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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.A farmer and his horses working in a field likely in Canaan Valley.

1. Farmer And Horses, Tucker 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.Two teamsters seen with four horses in a logging site in Davis, W. Va.

2. Teamsters at Logging Site, Davis, 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.An unidentified man stands with a large horse in the snow in Davis, W. Va.

3. Man and Horse Outside of Hyskil Livery Stable in Davis, W. va.

Two men pose for a picture while transporting hay with horses and a cart.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.

4. Hallack Holcomb and Roy Cussin with Horses, Jim and Topsey, Tucker County, W. Va.

Plowing on Felton farm, located on the west bank of the Cheat River, north of the town of Parsons, W. Va.  Visible in the background is the Monongahela Power Company gauge house, which would measure the depth of water in the river.The two plowmen are Fred Felton, on the right, and Otto Plum, on the left.  Jack Felton was present, but is not pictured.  Draft horses pictured were owned by John Harold Felton, assessor of Tucker County and proprietor of the Holly Meadows Dairy.

5. Plowing on Felton Farm in Holly Meadows, Tucker County, W. Va.