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"Looks as if we would have nice weather this afternoon. Not feeling so well today."

1. View of White Rocks, Near Uniontown, Pa.

IDNO:
053196
Title:
View of White Rocks, Near Uniontown, Pa.
Date:
1910/12/02
Description:
"Looks as if we would have nice weather this afternoon. Not feeling so well today."
Pictured are Prince and Gypsy, the team of Professor N. N. McGrew, a bookseller who travelled the Appalachian region selling copies of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

2. Professor N. N. McGrew's Pilgrim Team

IDNO:
053291
Title:
Professor N. N. McGrew's Pilgrim Team
Date:
undated
Description:
Pictured are Prince and Gypsy, the team of Professor N. N. McGrew, a bookseller who travelled the Appalachian region selling copies of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, who settled in Wheeling, W. Va. and was a Union general during the Civil War, is shown mounted on his horse Philippi.

3. General Benjamin Franklin Kelley

IDNO:
053293
Title:
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Date:
undated
Description:
General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, who settled in Wheeling, W. Va. and was a Union general during the Civil War, is shown mounted on his horse Philippi.
Five people pose in front of a large barn-like structure in rural Preston County, W. Va.

4. Painters' Mill, near Amboy, W. Va.

IDNO:
053294
Title:
Painters' Mill, near Amboy, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Five people pose in front of a large barn-like structure in rural Preston County, W. Va.
Text on the front and back reads, "This was an undershot water powered mill. The dam was located near the E. H. Simpson property. The mill was owned by William Matlick at the time it burned. The mill was located at Marquess, W. Va. The small part on the right built between 1825-1830."

5. The William Marquess Mill, Marquess, W. Va.

IDNO:
053297
Title:
The William Marquess Mill, Marquess, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Text on the front and back reads, "This was an undershot water powered mill. The dam was located near the E. H. Simpson property. The mill was owned by William Matlick at the time it burned. The mill was located at Marquess, W. Va. The small part on the right built between 1825-1830."
A view of Bruceton Mills, showing the town's schoolhouse and churches in the foreground.

6. Bruceton Mills, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053306
Title:
Bruceton Mills, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A view of Bruceton Mills, showing the town's schoolhouse and churches in the foreground.
The students of the Bruceton Mills School pose for a group photograph. The tallest young man is thought to be C. T. Kelly, and the girl on his right is thought to be Dessie Feather.

7. Bruceton Mills School, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053307
Title:
Bruceton Mills School, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1889
Description:
The students of the Bruceton Mills School pose for a group photograph. The tallest young man is thought to be C. T. Kelly, and the girl on his right is thought to be Dessie Feather.
Two men pose in a boat in front of a covered bridge on the Cheat River.

8. Cheat River Covered Bridge, Camp Dawson, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053308
Title:
Cheat River Covered Bridge, Camp Dawson, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Two men pose in a boat in front of a covered bridge on the Cheat River.
Dr. Jesse Beerbower, who practiced in Bruceton Mills, W. Va., was a surgeon with the Third Maryland Infantry during the American Civil War.

9. Dr. Jesse Beerbower

IDNO:
053309
Title:
Dr. Jesse Beerbower
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Dr. Jesse Beerbower, who practiced in Bruceton Mills, W. Va., was a surgeon with the Third Maryland Infantry during the American Civil War.
Text on the back reads, "Thornsbury Bailey Brown, 5/13/1829 - 5/22/1861. First Union soldier killed in Civil War - buried National Cemetery - Grafton, W. Va. Photo supplied by great-great granddaughter Melba Pender Zinn."

10. Thornsbury Bailey Brown

IDNO:
053310
Title:
Thornsbury Bailey Brown
Date:
undated
Description:
Text on the back reads, "Thornsbury Bailey Brown, 5/13/1829 - 5/22/1861. First Union soldier killed in Civil War - buried National Cemetery - Grafton, W. Va. Photo supplied by great-great granddaughter Melba Pender Zinn."

11. Colonel Henry Cale

IDNO:
053311
Title:
Colonel Henry Cale
Date:
undated
Text on the back reads, "General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, here with 1st West Virginia hat. Captured by Confederate raiders on Feb. 21, 1865." Kelley served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

12. General Benjamin Franklin Kelly

IDNO:
053312
Title:
General Benjamin Franklin Kelly
Date:
ca. 1860
Description:
Text on the back reads, "General Benjamin Franklin Kelley, here with 1st West Virginia hat. Captured by Confederate raiders on Feb. 21, 1865." Kelley served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.