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A picture postcard of a coal tipple in Glen White, Raleigh County, West Virginia.

1. Coal Tipple at Glen White, Raleigh County, W. Va.

A picture postcard of Store and Office Building in Glen White, Raleigh County, West Virginia.

2. Store and Office Building, Glen White, Raleigh County, W. Va.

3. Soldier's Portrait from Pierpont Family Album, Ritchie County, W. Va.

Confederate soldier reunion in Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.  Front row, from left to right:  D. P. L. Maynor; Captain Stephen Adams of Lynchburg, Va. and former commonwealth attorney for Raleigh County; Alfred Hurt; James Anderson Gunnoe (lost his leg at the Battle of Cedar Creek); J. W. Sweeney; and Joshua Griffith.  Back row, from left to right:  A. J. Hutchinson; J. E. F. Miller of Sand Branch, Raleigh County; John Prince of Beckley; C. W. Tolley; a veteran named Mann from Summers County, and a non-veteran also named Mann.  Captain Adams commanded Company A of the 30th Virginia Battalion, second of two companies organized in Raleigh County.

4. Confederate Soldier Reunion, Beckley, West Virginia

Maria Prince Beckley of Philadelphia, wife of James John Beckley, first clerk of the United States House of Representatives and first Librarian of Congress.  Maria Prince Beckley was also the mother of Alfred Beckley, founder of Beckley and Raleigh County.  She died in 1833 in Lexington, Kentucky.

5. Maria Prince Beckley, Raleigh County, W.Va.

Alfred Beckley (1802-1888), the founder of the town of Beckley and Raleigh County, W.Va.

6. Alfred Beckley, Raleigh County, W. Va.

The photograph was taken while West was driven through the streets of Beckley by a very proud fan following West Virginia University's amazing run in the 1959 NCAA Basketball Tournament. The Mountaineers make it to the National Championship game, losing to California by one point. West was named the MVP of the tournament. The others in the photograph are not identified.

7. WVU Basketball Player Jerry West Receives Congratulations, Beckley, W. Va.

Could also be Pendergrast?

8. Raleigh, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

9. View of Buildings and Farmland; Coalton, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren.

10. Block Building, Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 493, vol. 2

11. Portrait of A. Calvin Harvey of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A. " by Harlow Warren, p. 358-359, vol. 2. On the back: "William P. Hull and his wife. Born on April 7, 1858. Wade and Henry's brother, sons of Lewis Hull."

12. Portrait of William P. and Hattie Canterbury Hull of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From" Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren. On the back: "Father of Joe and William Bower. Died 1938."

13. Portrait of Eric Bower of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 493, vol. 2

14. Portrait of E. Flynn Hull of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 495, vol. 2. Lilly was in World War I Navy U.S.S. Delaware.

15. Portrait of Add Lilly of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 820, vol. 3

16. Portrait of Mrs. Russ Trump of Trump Hotel in Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 477, vol. 2.

17. Portrait of Mrs. Fanny Arritt Hull and Ethel Hull and Child, Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 470, vol. 2. Both are the "parents of Calvin, Omer and Osber Harvey."

18. Portrait of Overton and Melinda Harvey of Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 470, vol. 2. Garten was the "younger brother of Beckley Seminary teacher Charles Garten; pretty girl unidentified."

19. Portrait of Hillary Garten and Woman, Raleigh County, W. Va.

From "Beckley U.S.A." by Harlow Warren, p. 406, vol. 2. "The wife of Clarkson Prince at their home in Beaver."

20. Portrait of Susan Hull Prince of Raleigh County, W. Va.