, 1865.

38499. Union Army Corporal James F. Ellis of Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., Company B, 15th West Virginia Infantry

IDNO:
038503
Title:
Union Army Corporal James F. Ellis of Weston, Lewis County, W. Va., Company B, 15th West Virginia Infantry
Date:
ca.1864
Description:
James F. Ellis enlisted in the army in August, 1862. He fought in several Civil War battles including Union General Phil Sheridan's 1864 Valley Campaign and was wounded three times during his service. Ellis was captured by Confederate forces during the Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864 and imprisoned at Salisbury, North Carolina. Ellis died in Salisbury Prison, February 13, 1865.
The young woman is wearing a dress with garibaldi sleeves, a popular fashion in the mid 1860s. Her a hair is also styled in the fashion of that period.

38500. Portrait of Unidentified Woman Taken During Civil War Era

IDNO:
038504
Title:
Portrait of Unidentified Woman Taken During Civil War Era
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
The young woman is wearing a dress with garibaldi sleeves, a popular fashion in the mid 1860s. Her a hair is also styled in the fashion of that period.
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."

38501. Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038505
Title:
Uffington Hermit and His Home, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1885
Description:
Caption with photograph: "No one knows Of Bounaparte Allsupe. He appeared at Uffington near Morgantown, W. Va. years ago and got possession of the island just above Uffington which is still locally known as "Allsupe Island" . . . He got into a quarrel with a neighbor and shot him. He served a only few years of a 12 year sentence. He gave his lawyer the island and when he was released he was a mental wreck. He built a "lean to" against a rock and has since lived there."
According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.

38502. Jim McCoy of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038506
Title:
Jim McCoy of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
According to an 1897 obituary, Jim McCoy was a dentist. He died while in Alliance, Ohio. The cause of death was alcohol poisoning after he drank a "quantity of wood alcohol as a substitute for whiskey". He was 50 years old and left a wife and four children.
Adam Staggers was an educator in Monongalia County. He taught at the Monongalia Academy and was principal of the first Morgantown Graded School.

38503. Adam Staggers of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038507
Title:
Adam Staggers of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1875
Description:
Adam Staggers was an educator in Monongalia County. He taught at the Monongalia Academy and was principal of the first Morgantown Graded School.
Elevated view of the campus including a cemetery (on the left) next to Reynolds Hall (Commencement Hall) where Stewart Hall now stands.

38504. West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va,

IDNO:
038508
Title:
West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va,
Date:
1893
Description:
Elevated view of the campus including a cemetery (on the left) next to Reynolds Hall (Commencement Hall) where Stewart Hall now stands.
Crowd gathers for the ceremony inaugurating Thomas Hodges as President of West Virginia University. Among the distinguished guests was United States President William H. Taft.

38505. Inauguration of West Virginia University President Hodges, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038509
Title:
Inauguration of West Virginia University President Hodges, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1911
Description:
Crowd gathers for the ceremony inaugurating Thomas Hodges as President of West Virginia University. Among the distinguished guests was United States President William H. Taft.
The photograph was taken from the Morgantown riverbank. Note the steam powered riverboat, "Iron Cliff" docked on the Westover side.

38506. Morgantown-Westover Bridge, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
038510
Title:
Morgantown-Westover Bridge, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
The photograph was taken from the Morgantown riverbank. Note the steam powered riverboat, "Iron Cliff" docked on the Westover side.
Nimrod Protzman was also an officer and musician during the Civil War, in Company E, 17th West Virginia Infantry.

38507. Nimrod Protzman, Morgantown Musican

IDNO:
038511
Title:
Nimrod Protzman, Morgantown Musican
Date:
1870
Description:
Nimrod Protzman was also an officer and musician during the Civil War, in Company E, 17th West Virginia Infantry.
Hagans served in many state and local government positions including Mayor of Morgantown, Judge in Second Judicial Circuit Court, United States Congressman for West Virginia, West Virginia State House of Delegates and Delegate to the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention. He was the son of Harrison Hagans, a Preston County delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention and he was also Waitman Willey's son-in-law.

38508. John Marshall Hagans of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
038512
Title:
John Marshall Hagans of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1885
Description:
Hagans served in many state and local government positions including Mayor of Morgantown, Judge in Second Judicial Circuit Court, United States Congressman for West Virginia, West Virginia State House of Delegates and Delegate to the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention. He was the son of Harrison Hagans, a Preston County delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention and he was also Waitman Willey's son-in-law.