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P. H. Kelly and a colleague stand outside of a dog wagon--a small restaurant often specializing in short orders that occupies a converted vehicle or that is built to suggest such a vehicle.

565. Dog Wagon at Depot, Thurmond, W. Va.

An unidentified man stands at the building's entrance.

566. National Bank of Thurmond, Thurmond, W. Va.

On the left, a man stands at the window of New River Banking & Trust Co. On the right is Mankin Drug Co.

567. Mankin Building, Thurmond, W. Va.

A group of miners sit inside the Ford bus that will take them to the Wenonah Mine.

568. Turkey Gap Coal and Coke Company Bus No. 1, Dott, W. Va.

Standing at the gate are Mother, Emma and Andy Oschlager.

569. Home of Turkey Knob Company Coal Miner, Turkey Knob, W. Va.

A power shovel dumps dirt into a truck.

570. West Virginia Turnpike Construction

The store was built prior to 1890 and was used until 1951.

571. Store Interior, Watson, W. Va.

Three men stand beside the tracks while steam pours out of the building's many chimneys.

572. White Oak Fuel Company Facilities, Whipple, W. Va.

Men stand around the "Whipple Tipple."

573. White Oak Fuel Company Tipple, Whipple, W. Va.

The White Oak Railway was constructed during the early-1900's and came under the control of the New River Company. The short-line railroad was originally incorporated to provide citizens of the area a direct rail-connection between the primary business centers in Beckley, Mount Hope, and Oak Hill.The railroad consisted of two unconnected "pieces" that never were completely finished. The first section consisted of about 7 and ½ miles of track connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Carlisle, running from there through Oak Hill to Stuart. The second section was about 4 to 5 miles in length connecting with the C. & O. Railway at Price Hill Junction, running to a mine located at Price Hill.Under an agreement with the C. & O. Railway, the White Oak Railway operated passenger and freight trains along the tracks of the C. & O.'s White Oak Branch  between Glen Jean and Carlisle. In 1912, the New River Company sold the locomotives and rolling stock of the White Oak Railway and jointly leased operation of the railroad to Virginian and the C. & O.

574. White Oak Railroad, Somewhere in West Virginia

View from across the tracks of the mine facilities.

575. Whipple Colliery Company Shaft Mine, Oak Hill, W. Va.

From Left to right are Hugh W. F. Amos, Frank Amos, Autumn Amos, and Mrs. Hugh Amos.Hugh W. F. Amos built the first telephone company in Central West Virginia, the Weston-Central.

576. Amos Family, Burnsville, W. Va.