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"American Coal Company. The first commercial coal mine west of the Allegheny Mountains. The mine was opened in 1852. It was located in Fairmont, one block below the Watson Hotel on the Monongahela River and at the Baltimore [and] Ohio Railroad passanger station. The mine was opened in 1852 by James Otis Watson Of Fairmont. Scene shows 'Fairmont from the east side showing newspaper Building, 'Church on the Hill', and the hotel which later became the Hough House and the Skinner's Tavern."

1. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from the East Side

"1. M. P. Church, 2. Public School, 3. Burns Home, 4. Chisler Store, 5. Eyester Home, 6. Edd McCray Store [and] Home, 7. Larney Carr Home."

2. Fairmont, W. Va.

'Looking up Madison toward Quincy, on Adams street, showing C. E. McCray's saddlery and harness shop on the corner; home of the Misses Eyster, the Chisler Hardware Store, old M. P. Church, opposite Dr. Lazell's residence.'

3. Fairmont, W. Va.

View of Fairmont next to the river. 'Before Watson Hotel was torn down on the corner of Main and Madison St.'

4. Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

5. Monongahela River at Fairmont, W. Va

'View of South Side of Fairmont, West Virginia from Shafer Studio.'

6. South Side of Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard from the East Side in Fairmont, West Virginia. Houses on the West Side can be seen near the Suspension Bridge and Monongahela River.

7. Fairmont, W. Va.

View of Fairmont, West Virginia from Hamilton's Hill.  Homes and businesses of Fairmont are bounded by the Monongahela River on the right side of the photograph.  Fairmont Normal School building is the tall building in the upper center of the image.

8. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from Hamilton's Hill

A close-up view of the new addition from Palatine Knob, in Fairmont, West Virginia.  Fairmont Normal School building is the tall building left of center.  Beeson's Hill bounds the city in the right background.  See photograph numbers 005811 and 005812 for a continuation of this view of Fairmont.

9. Fairmont State Normal School - New Addition from Palatine Knob, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of the center of Fairmont, West Virginia from Palatine Knob.  Beeson's Hill is visible on the left, Reed's Knob is is just right of center, and Hamilton's Hill is above the city on the right.

10. Center of Fairmont, W. Va. from Palatine Knob

View of Fairmont, West Virginia from Palatine Knob.  Hamilton's Hill bounds the city in the left background.   Houses stand on Pierpont's Hill on the right.

11. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from Palatine Knob