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' 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.'

205. 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.

206. 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.

207. 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.

208. 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.

209. 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.'

210. 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.'

211. 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.

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

IDNO:
034973
Title:
Moore Kepple & Company's Store Ellamore, W. Va.
' Old Mill at Richwood, burned down Nov or Dec. 1924. Harold Stell was there when it burned.'

213. C. R. B & L. Company's Mill, Richwood, W. Va.

IDNO:
034981
Title:
C. R. B & L. Company's Mill, Richwood, W. Va.
Description:
' Old Mill at Richwood, burned down Nov or Dec. 1924. Harold Stell was there when it burned.'
Information printed on the front of this postcard photograph, "Sold by Whitmer Drug Co.".

214. P. P. & Lumber Company's Plant at Horton, W. Va.

IDNO:
034996
Title:
P. P. & Lumber Company's Plant at Horton, W. Va.
Description:
Information printed on the front of this postcard photograph, "Sold by Whitmer Drug Co.".
Postcard photograph of the falls, measuring 66 ft. high. Information included on the front of the photograph, "Erhard Bros. Jewelers & Optometrists, Thomas, W. Va. and Davis, W. Va.".

215. Blackwater Falls, Davis, W. Va.

IDNO:
035003
Title:
Blackwater Falls, Davis, W. Va.
Description:
Postcard photograph of the falls, measuring 66 ft. high. Information included on the front of the photograph, "Erhard Bros. Jewelers & Optometrists, Thomas, W. Va. and Davis, W. Va.".
Postcard photograph, information on the photograph includes, " Sold by O. C. M. Co., Drug DPT".

216. Black Fork River Showing O. C. B. & Lumber Company's Mill, Hambleton, W. Va.

IDNO:
035010
Title:
Black Fork River Showing O. C. B. & Lumber Company's Mill, Hambleton, W. Va.
Description:
Postcard photograph, information on the photograph includes, " Sold by O. C. M. Co., Drug DPT".