Visitors at Webster Springs, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
"Picture copied from tintype. This picture was taken at Webster Springs during the summer of 1883. The three in the front row are Davy Byers and wife and Frank L. Johnson. Isaac V. Johnson and wife and J.M. Woodford are in second row. I do not know the lady on father's right and in rear of mother. I do not know the two ladies and gentleman in rear. Who knows the ones not known to me?" L. Johnson "The lady on father's right is Miss Albina Morrall, daughter of L.D. Morrall, of this place. The lady in the rear of mother is Miss Anna Manley, probably from Marion County. The one to the left of J.M. Woodford is his wife, and the two back of Mrs. Woodford are William Robinson and his daughter, Miss Mollie. William or "Uncle Billy" as we all knew him, was the father of Judge Ira E. Robinson, now on the radio board of the nation." A.S. Poling
Clement's Fountain and Buckhorn Wall along Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a scenery around the Clement's fountain in Buckhorn wall area; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B. & O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 275.
Train in the Heart of the Alleghenies on the Cheat River
Date:
1883
Description:
An illustration depicting a locomotive engine running along the Cheat River; it is copied from J.G. Pangborn's Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), p. 277.
'Ben or B. Franklin, a character on a train ride which is narrated. Copied from "Picturesque B.& O., Historical and Descriptive (Chicago, 1883), by J. G. Pangborn, p. 23.'
In the foreground of the photo is the Harmer Lock (Lock #1, Muskingum River), built around 1837, and across the river is its replacement, under construction.
