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- IDNO:
- 050764
- Title:
- Aerial View of Randolph Avenue in Elkins, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910-1930
- Description:
- 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.
- IDNO:
- 050772
- Title:
- A Balancing Rock on the Coal & Coke Railway, Elkins, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910-1930
- Description:
- This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role int he 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.
- IDNO:
- 051184
- Title:
- Marstiller-Orlena Methodist Church, Gilman, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1960
- Description:
- The congregation which later became the present Methodist church first met at the Hinkle Church in 1856. The present church was built in 1891.
- IDNO:
- 051186
- Title:
- Rev. Ellsworth Harman of Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- In 1921 Reverend Ellsworth S. Harman was elected minister of the Harman Church of the Brethren and he was the pastor a number of years. He is grandson of the original Pastor, Rev. Asa Harmon who was elected in 1859 and for whom the town is named.
- IDNO:
- 051187
- Title:
- Harman Church of the Brethren, Harman, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1963/04/13
- Description:
- Rev. Asa Harman (b. 1834-d. 1902) was the first elected pastor of Harman Church of the Brethren in 1859. The town of Harman is also named after him. The Harman Church separated from a larger territory of congregations in 1897 and the church was named after the reverend. In 1921, the grandson of Asa Harman, Rev. Ellsworth Harman, was elected pastor of the church.
- IDNO:
- 051188
- Title:
- Mingo Presbyterian Church, Mingo, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The community members first petitioned for their own separate church from the Tygarts Valley Presbyterian Church in 1841. The church met in a union building which was built in 1851 until the present church building was dedicated in 1900.
- IDNO:
- 051189
- Title:
- Leading Creek Baptist Church, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- The Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Church was formed in 1854.
- IDNO:
- 052382
- Title:
- Esso Station and Hardware Store, Elkins, W. Va.
- Date:
- undated
- Description:
- Men work in the service center garage of the Esso station, which is located next to Coffman's Hardware Store.
- IDNO:
- 052484
- Title:
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Home Band, Elkins, w. Va.
- Date:
- 1923
- Description:
- A group of unidentified boys pose in front of a building, wearing marching band uniforms and holding instruments.
- IDNO:
- 052485
- Title:
- I.O.O.F. Home Dining Room, Elkins, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1925/09
- Description:
- View of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows home dining room in Elkins, W. Va.
- IDNO:
- 053232
- Title:
- 4-H Club Camp, Randolph County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1915
- Description:
- "The first camp ever held in West Virginia. J. U. Shipman- County agent."
- IDNO:
- 053274
- Title:
- Queen Sylvia III and Her Court, Mountain State Forest Festival, Elkins, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1932/10
- Description:
- Emily Frances Maxwell was crowned Queen Sylvia of the Mountain State Festival in 1932.
