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25. Warm Spring Range, Looking North, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 014119
Title:: Warm Spring Range, Looking North, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

'Warm Spring Range, looking South. Mount Wesley and High Schools are present.'

26. Warm Spring Range, Morgan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 014111
Title:: Warm Spring Range, Morgan County, W. Va.
Description:: 'Warm Spring Range, looking South. Mount Wesley and High Schools are present.'

27. Drinking Room, Spring and Reading Room, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 014110
Title:: Drinking Room, Spring and Reading Room, Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

Berkeley Springs, W. Va. was officially established as a Health Resort Oct., 1776 by an Act of the Virginia Assembly. George Washington mentioned, when surveying the northern neck for Lord Fairfax in 1748, in his surveying notes the famed Warm Springs. A town site having been made there in 1776. The lots were sold at auction in 1777. Among purchasers were Gen. Washington, Gen. Gates, and other Revolutionary War officers. Berkeley Springs' first name was Bath. The Indians used these springs before the white man came.

28. Bath Houses in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 014106
Title:: Bath Houses in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W. Va.
Description:: Berkeley Springs, W. Va. was officially established as a Health Resort Oct., 1776 by an Act of the Virginia Assembly. George Washington mentioned, when surveying the northern neck for Lord Fairfax in 1748, in his surveying notes the famed Warm Springs. A town site having been made there in 1776. The lots were sold at auction in 1777. Among purchasers were Gen. Washington, Gen. Gates, and other Revolutionary War officers. Berkeley Springs' first name was Bath. The Indians used these springs before the white man came.

29. Drinking Room at Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:: 014072
Title:: Drinking Room at Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Date:: 1922/06