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' # 1875, Cloverlick engine used an Vindex Maryland by Raine Lumber Company, sold to M. M. & D. D. Brown in 1927.'

193. M. M. and D. D. Brown Locomotive, Clover Run, W. Va.

IDNO:
034717
Title:
M. M. and D. D. Brown Locomotive, Clover Run, W. Va.
Description:
' # 1875, Cloverlick engine used an Vindex Maryland by Raine Lumber Company, sold to M. M. & D. D. Brown in 1927.'
'This picture shows the family group of mostly sawmill men, part of whom lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Brown in the house shown and includes part of the office force and railroad crew. This group is made up as follows: Left to right: D. D. Brown(standing on the porch), Webb Helmick(standing next to D. D. B.), and Lester H. Sickler(engineer). Standing first on ground: Eugene Schock(sawyer), Charles W. Fenney(stenographer & bookkeeper), Overton(handy-boy from Towanda, Pa.), Eliza Brown(Mrs. M. L. Brown), Fred Brown( with axe, locomotive engineer), W. W. Burton(Boer War, Englishman from England), J. B. White(saw filler), M. L. Brown(mill and yard superintendent) and Sag(setter).'

194. Sawmill Crew, Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034796
Title:
Sawmill Crew, Montes, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
'This picture shows the family group of mostly sawmill men, part of whom lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Brown in the house shown and includes part of the office force and railroad crew. This group is made up as follows: Left to right: D. D. Brown(standing on the porch), Webb Helmick(standing next to D. D. B.), and Lester H. Sickler(engineer). Standing first on ground: Eugene Schock(sawyer), Charles W. Fenney(stenographer & bookkeeper), Overton(handy-boy from Towanda, Pa.), Eliza Brown(Mrs. M. L. Brown), Fred Brown( with axe, locomotive engineer), W. W. Burton(Boer War, Englishman from England), J. B. White(saw filler), M. L. Brown(mill and yard superintendent) and Sag(setter).'
'The ruins of the Montes, W. Va., Giddings & Lewis bandmill which burned on (no date written) D. D. Brown came to Elkins on the Cumberland train the night this mill burned, and they phoned in from Montes the mill was burning. Of course, we were unable to get out of there until the morning train about 9:00. M. M. and I were greeted with this ruin which was not an encouraging sight. signed; D. D. Brown'

195. Ruins of the Sawmill at Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034811
Title:
Ruins of the Sawmill at Montes, W. Va.
Description:
'The ruins of the Montes, W. Va., Giddings & Lewis bandmill which burned on (no date written) D. D. Brown came to Elkins on the Cumberland train the night this mill burned, and they phoned in from Montes the mill was burning. Of course, we were unable to get out of there until the morning train about 9:00. M. M. and I were greeted with this ruin which was not an encouraging sight. signed; D. D. Brown'
'The above picture of A. D. Neill who operated at May, W. Va., and Clover Lick, W. Va. as related in our story of the companies of Gilfillan, Neill & Co., and A. D. Neill and Son Company.'

196. A. D. Neill

IDNO:
034825
Title:
A. D. Neill
Description:
'The above picture of A. D. Neill who operated at May, W. Va., and Clover Lick, W. Va. as related in our story of the companies of Gilfillan, Neill & Co., and A. D. Neill and Son Company.'
' The above is the old log boom anchors on rock cribs to which the log booms were attached. All the mills at Grafton formed the Grafton Boom Company to impound or store the logs cut on the headwaters of the Tygarts Valley River. At times these logs reached some four or five miles back up the river from the boom. As the logs were needed by the mills they would be sorted and made into rafts and floated down to the mill of the owner as determined by their brand. The expense of this boom was prorated among the different mill operators. Previous to his coming to Grafton George Curtin, one of the partners of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, was boomed superintendent at Lock Haven, Pa., and came from there to Grafton and acted as boom superintendent on the above boom and later joined up with Barton Pardee in forming the original Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company. During the flood of 1888 all of their holdings were washed away, and it is reported that George Curtin didn't have anything left but the shirt on his back. He went to Fairmont and he and Mr. Watson went on each other's paper for a loan of a thousand dollars with which to start a business again. In driving from Grafton to Grafton Dam these boom cribs may be seen. D. D. Brown, his wife, and grandson saw these on November 11, 1945.'

197. Old Log Boom On Tygarts Valley River, Grafton, W. Va.

IDNO:
034842
Title:
Old Log Boom On Tygarts Valley River, Grafton, W. Va.
Description:
' The above is the old log boom anchors on rock cribs to which the log booms were attached. All the mills at Grafton formed the Grafton Boom Company to impound or store the logs cut on the headwaters of the Tygarts Valley River. At times these logs reached some four or five miles back up the river from the boom. As the logs were needed by the mills they would be sorted and made into rafts and floated down to the mill of the owner as determined by their brand. The expense of this boom was prorated among the different mill operators. Previous to his coming to Grafton George Curtin, one of the partners of Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company, was boomed superintendent at Lock Haven, Pa., and came from there to Grafton and acted as boom superintendent on the above boom and later joined up with Barton Pardee in forming the original Pardee & Curtin Lumber Company. During the flood of 1888 all of their holdings were washed away, and it is reported that George Curtin didn't have anything left but the shirt on his back. He went to Fairmont and he and Mr. Watson went on each other's paper for a loan of a thousand dollars with which to start a business again. In driving from Grafton to Grafton Dam these boom cribs may be seen. D. D. Brown, his wife, and grandson saw these on November 11, 1945.'
Ariel view of the valley and the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad.

198. View of Chucky Valley, C. C, & O, Ry., TN.

IDNO:
034844
Title:
View of Chucky Valley, C. C, & O, Ry., TN.
Description:
Ariel view of the valley and the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad.

199. Moore Kepple & Company's Saw Mill, Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
034853
Title:
Moore Kepple & Company's Saw Mill, Ellamore, W. Va.
In the background, unidentified workers sit at the top of the belt which carries the logs from the pond into the mill.

200. Moore Kepple & Company's Mill and Pond, Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
034854
Title:
Moore Kepple & Company's Mill and Pond, Ellamore, W. Va.
Description:
In the background, unidentified workers sit at the top of the belt which carries the logs from the pond into the mill.

201. Moore Kepple & Company's Log Train, Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
034855
Title:
Moore Kepple & Company's Log Train, Ellamore, W. Va.
'A train load of yellow popular RR standard gauge.'

202. Snow Covered Moore Kepple & Company's Log Train, Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
034859
Title:
Snow Covered Moore Kepple & Company's Log Train, Ellamore, W. Va.
Description:
'A train load of yellow popular RR standard gauge.'

203. Unloading Logs at the P. P. & L. Company's Mill, Dobbin, W. Va.

IDNO:
034953
Title:
Unloading Logs at the P. P. & L. Company's Mill, Dobbin, W. Va.

204. Moore Kepple & Company's Store Ellamore, W. Va.

IDNO:
034973
Title:
Moore Kepple & Company's Store Ellamore, W. Va.