Oil and Gas Pipeline Crew, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1905
Description:
"This pipeline crew was laying the line that started on the Newt Michael Farm (Monongalia County) on Little Indian Creek. This line connected with another at Ball (or Bald) Hill and then went on into Pittsburgh. (This pipeline carried natural gas while others carried crude oil.)"
Harvesting the Hay Crop on the Patent Fox Farm, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1905
Description:
"This farm is located between Laurel Point and Little Indian Creek off the old Morgantown-Fairmont Pike. The farm descended to his son, John Fox, and then to John's son Gilbert Fox. In those times (ca. 1900s) the neighbors helped one another harvest. It took considerable horse power and man power to get all the hay stacked."
Threshing Crew with Horse Drawn Wagons, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca.1900-1910
Description:
"This is a 'Threshing Machine Crew' holding a 'Mons Thresher.' They would move from one farm to the next and thresh the stacked wheat or oats. The grain could not be threshed standing dead ripe in the fields as it is today. It was reaped and shocked in the fields (about 12 bundles to a shock), cured out and then ricked or stacked. Later the Threshing Crew moved in and threshed. The earliest used oxen power and later came steam power. Even later, gasoline powered ones were used. This one was the steam powered. This picture was taken in the Sugar Grove/Little Indian Creek area off the old Morgantown/Fairmont Pike.
George M. Snyder With His Team and Buggy, Grant District, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
"George M Snyder (Snider), his team and buggy. This picture was taken at his fathers farm in Grant District, Monongalia County. This is the area of Laurel Point/Indian Creek off old Morgantown/Fairmont Pike."
