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'Looking north at junction of the New and Gauley Rivers, forming the Kanawha River. Town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.'

157. New River Near Gauley, West V irginia

IDNO:
026531
Title:
New River Near Gauley, West V irginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking north at junction of the New and Gauley Rivers, forming the Kanawha River. Town of Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.'
'Looking downstream west northwest at mile 10.7. Montgomery, West Virginia.'

158. Montgomery, West Virginia

IDNO:
026532
Title:
Montgomery, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Looking downstream west northwest at mile 10.7. Montgomery, West Virginia.'
'Plant of Electro Metallurigical Company at Alloy, West Virginia, seven miles below Gauley River.'

159. Alloy, West Virginia

IDNO:
026533
Title:
Alloy, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Plant of Electro Metallurigical Company at Alloy, West Virginia, seven miles below Gauley River.'
'Lock 4 and bridge at Chelyan, West Virginia (right). Looking east at mile 22.8.'

160. Chelyan, West Virginia

IDNO:
026534
Title:
Chelyan, West Virginia
Date:
1932
Description:
'Lock 4 and bridge at Chelyan, West Virginia (right). Looking east at mile 22.8.'

161. Falls Mills On Little Kanawha River

IDNO:
028998
Title:
Falls Mills On Little Kanawha River
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
'Noted old Anderson mill at Falls Mills or Falls of Little Kanawha. The mill was operated by water wheel, the water following from top of falls, on north or road side of river. For many years people first found way into this Bulltown section for salt at Haymonds Salt Works and later, when this mill built about 2 miles up, carried wool here to be carded and which was woven into cloth. One trail led from Weston and Gauley Pike, up Knawls Creek, over "pigeon roost" and down.'

162. Anderson Mills at Falls of Little Kanawha

IDNO:
030837
Title:
Anderson Mills at Falls of Little Kanawha
Description:
'Noted old Anderson mill at Falls Mills or Falls of Little Kanawha. The mill was operated by water wheel, the water following from top of falls, on north or road side of river. For many years people first found way into this Bulltown section for salt at Haymonds Salt Works and later, when this mill built about 2 miles up, carried wool here to be carded and which was woven into cloth. One trail led from Weston and Gauley Pike, up Knawls Creek, over "pigeon roost" and down.'
"Kanawha County--Authorized, 1788 and organized, 1789, from Montgomery and Greenbrier. Named for Kanawha River bearing name of Indian tribe. Salt making brought early settlers into this valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants."

163. Kanawha County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia

IDNO:
030860
Title:
Kanawha County Historic Marker on U. S. Route 119 in West Virginia
Date:
1951
Description:
"Kanawha County--Authorized, 1788 and organized, 1789, from Montgomery and Greenbrier. Named for Kanawha River bearing name of Indian tribe. Salt making brought early settlers into this valley and from it grew vast modern chemical plants."
'Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River.'

164. Jones Raid Marker on U. S. Route 19 at Monogahela and Marion County Line

IDNO:
031374
Title:
Jones Raid Marker on U. S. Route 19 at Monogahela and Marion County Line
Date:
1951
Description:
'Over this route through the Monongahela Valley, April 27-29, 1863, Gen. William E. Jones led his division of Gen. John D. Imboden's Confederate army. This raid concluded with the destruction of the oil fields on the Little Kanawha River.'
'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-20525'

165. Steamboats Conveying Troops and Munitions of War for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha, Bell Air, OH.

IDNO:
033613
Title:
Steamboats Conveying Troops and Munitions of War for the Federal Forces on the Great Kanawha, Bell Air, OH.
Date:
ca. 1862
Description:
'Library of Congress Negative Number: LC-USZ6Z-20525'
A view of the flood of 1907 at Bellaire, Ohio. The increasing water is about to swallow the railway.

166. Kanawha River Packet on the Ohio River during the Flood of 1907

IDNO:
033686
Title:
Kanawha River Packet on the Ohio River during the Flood of 1907
Date:
1907
Description:
A view of the flood of 1907 at Bellaire, Ohio. The increasing water is about to swallow the railway.

167. Aerial View of the Kanawha River and Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
034442
Title:
Aerial View of the Kanawha River and Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1907-1958
"The Old Tavern was one of best known and patronized taverns anywhere along the Old James River and Kanawha Turnpike."

168. Old Tavern on Midland Trail, Ansted W. Va.

IDNO:
035099
Title:
Old Tavern on Midland Trail, Ansted W. Va.
Description:
"The Old Tavern was one of best known and patronized taverns anywhere along the Old James River and Kanawha Turnpike."