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' 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.'

781. George R. Hill, Overton, and D. D. Brown atop a U.S. Geological Survey Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.

IDNO:
034806
Title:
George R. Hill, Overton, and D. D. Brown atop a U.S. Geological Survey Marker, Randolph County, W. Va.
Date:
1906
Description:
' 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.'

782. D. D. Brown on Bridge Across Cheat River at Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034807
Title:
D. D. Brown on Bridge Across Cheat River at Montes, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906-1907

783. D. D. Brown on Bridge Across Cheat River at Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034808
Title:
D. D. Brown on Bridge Across Cheat River at Montes, W. Va.

784. River Partially Frozen in Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034809
Title:
River Partially Frozen in Montes, W. Va.

785. Brown and Hill Mill, Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034810
Title:
Brown and Hill Mill, Montes, W. Va.
'The ruins of the Montes, W. Va., Giddings & Lewis bandmill which burned on (no date written) D. D. Brown came to Elkins on the Cumberland train the night this mill burned, and they phoned in from Montes the mill was burning. Of course, we were unable to get out of there until the morning train about 9:00. M. M. and I were greeted with this ruin which was not an encouraging sight. signed; D. D. Brown'

786. Ruins of the Sawmill at Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034811
Title:
Ruins of the Sawmill at Montes, W. Va.
Description:
'The ruins of the Montes, W. Va., Giddings & Lewis bandmill which burned on (no date written) D. D. Brown came to Elkins on the Cumberland train the night this mill burned, and they phoned in from Montes the mill was burning. Of course, we were unable to get out of there until the morning train about 9:00. M. M. and I were greeted with this ruin which was not an encouraging sight. signed; D. D. Brown'
'Mrs. D. M. Stout, who with her husband and two sisters came to Montes, W. Va. in the Spring of 1905 to cook for a large camp of woodsmen for the Browns. She remained in this position for 2 or 3 years and then managed the private living quarters of the officials, in addition acting as Postmistress and store manger throughout the 25 years the Brown manufactured lumber. A very efficient and loyal employee. Her husband, D. M. Stout, was railroad construction foreman through most of these years. There were none better.'

787. Mrs. D. M. Stout

IDNO:
034812
Title:
Mrs. D. M. Stout
Description:
'Mrs. D. M. Stout, who with her husband and two sisters came to Montes, W. Va. in the Spring of 1905 to cook for a large camp of woodsmen for the Browns. She remained in this position for 2 or 3 years and then managed the private living quarters of the officials, in addition acting as Postmistress and store manger throughout the 25 years the Brown manufactured lumber. A very efficient and loyal employee. Her husband, D. M. Stout, was railroad construction foreman through most of these years. There were none better.'
'This is where D. D. Brown spent part of his first vacation after coming to West Virginia on March 1, 1905, working at Montes, W. Va. most of the time 12 to 18 hours per day.'

788. State's Exhibit Palace, Jamestown Exposition, Va.

IDNO:
034813
Title:
State's Exhibit Palace, Jamestown Exposition, Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
'This is where D. D. Brown spent part of his first vacation after coming to West Virginia on March 1, 1905, working at Montes, W. Va. most of the time 12 to 18 hours per day.'
'The above picture is men loading lumber in the Thorndale, Pa., sawmill of David Dare Brown I which was the last operation he had. This is one of the places where M. M. Brown and D. D. Brown got their logging, saw mill, and selling experience.'

789. Lumber Yard Crew at Work, Thorndale, Pa.

IDNO:
034814
Title:
Lumber Yard Crew at Work, Thorndale, Pa.
Description:
'The above picture is men loading lumber in the Thorndale, Pa., sawmill of David Dare Brown I which was the last operation he had. This is one of the places where M. M. Brown and D. D. Brown got their logging, saw mill, and selling experience.'
'The above picture of M. M. Brown while he was active in the lumber manufacturing business in West Virginia.'

790. M. M. Brown

IDNO:
034815
Title:
M. M. Brown
Description:
'The above picture of M. M. Brown while he was active in the lumber manufacturing business in West Virginia.'
'The above is a picture of David Dare Brown I taken when he was somewhere around 30-40 years old as near as I can estimate. He started out by working on the Lehigh Canal helping build the locks and furnishing timbers for them and, then he built canal boats for several years coming down as far as Baltimore and going around thru the Erie Canal and then to New York City on the Hudson. During the winter he would build rafts of logs and put on top of them sawed rough lumber and take it down the Susquehanna River to either North Umberland, Pa., or Harrisburg, Pa., and some rafts went through to the Baltimore section. In 1880 he started continuous operations in the manufacture of lumber in Sullivan County, Pa.'

791. D. D. Brown

IDNO:
034816
Title:
D. D. Brown
Description:
'The above is a picture of David Dare Brown I taken when he was somewhere around 30-40 years old as near as I can estimate. He started out by working on the Lehigh Canal helping build the locks and furnishing timbers for them and, then he built canal boats for several years coming down as far as Baltimore and going around thru the Erie Canal and then to New York City on the Hudson. During the winter he would build rafts of logs and put on top of them sawed rough lumber and take it down the Susquehanna River to either North Umberland, Pa., or Harrisburg, Pa., and some rafts went through to the Baltimore section. In 1880 he started continuous operations in the manufacture of lumber in Sullivan County, Pa.'
He is the third son on M. M. Brown.

792. Robert Miles Brown

IDNO:
034817
Title:
Robert Miles Brown
Description:
He is the third son on M. M. Brown.