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People standing by the remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co.

1. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

Remains of the Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company.

2. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company Mill

Remains of the Cherry & Lumber Company.

3. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company Mill

Group portrait of men sitting on a wooden bench.<br />

4. Logging Camp Crew of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Bergoo, West Virginia; Lumber company building beside train tracks.<br /><br />

5. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Prior to Conversion to Electricity

Logs and lumber piles seen from a distance.

6. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Mill Yard, Bergoo, W. Va.

Portrait of crew with surveying equipment.

7. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

A Pardee and Curtin Company operation.

8. Cutting Bridge Stringers for a Logging Railroad

Smoke emanating from burning mill at night.

9. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

Log Train passing along hillside.

10. Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Log Train

Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949.  Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.

11. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.

12. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

13. Team of William 'Bill' McCourt on Logging Road

Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.

14. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

Miners on cars in front of the entrance to the Bergoo No. 3 Mine. Rear Left to Right:  Ernest 'Windy' Rose, Argil Rose (on car), Oliver Williams, French Dunlop, Ernie Riffle (later killed in a mine accident at the same mines), Mike Hamilton, Hartsel Friend, Lloyd Crites, Fred Bennett?, Russell Heaveners; Motor Men: Bucky Rexroad (left) and Okey Grien (right), Gordon Ward (2nd motor left) and Gillepsie (2nd motor right), Hick Hardway (standing on car), Ray Riffle (leaning on car).

15. Main Portal of Pardee and Curtin No. 3 Mine, Bergoo, W. Va.

A portrait of W.C. Cooper, possibly the President of Board of Education Fork Lick District, Webster County, West Virginia.

16. Cooper, W. C. of Webster County, W. Va.

Men cutting logs for a contest in Webster County.

17. Chopping and Sawing Contest, Webster County, W. Va.

18. Wood Sawing Contestants in Webster County, W. Va.

19. Log Sawing Competition, Webster County, W. Va.

20. Chopping and Sawing Team at the Rhododendron Festival in Webster County, W. Va.

21. Winning Team in the Chopping-Sawing Contest held in Webster County, W. Va.

22. Competitors in the Chopping-Sawing Contest in Webster County, W. Va.

23. Competitors in the Chopping-Sawing Contest in Webster County, W. Va.

Aerial view of Webster Springs in Webster County.

24. Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.