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Elevated view of the lumber company town of Jenningston.
A store is located on the left at the railroad crossing.
Elevated view small town in Harrison County.
Unidentified teamster works hard at transferring or hauling a load.
Created for West Virginia's Fifty Year Celebration. Also printed on the image, " By Starkey at Rau's No. 25".
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.
Colored postcard of the glass factory.
Located on Route 50.
A Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad train rolls pass the station located near what is now Route 7.
Jackson's Mill is the state's Four-H Camp.
Caption on photo reads: "Miami, Florida, Dec. 20- Notre Dame All Stars- Coach Art Lewis of University of West Virginia, left, talks things over with this trio from Notre Dame who will play North College All Stars in the Orange Bowl Dec. 26. Left to right: Lewis, Pat Bisceglia, G; Gene Kapish, E; Dick Fitzgerald, FB."
Loaded Baltimore & Ohio Rail Cars stand across from the unidentified workers and the ovens operated by Elkins Coal and Coke Company.
Sign on bridge in photograph reads: "Built by Eli and Lem Chenoweth 1852. Repaired by State Road Commission 1934."
Celebration outside of the Blackwater Hotel on the fourth of July in 1910.
Building collapsed after the local power company dug a trench to bury their lines too close to the building.
Rear view.
Just outside of Preston Co., W. Va. on Route 50.
1925-1926 Harrison County Champions.
Union miners, involved in a riot at the Cliftonville Mine against non-union miners, were charged and tried for murder. An estimated nine men were killed including Sheriff Harding Duval during the northern panhandle "mine war".
Truck carrying The Original Cumberland Old German Beer "Made Only By The Queen City Brewing Co., Cumberland, Md.." "Beware of imitations."
Rear view.
Students pose in costume.
The New River flowing pass the Chesapeake and Ohio Depot and the YMCA.
Workers stand outside of D. E. Abbott: "Manufacturer of Picture Frames and Mouldings. Portraits of All Kinds and Sizes."
Clearing trees to build the new town of Davis.
Two Marshall football players, who were injured and didn't fly with the team on a plane which crashed and killed all 75 aboard, visit a symbolic wreath of flowers on Marshall's football field with the father of one of the victims. From left: Felix Jordan, Cincinnati, OH.; Nat Ruffin, Quincy, Fla.; and Lucian Sanders, Tuscaloosa, Ala., father of football player Larry Sanders.
First time in 27 years the West Virginia Mountaineers beat the Penn State Nittany  Lions 17 to 14 at Mountaineer field.
The Monongah Mine disaster occurred on December 6, 1907 and has been described as the worst mining disaster in American history. An explosion thought to have been caused by the ignition of methane ignited the coal dust in mines number 6 and 8, killing hundreds of workers.
House remains today.
The Ohio River can be seen on the far left.
Philippi has a history of suffering from flooding due to its close proximity to the river and relatively low elevation of most of the town. The most damaging occurred in November of 1985.
People identified are: Jack Hodge, Arch Moore, and Cecil Highland (far right).
On December 15, 1967, the Silver Bridge collapsed while it was full rush hour traffic, resulting in the deaths of 46 people. Two of the victims were never found. Investigation of the wreckage pointed to the cause of the collapse being the failure of a single eyebar in a suspension chain, due to a small defect 0.1 inches deep. Analysis showed the bridge was carrying much heavier loads than it had originally been designed for and was also poorly maintained.
High School age boys receive hands on training at the Mercer County Vocational Techinical School.