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'Amusements--Dancing in a large dance hall, overhanging the cliffs below.  Tennis, bass fishing, horseback riding, hiking and motoring over good roads to nearby places of interest.  Among these are Antitam battlefield, 15 miles; Charles Town, 8 miles, where John Brown was tried and hung; South Mountain 'the Geo. Alfred Townsend Arch', 10 miles; Frederick, the home of Francis Scott Key and Barbara Frietchie, 19 miles; Braddock Heights, 24 miles; Winchester, 30 miles; Endless Caverns, Luray Caverns and Gettysburg, from 50 to 70 miles. Railroad--On the main line of the B. and O.  There are numerous through trains a day for Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York; also for Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis.  Fifty-six miles from Washington, our nearest large city. T. S. Lovett, Proprietor.'

1. View of Potomac from Hilltop House and View of Hilltop House from Potomac

View includes the College campus, the Potomac River and Shepherdstown in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

2. Aerial View of Shepherd State Teachers College, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

3. North Fork Potomac River, Grant County, W. Va.

One of the nine reconstructed bridges (on the same spot) connecting Harpers Ferry over the Potomac River to Maryland. This bridge was also eventually destroyed during the Civil War.

4. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge Over Potomac River Across From Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

The South Branch of the Potomac River flowing by the base of Castle Rock.

5. Castle Rock in Smoke Holes, Pendleton County, W. Va.

Postcard of Lovers' Leap and Potomac River in Morgan County, W. Va.

6. Lovers' Leap and Potomac River at Berkeley Springs, W. Va.

The Potomac River is on the Left.

7. Car on the Roadway Leading into Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

The Bloomington Bridge, finished around 1842, was part of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's route past Piedmont, W. Va. The bridge crosses the North Branch Potomac River.

8. Bloomington Bridge, Near Piedmont, W. Va.

"Power house at dam near Shepherdstown"

9. Power house at Dam on the Potomac River Near Shepherdstown, W. Va.

Below Petersburg.

10. South Fork of the Potomac River, Grant County, W. Va.

This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.

11. Potomac Dam, W. M. R. R., Cumberland, Md.

This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community.The image shows a view of the Cumberland Canal in Cumberland, Md.

12. Cumberland Canal, Cumberland, Md.