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The Red Sulfur Spring House was part of a popular resort. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

1. Red Sulphur Spring House, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039368
Title:
Red Sulphur Spring House, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
The Red Sulfur Spring House was part of a popular resort. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
Maddy Caves are saltpeter caves in Monroe County. During the Civil War, the caves were mined by the Confederates for nitrate, used to make gun powder. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

2. Maddy Caves in Greenville, West Virginia

IDNO:
039367
Title:
Maddy Caves in Greenville, West Virginia
Description:
Maddy Caves are saltpeter caves in Monroe County. During the Civil War, the caves were mined by the Confederates for nitrate, used to make gun powder. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
A horse-drawn carriage with passengers on Hans Creek Road. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

3. Riding on Hans Creek Road, Monroe County, West Virginia

IDNO:
039366
Title:
Riding on Hans Creek Road, Monroe County, West Virginia
Description:
A horse-drawn carriage with passengers on Hans Creek Road. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.
Information included with the photograph, unidentified workers were "... probably thrashing clover for seed ... Note the wooden wheels on the thrashing machine."

4. Threshing on Ellison Farm, Hans Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
039365
Title:
Threshing on Ellison Farm, Hans Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Information included with the photograph, unidentified workers were "... probably thrashing clover for seed ... Note the wooden wheels on the thrashing machine."
Jean D. Chaison aims a musket. She was "Queen" at the event of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument in Union, West Virginia, 1901.

5. Jean Dunlap Chaison Takes Aim, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039252
Title:
Jean Dunlap Chaison Takes Aim, Monroe County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1902
Description:
Jean D. Chaison aims a musket. She was "Queen" at the event of the unveiling of the Confederate Monument in Union, West Virginia, 1901.
Unidentified man stands on a wooden, plank bridge crossing Hans Creek.

6. Foot Bridge at Hans Creek Mill, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039251
Title:
Foot Bridge at Hans Creek Mill, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
Unidentified man stands on a wooden, plank bridge crossing Hans Creek.
Ned Dunlap stands far left on the float, wearing large brim hat. Others are not identified.

7. Float in Parade for Dedication of Confederate Monument, Union, W. Va.

IDNO:
028196
Title:
Float in Parade for Dedication of Confederate Monument, Union, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
Ned Dunlap stands far left on the float, wearing large brim hat. Others are not identified.
A group of unidentified men and women gathered for dinner on the ground outside a church. One woman seems to be dressed in mourning attire. From the Ellison-Dunlap families collection, Monroe County.

8. Picnic on Lawn of Centerville Presbyterian Church, Greenville, W. Va.

IDNO:
028167
Title:
Picnic on Lawn of Centerville Presbyterian Church, Greenville, W. Va.
Description:
A group of unidentified men and women gathered for dinner on the ground outside a church. One woman seems to be dressed in mourning attire. From the Ellison-Dunlap families collection, Monroe County.
Inscribed on the back; 'Charlie Ellison on top (in uniform), Bert Dunlap, Bill Dunlap, Bob Fleshman, Belle Dunlap, Elsie Dunlap, Clara Ellison, Gracie Pence, Jean Chaison, Fanny Young, Maggie Pence sitting between Ted Dunlap and Edith McNeer.'

9. Horse Drawn Float in Confederate Monument Dedication Parade, Union, W. Va.

IDNO:
028140
Title:
Horse Drawn Float in Confederate Monument Dedication Parade, Union, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1901
Description:
Inscribed on the back; 'Charlie Ellison on top (in uniform), Bert Dunlap, Bill Dunlap, Bob Fleshman, Belle Dunlap, Elsie Dunlap, Clara Ellison, Gracie Pence, Jean Chaison, Fanny Young, Maggie Pence sitting between Ted Dunlap and Edith McNeer.'
Post card photograph of the valley with John Zachariah Ellison's house is seen in the foreground.

10. View of Hans Creek Valley, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014092
Title:
View of Hans Creek Valley, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
Post card photograph of the valley with John Zachariah Ellison's house is seen in the foreground.
View of the early Ellison home, a split-log structure with a large flat rock chimney. John Zachariah Ellison was born there.

11. J. Z. Ellison's Birth Place, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014091
Title:
J. Z. Ellison's Birth Place, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
View of the early Ellison home, a split-log structure with a large flat rock chimney. John Zachariah Ellison was born there.
Winter view of Hans Creek Valley Included in the image are: J.E. Ellison's house before it was remodeled, the Larew barn before the big house was built. The Mill house and the mill.

12. View of Hans Creek Valley, Monroe County, W. Va.

IDNO:
014090
Title:
View of Hans Creek Valley, Monroe County, W. Va.
Description:
Winter view of Hans Creek Valley Included in the image are: J.E. Ellison's house before it was remodeled, the Larew barn before the big house was built. The Mill house and the mill.