Search Results
- IDNO:
- 017613
- Title:
- Trees near the West Virginia University Terra Alta Biological Station, Preston County, W. Va.
- Description:
- 'A Japanese Garden? No, it's a West Virginia hillside and has the best landscape gardner in the world--mother nature. Most gardeners would reject every species of plant in this two-acre exposure of Pocono sandstone but nature has work for all of them. The area is located a few miles from WVU's Terra Alta Biological station in Preston County. It is used as a natural labratory for the study of plant succession, the process where by nature in time clothes all bare areas with a covering of vegetation.'
- IDNO:
- 017715
- Title:
- Mountain Earth Snake, West Virginia University
- Description:
- 'A rare snake-this mountain earth snake is the second specimen of the sub-species found in West Virginia. It was discovered by the herpetology class working at West Virginia University's Terra Alta Biological Station this summer. The first specimen was found in 1966. The mountain earth snake scarcely a foot long and found in only western Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northern West Virginia.'
- IDNO:
- 017832
- Title:
- Orchard of D. Crane, Terra Alta, West Virginia University, Agricultural Experiment Station
- Date:
- 1910
- IDNO:
- 025773
- Title:
- Compound Freight Locomotive at Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1901
- Description:
- 'Recent type of compound freight locomotive used on the mountainous districts of the B. & O. R. R.'
- IDNO:
- 027324
- Title:
- Group Portrait of Students and Faculty of the Normal School at Terra Alta, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1913
- Description:
- G. T. Federer's sister Beatrice taught here.
- IDNO:
- 027901
- Title:
- Howser Family Picnic, Terra Alta, Preston County, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1910-1920
- IDNO:
- 027928
- Title:
- Boathouse and Section of Lake Terra Alta, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1910
- Description:
- Post card sent August 16, 1910.
- IDNO:
- 028301
- Title:
- Interior of Catholic Church, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1905-1925
- IDNO:
- 028302
- Title:
- Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1906/08/16
- Description:
- Terra Alta, W. Va. is 3300 feet above sea level.
- IDNO:
- 028303
- Title:
- View of West Main Street, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1909/10/23
- IDNO:
- 028304
- Title:
- Interior of Woolen Mill After Fire, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1911/06/28
- Description:
- Aftermath of June 29, 1911 fire at Woolen Mill in Terra Alta, W. Va..
- IDNO:
- 029218
- Title:
- Public School Building, Terra Alta, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1913/07/16
