View of Main Street looking south. Store building at left now the Firestone Store 1953) has been in past years owned by various people, originally built.
Main Street, Hardy County, W. Va. Looking South From Beans Garage
Date:
1924
Description:
View of Main Street Looking South From Beans Garage in Hardy County. Heltzel Hotel - Old South Branch Hotel. This old building was erected in 1847 according to the information gathered.
Celebrating Prohibition Days at the Old Jail Building, Hardy County, W. Va.
Description:
Group portrait celebrating Prohibition Days at the Old Jail Building in Hardy County, West Virginia. Back row: left to right: Joe Chipley, M. Samuels, M. Cain, Lew Coucbs, M. Dasher, George Paskel, Jailer Tom Lakin, and Raw Sager. Kids: Lantz Paskel, Chas Paskel, Marion Paskel, and Dasher girls.
Confederate Decoration Day, Moorefield, Hardy County, W. Va.
Date:
1908/06/10
Description:
'A Confederate Decoration Day procession in 1908. Picture from the original glass plate negative by M. Alexander. Until after World War I Decoration Day in Moorefield was always held on June 6th every year. Flowers and wreaths were always prepared by Daughters of the Confederacy. Appropriate services were held at Inskeep Hall with addresses by invited speakers and a procession then proceeded to the cemetery where further services were held and graves decorated, children carrying the wreaths and flowers. When the custom was discontinued most of the ceremony was also discontinued.'
