Building was originally established as a second prison in 1797 for the Martinsburg area. In 1890 a group of women from Sisters of the Holy Spirit came to the area to bring nursing care to the inmates of the prison. In 1893 the group, known as the King's Daughter's, bought the building and after remodeling, a new hospital was opened on May 15, 1896. In 1914 a training school for nurses was opened in the same building, graduating 44 nurses before closing in 1973. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Petroleum General Store built in 1886. Building destroyed by train wreck on November 20, 1981. Published by Jon Summers and Dean Six. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
K.C. Berdine and Two Children at Berdines Variety Store, Harrisville, W. Va.
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Caption on back of postcard reads: "In 1908 our founder, K.C. Berdine, posed in front of the "new" Berdines Variety Store. The ladies dress hats in the window were 10 cents, but nothing in the store cost more!" (From postcard collection legacy system.)
