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"American Coal Company. The first commercial coal mine west of the Allegheny Mountains. The mine was opened in 1852. It was located in Fairmont, one block below the Watson Hotel on the Monongahela River and at the Baltimore [and] Ohio Railroad passanger station. The mine was opened in 1852 by James Otis Watson Of Fairmont. Scene shows 'Fairmont from the east side showing newspaper Building, 'Church on the Hill', and the hotel which later became the Hough House and the Skinner's Tavern."

1. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from the East Side

Marion Machine Works, Helmicks Foundry on Water Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

2. Marion Machine Works, Fairmont, W. Va.

3. Fairmont State Normal School Baseball Team

People on sidewalks next to trolley cars traveling in downtown Fairmont.

4. First Inter-Urban Cars Leaving for Clarksburg from Court Square in Fairmont, W. Va.

The Florence Belle pulling up to the edge of the river next to a train. 'At foot of Quincy St., showing Capt. Walker's House and Cal Arnett's home, one of the first modern homes in the city.'

5. Steamboat Florence Belle at Fairmont, W. Va.

A drugstore lines the street with people standing out front.

6. Jefferson St. at Adams, Fairmont, W. Va.

'22 Buildings Destroyed, Damage $125,000. Destroyed entire business block from Bridge (Madison) St. to Jefferson St. Every Building on East Side, all but 2 on West. Arson suspected.'

7. Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va. Following the Fire of April 2, 1876

"1. M. P. Church, 2. Public School, 3. Burns Home, 4. Chisler Store, 5. Eyester Home, 6. Edd McCray Store [and] Home, 7. Larney Carr Home."

8. Fairmont, W. Va.

'Looking up Madison toward Quincy, on Adams street, showing C. E. McCray's saddlery and harness shop on the corner; home of the Misses Eyster, the Chisler Hardware Store, old M. P. Church, opposite Dr. Lazell's residence.'

9. Fairmont, W. Va.

Road in Fairmont with a few houses on the side.

10. Country Road, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of Fairmont next to the river. 'Before Watson Hotel was torn down on the corner of Main and Madison St.'

11. Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

A trolley car can be seen in the distance.

12. Street Scene in Fairmont, W. Va.

'Hotel Marietta, formerly the Continental, was located on the corner now occupied by the Deveny Building. It is presently the site of the Workingman's Store. In the Picture, Captain Doheny, John McCool, Unknown, John Cotter, Waitman H. Conaway, Albert T. Watson, r. Rudy, Charles McCray from Fairview, James Deveny's dog, Wirt Chenoweth, as identified by Mrs. Vernie Chenoweth, who presented the picture.'

13. Hotel Marietta, Fairmont, W. Va.

L. Clyde Riley shaking hands with a man upon receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award.

14. Riley, L. Clyde Receiving the Boy Scouts of America Silver Antelope Award, Fairmont, W. Va.

The Thomas F. Watson building with a horse and carriage parked outside.

15. Thomas F. Watson Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

Funeral carriage at the Eli Musgrave and Son funeral home.

16. Horse Drawn Hearse Parked at Eli Musgrave and Son Funeral Home, Fairmont, W. Va.

The Y.M.C.A. Building is located on the corner of 2nd and Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia. A horse drawn buggy is parked in front of the building and townspeople have gathered on the sidewalk to chat.

17. YMCA Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

'Y.M.C.A. Building is located on the corner of 2nd and Fairmont Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia. The building was called the Moose Club Building. Information from Marjorie Potesta, March 8, 1977.'

18. YMCA Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

A close-up view of Morgantown Beds in Fairmont, West Virginia. 140' above river;

19. Morgantown Beds, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of B. L. Butcher School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

20. B. L. Butcher School, Fairmont, W. Va.

'Monongahela Power Company's multi-million dollar power station at Rivesville near Fairmont is typical of the industrial renaissance which has occured in the valley in four decades. The station went into service in 1916-17 and has grown continuously the last turbine-generator going 'on the line' three years ago. Total capability is in excess of 300,000 kw. The station is interconnected with other Monongahela facilities and with other companies stretching across the nation. R. T. Payne is the manager.'

21. Rivesville Station, Monongahela Power Company, near Fairmont, W. Va.

The Watson Hotel with cars parked out front.

22. Watson Hotel Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

Trolly car travels down main street Fairmont.

23. Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va. Looking West

24. Drug Store at Fairmont, W. Va.

Watson Hotel with a horse and carriage parked outside.

25. Thomas F. Watson Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

26. Monongahela River at Fairmont, W. Va

Postcard of the New Clubhouse of the Women's Club in Fairmont, West Virginia. Greetings from Mrs. E. A. Grose, President. 'My Dear Mrs. Hutchinson, I am quite sure you will recognize this place as few others do? Am I right.  Sincerely, Arthar [sic]'

27. New Clubhouse of the Woman's Club of Fairmont, W. Va.

A horse drawn wagon is in front of an unidentified log building in Fairmont, West Virginia.

28. Horse Drawn Wagon in Fairmont, W. Va.

Morrow Hall building under construction, Fairmont State Normal School, in Fairmont, West Virginia.

29. Morrow Hall, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Workers are laying the corner stone of a new building at Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

30. Cornerstone Ceremony, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of the Gymnasium at Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

31. Gymnasium at Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

'View of South Side of Fairmont, West Virginia from Shafer Studio.'

32. South Side of Fairmont, W. Va.

Group portrait of the Fairmont State Normal School Orchestra in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia.

33. Orchestra, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

34. Fairmont State Normal School during Construction, Fairmont, W. Va.

The New School Building at Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

35. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Graduating Class of 1898, Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia. Graduating members are Sam Butcher, Jessie Hickman, Opha Lewis, Hallie Martin, W. J. LaFollette, Hallie Swan, Laura F. Lewis, Okay J. Woodford, Katharine B. Curry, Arthur P. Jones, Clara Reischuimer, Dora V. Wise, Ora L. Potter, Levi B. Harr, Helen M. Fleming, and Elizabeth Bartholow.

36. Graduating Class of 1898, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Daily Staff members of Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia pose for a group portrait; See Misc. newspapers on Micro. Reel 7, F1.25 06/12/1894 issue)

37. Staff of the Normal Daily Student Newspaper at Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of trolley car 103 of the Fairmont and Mannington R.R. Co. in Fairmont, West Virginia.

38. Trolley Car of the Fairmont and Mannington Railroad Company, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of trolley car 103 of the Fairmont and Mannington R.R. Co., in Fairmont, West Virginia.

39. Trolley Car of the Fairmont and Mannington Railroad Company, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of trolley car 236 of F. and C.T. Co., Fairmont, West Virginia.

40. Trolley Car of the Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company, Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of the Trust Building in Fairmont, West Virginia.

41. Trust Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of horse racing at a race track in Fairmont, West Virginia.

42. Harness Racing at Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of the Billy Sunday Tabernacle in Fairmont, West Virginia.

43. Billy Sunday Tabernacle, Fairmont, W. Va.

Various buildings of the Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

44. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Exterior of the W. R. White School in Fairmont.

45. W. R. White School, Fairmont, W. Va.

46. School Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

Group portrait of students at the Fairmont State Normal School.

47. Fairmont State Normal School Students, Fairmont, W. Va.

'High School room probably about 1890-1894, during Mr. Millers Term as Principal.'

48. High School Classroom, Fairmont, W. Va.

Long buildings next to a stream.  'See the Fairmont Index 1892 Apr 15, page 5.'

49. Barnesville Manufacturing Company near Fairmont, W. Va.

Parlor with rugs, chairs, a fireplace, and a piano in the corner.

50. Dormitory Parlor, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Lab tables circle the room with woodstoves in the center.

51. Domestic Science Lab, Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Smoke and rubble outside of a Fairmont building on Adams Street, next to Louis Rose Jewelry.

52. Building Fire on Adams Street, Fairmont, W. Va,

Group portrait of the Fairmont Normal School Basketball Team.

53. Fairmont State Normal School Basketball Team

An unidentified school building in Fairmont, West Virginia.

54. School Building, Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of an unidentified street in Fairmont, West Virginia.

55. Unpaved Street in Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of Main Street West From Madison Street in Fairmont, West Virginia.

56. Main Street West From Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard from the East Side in Fairmont, West Virginia. Houses on the West Side can be seen near the Suspension Bridge and Monongahela River.

57. Fairmont, W. Va.

Postcard of the Suspension Bridge over the Monongahela River in Fairmont, West Virginia.

58. Suspension Bridge at Fairmont, W. Va.

View of a building on the campus of Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

59. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of a building on the campus of Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

60. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

61. Fairmont State Normal School Construction, Fairmont, W. Va.

A new building on the campus of Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia is completed.

62. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

A man is shoveling snow on the corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

63. Shoveling Snow at the Corner of Cleveland and Locust Avenue, Fairmont, W. Va.

A person is walking on the sidewalk of Jackson and Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

64. Snow Covered Intersection of Jackson and Monroe Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.

The view from Madison Street looking toward Jefferson Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm in 1950.

65. Snow Covered Madison Street Looking toward Jefferson, Fairmont, W. Va.

Two men are shoveling snow in Fairmont, West Virginia after the big snow storm of 1950.

66. Shoveling Snow After the Storm, Fairmont, W. Va.

Cars are parked on Adams and Madison Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

67. Cars Buried in the Snow at Adams and Madison Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

Cars are parked along Monroe Street in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

68. Monroe Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

People are walking on Monroe and Adams Streets in Fairmont, West Virginia during the big snow storm of 1950.

69. Monroe and Adams Streets, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of the new high school on the corner of Quincy and Adams Street in Fairmont, West Virginia.  Holbert and Spedden, contractors.

70. New High School, Fairmont, W. Va.

Interior view of National Bank of Fairmont.  Money bags and stacks of cash money in front of the vault 'after the rush, June 1930.'

71. National Bank of Fairmont, Fairmont, W. Va.

'Corner of the Watson Hotel, Fairmont, West Virginia, just before it was torn down during the summer of 1956.'

72. Watson Hotel, Fairmont, W. Va.

Kiwanis Club members enjoy a meal in Fairmont, West Virginia.

73. Kiwanis Club Dinner, Fairmont, W. Va.

Firemen seated on horse drawn fire engines. 'Fairmont Fire Department in 1903. Picture taken in front of the Methodist Temple Church.'

74. Fairmont Fire Department, Fairmont, W. Va.

Toys collected for the 1930 Times Christmas Fund, in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia.

75. Times Christmas Fund, Fairmont, W. Va.

Various buildings on the campus of the old Fairmont State Normal School in Fairmont, West Virginia.

76. Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

77. Homes on an Unidentified Street in Fairmont, W. Va.

Ravine Park close to downtown Fairmont, West Virginia.

78. Ravine Park, Fairmont, W. Va.

Townspeople surround a coffin and grave marker for Old Man Gloom and watch as an announcer reads from a paper in front of a WMMN microphone during Old Man Gloom funeral in downtown Fairmont, West Virginia.

79. Old Man Gloom Funeral, Fairmont, W. Va.

A close-up view of the War Memorial that honors the sons and daughters of Marion County who serve the cause of freedom located at the Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia.

80. Marion County War Memorial, Fairmont, W. Va.

Groups of people gathered around the War Memorial at the Marion County Courthouse in Fairmont, West Virginia

81. War Memorial Ceremony, Marion County Courthouse, Fairmont, W. Va.

Plaque dedicated to the men of Marion County who were killed during World War I. The Memorial was placed here by the William Haymond Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution on Memorial Day, May 30, 1921.

82. Honor Roll of Persons Killed in World War I, Fairmont, W. Va.

A close-up view of the 23rd Reunion of the Army West Virginia in Fairmont, West Virginia.

83. Reunion of the Army of West Virginia, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of Fairmont, West Virginia from Hamilton's Hill.  Homes and businesses of Fairmont are bounded by the Monongahela River on the right side of the photograph.  Fairmont Normal School building is the tall building in the upper center of the image.

84. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from Hamilton's Hill

A close-up view of the new addition from Palatine Knob, in Fairmont, West Virginia.  Fairmont Normal School building is the tall building left of center.  Beeson's Hill bounds the city in the right background.  See photograph numbers 005811 and 005812 for a continuation of this view of Fairmont.

85. Fairmont State Normal School - New Addition from Palatine Knob, Fairmont, W. Va.

View of the center of Fairmont, West Virginia from Palatine Knob.  Beeson's Hill is visible on the left, Reed's Knob is is just right of center, and Hamilton's Hill is above the city on the right.

86. Center of Fairmont, W. Va. from Palatine Knob

View of Fairmont, West Virginia from Palatine Knob.  Hamilton's Hill bounds the city in the left background.   Houses stand on Pierpont's Hill on the right.

87. Fairmont, W. Va. - View from Palatine Knob

88. Garage and Ambulance at Fairmont Hospital Number 3, Fairmont, W. Va.

89. Rear View of Fairmont Hospital Number 3, Fairmont, W. Va.

A view of the Marion Hardware Company building on Main Street in Fairmont. A horse-drawn carriage in front of the store.  'Standing in the doorway are Miss Olive Brand, H. J. Jones, and L. C. Boice.'

90. Marion Hardware Store, Main Street, Fairmont, W. Va.

A view of an old covered bridge in Fairmont. 'Formerly called Hunsaker Covered Bridge. It was torn down around 1925 and replaced with a concrete bridge.'

91. Covered Bridge, Fairmont, W. Va.

A front view of Fairmont Hospital No. 3 in Fairmont, West Virginia. 'Fairmont Hospital No. 3, William A. Welton, M. D. Superintendent. This insitution is located at Fairmont, Marion County, and is reached by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, by the lines of the Monongahela Valley Traction Company, and by bus or auto over State Route 6 and U.S. Route 19. Number patients treated during June, 1930 were 129.'

92. Fairmont Hospital Number 3, Fairmont, W. Va.

93. Barge on the Tygart Valley River at Kingmont near Fairmont, W. Va.

94. WMMN Fairmont Radio Broadcasters

95. Portrait of a Boy in Uniform Holding a Clarinet, Fairmont, W. Va.

96. Buckhannon and Northern Railroad Tunnel, Fairmont, W. Va.

The Tygart Valley River is on the left, Monongahela River is in the center, and the West Fork River is on the right. 'Around Fairmont 115 leave 215 for Connellsvile. Quite a pretty town altho hilly. Want to finish writing this eve or in am.' Postcard sent to Miss Ester Shirley, Shen Jct, W. Va. on December 14, 1909.

97. Tygart Valley River and West Fork River Join to Form the Monongahela River, Fairmont, W. Va.

'Will not be home until Sat. Sept. 19. Edward.' Postcard sent to Mr. Russel Rice, Evans City, Pa. R.F.D. #35 Box 10 on September 11, 1908.

98. City Hospital, Fairmont, W. Va.

Fairmont W. Va. Mar. 15-23. I started to work here today. I am staying at Richards. My address is 314 Madison St. Daddy' Postcard sent to Ellen Belle Hickle, Fairchance, Pa. Box 207 on March 15, 1925.

99. Bird's Eye View of Southside Section, Fairmont, W. Va.

100. Bird's Eye View of Fairmont, W. Va.