He organized and served as president of the Wilson Lumber Company, the Wildell Lumber Company, the Ruthbell Lumber Company, and the Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Company. He was also a director in the Bank of Mill Creek and the Tygarts Valley National Bank.
Navy Ensign Dwight Skaggs of Greenbrier County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1942
Description:
Brother of Mary Helen Skaggs Ashcraft; born 1915, Greenbrier County, West Virginia; graduate of West Virginia University; served as a Navy pilot during World War II, killed in 1943. Photograph was taken at Klo Lake City, Florida.
Double-Effect Evaporator and Vacuum-Pan Crystallizer in Mineral Industries Building at West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1942
Description:
One of the massive pieces of equipment in the Mineral Industries Building (now White Hall) used for research related to the development of the mineral resources of West Virginia.
The Court on West Virginia University Campus, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1942
Description:
"The Court" area is bordered by Chemistry Hall (now Clark Hall) on the left, Wise Library in the center and Mineral Industries Building (now White Hall) on the right.