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He organized and served as president of the Wilson Lumber Company, the Wildell Lumber Company, the Ruthbell Lumber Company, and the Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Company. He was also a director in the Bank of Mill Creek and the Tygarts Valley National Bank.

181. Portrait of Merrit Wilson, Sr., Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
034660
Title:
Portrait of Merrit Wilson, Sr., Elkins, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1942
Description:
He organized and served as president of the Wilson Lumber Company, the Wildell Lumber Company, the Ruthbell Lumber Company, and the Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Company. He was also a director in the Bank of Mill Creek and the Tygarts Valley National Bank.
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

182. Logging Equipment

IDNO:
034674
Title:
Logging Equipment
Description:
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

183. Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
034675
Title:
Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.
Description:
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

184. Logging Equipment

IDNO:
034676
Title:
Logging Equipment
Description:
'M. M & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins, W. Va., yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

185. Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
034677
Title:
Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

186. Logging Equipment

IDNO:
034678
Title:
Logging Equipment
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

187. Old Time Sawmill on Tygarts Valley River, Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
034679
Title:
Old Time Sawmill on Tygarts Valley River, Elkins, W. Va.
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

188. Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.

IDNO:
034680
Title:
Train Carrying Logging Equipment, Elkins, W. Va.
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

189. Logging Equipment

IDNO:
034681
Title:
Logging Equipment
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.

190. Logging Equipment

IDNO:
034682
Title:
Logging Equipment
Description:
'M. M. & D. D. Brown logging equipment brought into Elkins yard near sawmill for storage and reshipment to Spring Creek, W. Va.'.
'Last mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company in Columbia, South Carolina, which was a modern electrically driven mill 7' Right Hand Sinker & Davis Hooiser Band Mill on which they ran 11" x 14 Guage saw. This mill with timber was sold as of May 11 1945 to the Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Hoffman Brothers of course were the inventors of the first successful band mill with main offices at Ft. Wayne, Indiana'.

191. Last Mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company, Columbia, South Carolina

IDNO:
034684
Title:
Last Mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company, Columbia, South Carolina
Description:
'Last mill of the Hoffman Lumber Company in Columbia, South Carolina, which was a modern electrically driven mill 7' Right Hand Sinker & Davis Hooiser Band Mill on which they ran 11" x 14 Guage saw. This mill with timber was sold as of May 11 1945 to the Vestal Lumber & Mfg. Co., of Knoxville, Tennessee. The Hoffman Brothers of course were the inventors of the first successful band mill with main offices at Ft. Wayne, Indiana'.
'The above is a private railroad bridge of M. M. & D. D. Brown located just below the mouth of Little Black Fork, which was put in to go up Black Fork to get timber in that valley as well as to switch up the east bank of the Cheat River to get the timber between Little Black Fork and Rattle Snake Run. We were obliged to build a submarine bridge across Cheat River below the Stone House and go across the Old Taylor farm on the west side of the river to Little Black Fork and then cross on property where we had the right of way in order to save the Elkins Rail & Lumber Company from paying an unreasonable charge of $ 10,000 for crossing a wedge shape piece of land near the mouth of Rattle Snake in order to save the Rail Company from paying this money we spent approximately $3,500, most of which was an extra charge as we could have gotten what timber we had on the west side between Rattle Snake and Black Fork with either a temporary railroad or by skidding to the river and pulling across the river with the loader or skidder. The Rail Company was obliged to furnish the right of way on the east side river according to an agreement they had made with us; however, we wouldn't' permit them to be unreasonably held up, consequently, the crossing of the river ans recrossing at the mouth of Black Fork. The Black Fork Bridge was a hard one to maintain as it was at the mouth of Little Black Fork stream and we were bothered with a heavy current that washed the piers badly. Although, we maintained it through the life of the operation. It was later replaced with a more modern bridge by the U. S. Monongahela Forest.'

192. Railroad Bridge Built by M .M. & D. D. Brown Lumber Company, Tucker County, W. Va.

IDNO:
034704
Title:
Railroad Bridge Built by M .M. & D. D. Brown Lumber Company, Tucker County, W. Va.
Description:
'The above is a private railroad bridge of M. M. & D. D. Brown located just below the mouth of Little Black Fork, which was put in to go up Black Fork to get timber in that valley as well as to switch up the east bank of the Cheat River to get the timber between Little Black Fork and Rattle Snake Run. We were obliged to build a submarine bridge across Cheat River below the Stone House and go across the Old Taylor farm on the west side of the river to Little Black Fork and then cross on property where we had the right of way in order to save the Elkins Rail & Lumber Company from paying an unreasonable charge of $ 10,000 for crossing a wedge shape piece of land near the mouth of Rattle Snake in order to save the Rail Company from paying this money we spent approximately $3,500, most of which was an extra charge as we could have gotten what timber we had on the west side between Rattle Snake and Black Fork with either a temporary railroad or by skidding to the river and pulling across the river with the loader or skidder. The Rail Company was obliged to furnish the right of way on the east side river according to an agreement they had made with us; however, we wouldn't' permit them to be unreasonably held up, consequently, the crossing of the river ans recrossing at the mouth of Black Fork. The Black Fork Bridge was a hard one to maintain as it was at the mouth of Little Black Fork stream and we were bothered with a heavy current that washed the piers badly. Although, we maintained it through the life of the operation. It was later replaced with a more modern bridge by the U. S. Monongahela Forest.'