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"Doc" Hannah on first speeder; Blackhurst; Long before cycling grew to widespread popularity, company officials and doctors used 'speeders' in conducting business.  They were also handy means of seeing the wonderful mountain scenery on Cheat Mountain. Hannah, Va.

101. R. O. Speeders on Sunday Outing in Spruce Millyard.

Cheat Mountain Cass, West Virginia; Standing:  Sam Harman, Cook; looking toward camera:  Alfred Higgins; first on left:  Russell "Poppy" Taylor; seventh on left: Howard Barb; third on right: Lester Hevaner

102. Loggers at Dinner in Railroad Camp

GC and E Leatherwood Creek branch; front:  Adam J. Hamrick; rear: Judd Wolfram, Webster Co. Extension Agent; note wall built to support railroad; note, also, sway in tracks just to rear of speeders.

103. Fishermen on Speeders, Cass, W. Va.

Cass, W.V.; Harry Sturm (Upshur County Extension Agent) and Judd Wolfram (Webster County Extension Agent); boys not identified; Gordon Hamrick.

104. County Extension Agents (Mainline on Elk)

O. M. Wilson, 6th from left in front row, with mustache; Marty P. Helmick 2nd from left, front row; Harman Kelly 1st on left, last row.  Identified by Lewis Kelly; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.V.

105. Sawmill Crew at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

From left to right: 'Police Chief John Lewis, William Musgrave, Bill Hughes, Bennie Palmer, George Katchur, Robert West'.

106. Morgantown Policemen, Morgantown, W. Va.

Train moving along tracks.

107. Heisler No. 6, Cass Scenic Railroad, Cass, W. Va.

Engine parked in shop.

108. Shay Locomotive in Shop, Cass, W. Va.

Derelict locomotives at Cass Yard, Cass, W.V.

109. Shay No. 12, Left Side View, Standing Ready to be Junked.

This was the first Mallet locomotive to come up the C and O Greenbrier Division; Notice the carbon arc light with globe suspended above pole behind engine cab. This picture was taken several years after the first run was made in 1905.

110. Mallet Locomotive No. 752 Taking Water at Ronceverte, W. Va.

Train on tracks. From the collection of Harold K. Vollrath, Shawnee-Mission, Kansas.

111. Climax No. 6 of Middle Fork Railroad, Ellamore, W. Va.

Starting up Shavers Fork (Shay in woods at end of tracks); Walter Good 'Bluejay' Tumblin on flatcar (maybe not Walter Good - maybe Barney Showalter); D.D. Brown Collection.

112. Mower Construction Train, Cass, W. Va.

P.E. Percy, Lima Locomotive Works.

113. Shay No. 12. Builder's Photo

Engine hauling cars on the Cass Scenic Railroad.

114. Heisler No. 6, Cass, W. Va.

West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Engine No. 2

115. Shay No. 2 (Pulp Train) on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.

Possibly Herb Shafer in cabin doorway; from collection of Phillip Bagdon 7918 New Orleans Drive Alexandria VA  22308

116. Shay No. 12 on Test Run near Mace, W. Va.

Tucker County, West Virginia.  Original source Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

117. Pulp mill at Parsons

Original Source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

118. High-Lift near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

119. Sawmill at Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

120. Sawmill Crew at Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

Original source:  Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, West Virginia

121. Shay Locomotive at a Lumber camp near Horton, Randolph County, W. Va.

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.V., Cheat Mt., Spruce, W.Va., Pocahontas, County, W.Va.; Camp operated by the Spruce Lumber Co., Cass, W.Va.

122. Logging Crew

Group portrait of logging crew in woods. From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va.

123. Logging Crew

Made on Cheat Mountain, Pocahontas County, WV, which was operated by the Spruce Lumber Company, at Cass, WV. From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.V.

124. Spruce Lumber Company Woods Crew at Camp

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, WV

125. Train Carrying Lumber and Workers Across Bridge

From Mr. Melvin Heath, Davis, W. Va. Nov 1957

126. Davis, West Virginia at the Beginning of 1883

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W. Va.

127. Train Pulling Workers on Cars

From Austin J. Sharpe, Huntersville, W.Va. Hambleton, Randolph County, W.Va.

128. Log Loader and Crew

From Marshall Blizzard, Bayard, W.Va. July 1903

129. Log Skidding Crew and their Team of Horses

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. "Made on Little River, which is near Bartow, and is commonly known as the east prong of Greenbrier River all of which lays in Pocahontas County, W.Va."

130. Loggers Posing on Logs

Portrait of Lumber Workers on and beside a train. On Train-L-R 1.- 2.- On Ground-L-R 1. Ernest C. Sine 2.- 3.-; O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

131. Rod Engine of the Otter Creek Boom & Lumber Company Log Train

Cass, WV; Looking from railhead; D.D. Brown Collection

132. Clearing Trees for a Road Up Shavers Fork

Willdell, W.Va. 1911; Source of original: Earl Whitlach, Mill Creek, W.Va.

133. Loggers Posing with Logs

O. Homer, Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

134. Log Train Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Track of Logs through the forest. O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

135. Logging near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Portrait of two men in the forest with a horse pulling their cart along tracks.

136. Horse Drawn Railroad Cart Carrying Loggers

Near Camp 24 on Cheat Mountain, Cass, W. Va.  Grover and Saul Starcher; Horse teams in woods.  In the glory years of logging on Cheat Mountain, 125 teams of horses were used to bring logs down to the landings where they were loaded onto flat cars for the trip to Cass.  Credit P.V. Bagdon Collection

137. Starcher Brothers and Horse Teams

From Austin J. Sharp, Huntersville, W.Va. May, Pocahontas County, W.Va.

138. Log Loader Lifting a Log with Men on It

O. Homer Floyd Fansler, Hendricks, W.Va.

139. High-Lift Near Laneville, Tucker County, W. Va.

Cass, W.Va.  Pulp and Paper Co. Engine No. 2; Engineer Lewis Collins sitting on stump.  Note the size of timber that was cut from pulpwood.; A.F. Burrell, Box 207, Cowen, WV

140. Shay No. 2 (Pulp train) on Cheat Mountain

Lumber train on tracks moving through heavily lumbered area. <br />

141. Deforestation at Dobbin, Grant County, W. Va.

Cut trees in a forest.

142. Waste in Lumbering

Near Davis, Tucker Co.-- Geological Survey.

143. Destruction of Vegetation and Soil by Fires Following Lumber Operations

The 'Lucy Belle' named after the engineer's girl.  On Hill's Creek near Lobelia, Pocahontas Co., WV.

144. Wreck of the Lucy Belle, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Portrait of men and crane lifting train.

145. Logging Scene in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

The wood of blight killed chestnut if used within five years is suitable for ties or lumber.  Narrow and standard guage railroads constitute the farmers market for his tie timber.

146. Forest Road

147. Train Wreck in Nicholas County Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company

Collapsed bridge and wreck of train box cars.

148. Collapsed Railroad Bridge, Babcock L. SB. Company

Heavily logged area near train tracks.

149. Wasteful Deforestation on Cheat Mountain.

Men working on wrecked train.

150. Wreck of Eva Lee