Message on postcard: 'Dear, Alberta: I suppose your garden is a way up by this time. The weather is pretty warm, but I don't mind it much as it is so nice and shady around here. It won't be so very much longer until I will be home. Beryle.' Sent to Mrs. R. E. Mockler, Mannington, W. Va. on May 22, 1911.
Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.
Berkeley Glass Sand Company Plant; Berkeley, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1911
Description:
In the early 1900's many small companies began mining silica along Warm Springs Ride, north of Berkeley Springs. One of these companies eventually evolved into the Berkeley Glass Sand Company in 1911. The company lasted until 1927 when it was absorbed into Pennsylvania Glass Sand Company.
