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In the front row, from left to right, is Terrence Moorefield, Fred Brown, and Boyd Brown.In the second row, from left to right, is Christian Hetzel, George Griffith, Clemmer Peck, Mrs. Carrie B. Mahon (teacher), Reese Capeller, and Stanely Butler.In the back row, from left to right, is William Moorefield, Cecil Hinton, Julian Fredeking, Roy Mann, Oswald Blackwilder, Leo Ross, and Fred Flanagan.

1. First Presbyterian Church Sunday School Class in Hinton, Summers County, W. Va.

The jail served as the "lockup" for unruly citizens for many years after its construction in 1868. The old jail was located at the Avis Crossing on the location where the Richmond building now stands. The building was later converted into a store.

2. First Jail in Avis Crossing, W. Va.

Hinton's first brick school.

3. Class Photo Hinton Elementary and Junior High School, Hinton, W. Va.

Pictured is Earl Meador, Ray Meador, Clarence Knight, U. G. Ryall, O. J. Bowlry, Ollie Hoover, Mann, Ray, Henry Ryalls, Emmett Pack, and Charlie Bishop.

4. Hinton Community Band Across from the Post Office on 2nd Avenue, Hinton, W. Va.

Railroad employees inspect the damage.

5. Train Wreck of the 'Fast Flying Virginian' at Wiggins, Summers County, W. Va.

From left to right: Harrison Gwinn (President), J. H. Jordan (Cashier), C. B. Mahon (Vice President), N. Read, Harvey Ewart, Judge Miller, Mr. Drumheller, and Mr. Brightwell.

6. National Bank of Summers Board of Directors, Hinton, W. Va.

Four unidentified men pose by the building's entrance. The store windows advertise "American Field and Hog Fencing: For Sale Here" and "The Two Johns". This is became the location of Danny Foster's in 1986.

7. 3rd Avenue Store, Hinton, W. Va.

Family pictured in front of the house. Subjects unidentified.

8. Miller Home, Hinton, W. Va.

House located on Ballengee Street in the Hinton Historical District.

9. Miller Home, Hinton, W. Va.

Located on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Ballengee Street, a group of church members pose in front of the building and on the steps. The reverend at the time the picture was taken was Rev. Gates. Subjects unidentified.

10. First Methodist Episcopal Church, Hinton, W. Va.

The boat traveled on New River from Hinton to Bull Falls.Pictured from left to right, an unidentified boy, , Ernest Bond, Harriett Campbell Hall, Mrs. W. H. Gwinn, W. H. Gwinn, Mrs. S. W. Poore, S. W. Poore, Oliver Graham, Mattie Graham Humphrey, Charlie Poore, Jim Gwinn, and F. H. Jennings.

11. Group on Steamboat Cecilia, Green Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

Football players sit along the bleachers for their team portrait. Subjects unidentified.

12. Hinton High School Football Team, Hinton, W. Va.

Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Gwinn sit in front of their standing sons and daughters.Mr. Gwinn was a native of Summers county who died suddenly at his home on August 17, 1934. Mrs. Gwinn died after long complications and ailments on June 30, 1937. The Gwinns were devout Catholics and survived by their children: Mrs. Frances Kincaid, of Hinton; Mrs. A. F. Campbell, of Raleigh; Mrs. J. L. Hurley, of Sandstone; J. A. Gwinn, of Sandstone; H. S. Gwinn, of Thurmond; E. W. Gwinn and George Gwinn.

13. Gwinn Family Portrait, Sandstone, W. Va.

The hog pictured weight 550 lbs. The butchers were L. A. Meadows, John Shumate, Henry Miller, and Alfred Ballard. The young boy is Hobart Shumate.

14. Annual Hog Butchering in Summers County, W. Va.

Rose with the advertisement on the south-side of Hinton near mouth of Madam's Creek.

15. "Shannon" Rose with Rose's Drug Store Advertisement, Hinton, W. Va.

Herbert Swats pictured holding a baseball bat ready to swing while two unidentified men observe on the right. Swats is grandfather to David Ballard.

16. Batting Practice on Avis Field, Hinton, W. Va.

Three unidentified women, accompanied by two unidentified men, are pictured sitting on the railing of the wooden bridge.

17. Group Pictured on Footbridge in Forest near Hinton, W. Va.

"Daisy" Miller Gooch pictured in the fore ground splashing. The girls are relatives of James H. Miller.

18. Miller Girls Swimming in Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

Dennis, standing, and Frances, sitting, are pictured outside on a lawn in front of a white picket fence.

19. Dennis & Frances Lahey, Pence Springs, W. Va.

A group of unidentified persons pose in front of the awning that hovers over the running spring.

20. Group at Pence Spring, Summers County, W. Va.