Caption on postcard reads: "Ebenezer Zane's Old Log Cabin. The first building erected in Wheeling built in 1769, torn down 1908. This is the cabin to which Elizabeth Zane made her heroic dash for powder during the siege of Ft. Henry by the British and Indians."
Illustrated postcard of two men and a boy standing along pedestrian walkway across bridge on Bridge Street. See original for correspondence. Published by Grant Graham. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
In 1891 W.H. Crawford established the Crawford Woolen Company which employed fifteen workers and produced around seven hundred yards of cloth a week. In less than fifteen years Crawford's textile plant failed due to the old age of the operating machines and low capital. During the same time a number of modern electric powered mills moved to Martinsburg, turning it into an important textile center. Published by W.E. Holfheins & Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Alexander Campbell was a religious leader who helped start the Restoration Movement which created several Churches of Christ, an independent and pre-denominational congregation, in America. He also founded Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia. See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Yankee Street covered in snow during the winter. See original for correspondence. Published by N.E. paper and Stationery Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
