'Named for Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Home of Senator Henry G. Davis. Headquarters for the Monongahela National Forest. Near site of Friend's Fort, built in 1772. Old Seneca Indian Trail crosses the campus of Davis and Elkins College.'
Foresters Mark a White Oak Tree in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia Univesrity
Date:
1955/06/27
Description:
'Forestry students of West Virginia University marking a white oak for cutting on the Meadow Creek Timber Management Area. Ranger Finney (left) gives technical advice to the students as they go through the area.'
Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest near Elkins, W. Va.
Description:
Entrance Gate to the Monongahela National Forest in winter, located 5 miles east of Elkins, W. Va. on U. S. No. 33. (The gateway was constructed of stone taken from the chimneys of the Ezekial Harper Homestead on Clover Run in Tucker County.) O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W. Va.