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View of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows home dining room in Elkins, W. Va.
The Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Church was formed in 1854.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The congregation which later became the present Methodist church first met at the Hinkle Church in 1856.  The present church was built in 1891.
The church was first established in 1851.  The Methodist Protestants and the Methodists Episcopals shared the early church until 1856. A church was built in the present church's location in 1893.  The present church building was built in 1906.
Presbyterianism began in the Tygarts Valley in what is now the town of Beverly in 1753.  The church was first organized as an independent church in 1820.  In 1853 the first Presbyterian Church was built in Beverly.
The church began with services held in homes and other buildings in 1784. Later a log building was built.  A frame church was built in 1867 and the present church building was built in 1890.
Group portrait taken at the initiation of the Lodge Giuseppe Verdi. None of the subjects in the photo are identified.
Print number 1711.
Print number 541b. Display is a model of Coopers Rock State Forest.
Truck carrying The Original Cumberland Old German Beer "Made Only By The Queen City Brewing Co., Cumberland, Md.." "Beware of imitations."
Sunday School class members gather outside, none are identified.
Grayce (on left) and Alfreda (on right) from Horton, West Virginia.
Man feeding deer.
Photograph postcard of two small children, one riding a pedal car and one on a rocking horse. Information included with the photograph, "From Wookie and Woodrow Formish" and "Names ... looked up Ancestry.com..." The card is addressed to Mrs. Nada Godfrey, Bobbin, W. Va.
Father and son standing next to a large snow bank.
'The above picture was mailed by the son of R. M. Morrison as explained in letter on opposite page. Men in the picture are R. M. Morrison, J. Scott Bell, and an employee by the name of Turner. This shows a heavy stand of Spruce near where they had their bandmill. Further description as to the mill operation is contained in the Morrison and Gross history in the Elkins section.'
' U. S. Geological survey marker with pole frame where they at one time had a flag. This was located on Kelly Mountain in what is now the Butt Farm. It was used as a pasture for the Brown and Hill injured horses. This picture was taken in 1906 when we took a Sunday walk to salt the horses. From left to right: George R. Hill, Overton, and D. D. Brown.'
The railroad was to transport lumber from the mill.
'M. M. and D. D. Brown submarine railroad bridge across Cheat River near Stone House, Randolph County, W. Va.'.
Dr. Ladwig's house can be seen in the far left of the photo.
'Treasurer and Ground Manager of Raine-Andrews Lumbar Company, Evenwood, W. Va.'.
'3. O.W. Ladwig, 6. L.R.F. Preysz'
Dr. Otto Ladwig (right) at the Raine-Andrews Lumber Company.
'Dr. Ladwig and his daughter, Cornelia. Dr Ladwig is pushing the pram, something few men did then, especially in a lumber or mining town. This say something about the man.'
' Sam Strau(?) *, Will Coates *, and Sam Cook *'.
'"Boats in water" just above Evenwood'.
The body of water could possible be a pond or a river.
'Raine-Andrew's Company and Dr. Offices in Evenwood, W. Va. before 1914 and after-Cornelia's comments on the back of the photo.
'Raines House identified in the photo'.
'Good photo of houses. Ladwig identified many. Taken from river. (I understand there were no bars in Evenwood, something unique for a lumber town'.
'"Evenwood, above the mill" (written by Dr. Ladwig). Same building, but from across the river or pond'.