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'Operated by the White Oak Fuel Co. of Fayette County.'

1. Tipple and Power House at Early Whipple Mine, White Oak Fuel Company, Fayette County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004393
Title:
Tipple and Power House at Early Whipple Mine, White Oak Fuel Company, Fayette County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
'Operated by the White Oak Fuel Co. of Fayette County.'
White Oak Railway Co. built this Oak Hill Station to serve the area.

2. Oak Hill Station, White Oak Railway Company

IDNO:
001958
Title:
Oak Hill Station, White Oak Railway Company
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
White Oak Railway Co. built this Oak Hill Station to serve the area.
Caption reads, 'There are over 500 schools of this size and smaller in West Virginia. Consolidation would make better schools and save money.'

3. Class Photo Unidentified School

IDNO:
001709
Title:
Class Photo Unidentified School
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Caption reads, 'There are over 500 schools of this size and smaller in West Virginia. Consolidation would make better schools and save money.'
Picture of a stone crusher and storage bins in the city of Charleston, W. Va. The crusher is back in the shadow to the right. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.

4. Stone Crusher and Storage Bins in Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
001706
Title:
Stone Crusher and Storage Bins in Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Picture of a stone crusher and storage bins in the city of Charleston, W. Va. The crusher is back in the shadow to the right. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.

5. Steel and Suspension Bridge at Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
008741
Title:
Steel and Suspension Bridge at Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Station of the Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Co. at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

6. Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Station at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002048
Title:
Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Station at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Station of the Piney River and Paint Creek Railroad Co. at Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.
View of Westover Bridge from Westover bank of the Monongahela River. The Bridge is decorated with flags and banners.

7. River Bridge during Dedication, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011178
Title:
River Bridge during Dedication, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
View of Westover Bridge from Westover bank of the Monongahela River. The Bridge is decorated with flags and banners.
Postcard of High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. People are walking on the sidewalks of High Street while a trolley is heading toward South High Street and a horse-drane carriage is parked near an unidentified store.

8. High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
009164
Title:
High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Postcard of High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. People are walking on the sidewalks of High Street while a trolley is heading toward South High Street and a horse-drane carriage is parked near an unidentified store.
Picture of a boy standing next to the Cut No. 16 Road in Monongalia County, W. Va. before the organization of the W. Va. Good Roads Association. See photograph number 001695 for a view after improvement. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.

9. Cut No. 16 in Monongalia County Before the Organization of the W. Va. Good Roads Association

IDNO:
001699
Title:
Cut No. 16 in Monongalia County Before the Organization of the W. Va. Good Roads Association
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Picture of a boy standing next to the Cut No. 16 Road in Monongalia County, W. Va. before the organization of the W. Va. Good Roads Association. See photograph number 001695 for a view after improvement. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.
Picture of a road intersection. Cut No. 19 was the same as No. 18 after improvement. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.<br />

10. Cut No. 19

IDNO:
001691
Title:
Cut No. 19
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Picture of a road intersection. Cut No. 19 was the same as No. 18 after improvement. From the Report of the W. Va. State Board of Agriculture for the Quarter Ending Sept. 30, 1908.
Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop was the largest producer in the field. 'Dunn Loop Coal and Const. Chartered in W. Va. on Feb. 16, 1893.'

11. Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop, 'Largest Producer in the Field'

IDNO:
002874
Title:
Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop, 'Largest Producer in the Field'
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Klondyke Mine, Dunn Loop was the largest producer in the field. 'Dunn Loop Coal and Const. Chartered in W. Va. on Feb. 16, 1893.'

12. Eureka Mine Tipple and Power House, Eureka Colliery Company, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
004390
Title:
Eureka Mine Tipple and Power House, Eureka Colliery Company, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908

13. WVU Track Team Manager Sheppard

IDNO:
018208
Title:
WVU Track Team Manager Sheppard
Date:
ca. 1908
Cut No. 5. National road Ohio Co., where macadam has been replaced with brick paving.

14. National Road in Ohio County

IDNO:
001715
Title:
National Road in Ohio County
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Cut No. 5. National road Ohio Co., where macadam has been replaced with brick paving.
View of houses and fence at Bruceton Mills.

15. Bruceton Mills, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015556
Title:
Bruceton Mills, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
View of houses and fence at Bruceton Mills.
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.

16. Loggers Operating a Log Crane

IDNO:
000495
Title:
Loggers Operating a Log Crane
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, Nicholas County.

17. Scarbro Coal Tipple

IDNO:
004385
Title:
Scarbro Coal Tipple
Date:
ca. 1908
The logger identified in this image, John Hinkle was born August 23, 1856 in Braxton County, W. Va. and later moved to Webster County where he married his wife Eliza Ann Anderson on August 19,1876. They established their home on Holly River, which would later be known as Wheeler. John Hinkle was reported to have been a businessman, farmer, jeweler, and photographer. He also started a general store, A.J. Hinkle and Son, in Wheeler, and was Postmaster at Wheeler Post Office from 1905 until 1913 when his son, Perry, succeeded him. John Hinkle died October 8, 1930 in Webster County, W. Va. and is buried at the Alexander Anderson Cemetery.(source: genealogy research of Sherry P. Gallagher-Jaffre)

18. Logger, John Hinkle, Posing with a Large Poplar Log Near the Holly River, Webster County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000494
Title:
Logger, John Hinkle, Posing with a Large Poplar Log Near the Holly River, Webster County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
The logger identified in this image, John Hinkle was born August 23, 1856 in Braxton County, W. Va. and later moved to Webster County where he married his wife Eliza Ann Anderson on August 19,1876. They established their home on Holly River, which would later be known as Wheeler. John Hinkle was reported to have been a businessman, farmer, jeweler, and photographer. He also started a general store, A.J. Hinkle and Son, in Wheeler, and was Postmaster at Wheeler Post Office from 1905 until 1913 when his son, Perry, succeeded him. John Hinkle died October 8, 1930 in Webster County, W. Va. and is buried at the Alexander Anderson Cemetery.(source: genealogy research of Sherry P. Gallagher-Jaffre)

19. Thomas Leahy, Captain of West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
018205
Title:
Thomas Leahy, Captain of West Virginia University Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Children of Charles and Laura Core- 1. Jessie Core 2. Rose Core 3. Bart Core- killed in W. W. I 4. Earl Core 5. Bill Core; June Houston, teacher; 6. Lenna Core- daughter of Ross and Victoria Core.

20. Class Photo Cassville School, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
016710
Title:
Class Photo Cassville School, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Children of Charles and Laura Core- 1. Jessie Core 2. Rose Core 3. Bart Core- killed in W. W. I 4. Earl Core 5. Bill Core; June Houston, teacher; 6. Lenna Core- daughter of Ross and Victoria Core.

21. Casino, Brookside, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
015676
Title:
Casino, Brookside, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
The River Bridge during construction.

22. Construction of the River Bridge over the Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
008112
Title:
Construction of the River Bridge over the Monongahela River at Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
The River Bridge during construction.
Tipple and General Store in the Background

23. Miners' Houses, Beckley Coal and Coke Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.

IDNO:
002859
Title:
Miners' Houses, Beckley Coal and Coke Company, Raleigh County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Tipple and General Store in the Background

24. Class Photo Cassville School, Monongalia County, W. Va.

IDNO:
016709
Title:
Class Photo Cassville School, Monongalia County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1908