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133. Spud & Splinter Festival Parade, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039701
Title:
Spud & Splinter Festival Parade, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Built in ca. 1800.

134. Green Hotel, Triadelphia, Ohio County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039702
Title:
Green Hotel, Triadelphia, Ohio County, W. Va.
Date:
1937
Description:
Built in ca. 1800.

135. World War I Monument in Triadephia, Ohio County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039703
Title:
World War I Monument in Triadephia, Ohio County, W. Va.
Date:
1937
Seated 2,500 and was used for conventions, dances and exhibitions.

136. Market Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
039704
Title:
Market Auditorium, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1932
Description:
Seated 2,500 and was used for conventions, dances and exhibitions.
Included in a pamphlet published by the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, advertising the 401 industries in the area.

137. Proprietary Medicines Plant, Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
039705
Title:
Proprietary Medicines Plant, Wheeling, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1932
Description:
Included in a pamphlet published by the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce, advertising the 401 industries in the area.
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Savage River where it empties into the North Branch of Potomac River at Bloomington, Maryland, two miles west of Piedmont, West Virginia. On the lowlands to the left Major Mayo camped on his famous expedition in 1736. Here the surveyors, half starved, considered eating one of their own party. The discovery of a flock of wild turkeys relieved the situation."

138. Savage River, Pendleton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039757
Title:
Savage River, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Savage River where it empties into the North Branch of Potomac River at Bloomington, Maryland, two miles west of Piedmont, West Virginia. On the lowlands to the left Major Mayo camped on his famous expedition in 1736. Here the surveyors, half starved, considered eating one of their own party. The discovery of a flock of wild turkeys relieved the situation."
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Lowlands at mouth of Savage River, where Major Mayo camped in 1736, when making first survey of lands. It was here that the surveyors, half starved, considered eating one of their own part in order that all would not perish. The discovery of a flock of wild turkeys relieved the situation."

139. Lowlands at Mouth of Savage River, Pendleton County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039758
Title:
Lowlands at Mouth of Savage River, Pendleton County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Lowlands at mouth of Savage River, where Major Mayo camped in 1736, when making first survey of lands. It was here that the surveyors, half starved, considered eating one of their own part in order that all would not perish. The discovery of a flock of wild turkeys relieved the situation."
Large water-wheel is attached to the side of the mill.

140. McNeel Mill Built by Isaac McNeel, Mill Point, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039759
Title:
McNeel Mill Built by Isaac McNeel, Mill Point, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
1940
Description:
Large water-wheel is attached to the side of the mill.
Old wood structure with a stone foundation and first level.

141. Old McNeel Mill, Locust Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
039760
Title:
Old McNeel Mill, Locust Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940
Description:
Old wood structure with a stone foundation and first level.
Built on the site of the Valentine Cackley mill. Other information included with the photograph, "There has been a mill on this site since 1800. Now owned by Hogsetts."

142. Grist Mill Built by Uriah Bird, ca. 1882, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039761
Title:
Grist Mill Built by Uriah Bird, ca. 1882, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940
Description:
Built on the site of the Valentine Cackley mill. Other information included with the photograph, "There has been a mill on this site since 1800. Now owned by Hogsetts."
Confederate defenses established by General Henry Jackson, straddled the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The position was defended in an artillery fight on October, 1861, known as "The Battle of Greenbrier River"

143. Part of Confederate Fortification at Camp Bartow , Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039762
Title:
Part of Confederate Fortification at Camp Bartow , Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Description:
Confederate defenses established by General Henry Jackson, straddled the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. The position was defended in an artillery fight on October, 1861, known as "The Battle of Greenbrier River"
Once a renowned inn and stage coach stop an the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. Owned and operated by Andrew Yeager before the Civil War, the inn laid between the two armies in the fall of 1861 and became a casualty of war. The front of the structure in the photograph was rebuilt by Yeager after the war.

144. Historic Travelers Repose, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
039763
Title:
Historic Travelers Repose, Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1940
Description:
Once a renowned inn and stage coach stop an the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. Owned and operated by Andrew Yeager before the Civil War, the inn laid between the two armies in the fall of 1861 and became a casualty of war. The front of the structure in the photograph was rebuilt by Yeager after the war.