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205. Store Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
034836
Title:
Store Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920-1921

206. Office Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
034837
Title:
Office Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.

207. Unidentified House at Spring Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
034838
Title:
Unidentified House at Spring Creek, W. Va.

208. Office Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
034839
Title:
Office Under Construction at Spring Creek, W. Va.
Built in 1853 and used by Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War to cross the Greenbrier River in 1861.

209. Old State Covered Bridge, Marlinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
034840
Title:
Old State Covered Bridge, Marlinton, W. Va.
Description:
Built in 1853 and used by Confederate General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War to cross the Greenbrier River in 1861.

210. Home of Judge J. C. McWhorter, Buckhannon, W. Va.

IDNO:
034841
Title:
Home of Judge J. C. McWhorter, Buckhannon, W. Va.
' 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.'

211. 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.'
'Taken from the "Viewing Spot" on Massanutten Mountain, showing Woodstock, the county seat of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and the Alleghany Mountains to the westward. At the foot of Massanutten is the Shenandoah River with its famous seven "horseshoe bends," winding its way amid fertile fields and beautiful farm properties. This view at sunset is especially inspiring and it is little wonder that Governor Spotswood and his "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" dedicated themselves to the "winning of the West" after crossing the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap.'

212. Panorama of Shenandoah Valley, Va.

IDNO:
034843
Title:
Panorama of Shenandoah Valley, Va.
Description:
'Taken from the "Viewing Spot" on Massanutten Mountain, showing Woodstock, the county seat of Shenandoah County, Virginia, and the Alleghany Mountains to the westward. At the foot of Massanutten is the Shenandoah River with its famous seven "horseshoe bends," winding its way amid fertile fields and beautiful farm properties. This view at sunset is especially inspiring and it is little wonder that Governor Spotswood and his "Knights of the Golden Horseshoe" dedicated themselves to the "winning of the West" after crossing the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap.'
Ariel view of the valley and the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad.

213. 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.

214. Elevated View of Unidentified Town

IDNO:
034845
Title:
Elevated View of Unidentified Town

215. Elevated View of Farm and Surrounding Area in Mountains

IDNO:
034846
Title:
Elevated View of Farm and Surrounding Area in Mountains

216. Country Road in West Virginia

IDNO:
034847
Title:
Country Road in West Virginia