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The "Old White" is the predecessor of "The Greenbrier" in Greenbrier County.

38629. Famous 'Old White', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
039177
Title:
Famous 'Old White', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1872
Description:
The "Old White" is the predecessor of "The Greenbrier" in Greenbrier County.
The row of cottages were built in 1816. Several prominent southerners stayed here including Henry Clay.

38630. Paradise Row at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
039178
Title:
Paradise Row at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
The row of cottages were built in 1816. Several prominent southerners stayed here including Henry Clay.
Here students, having received instructions in painting, drawing and ceramics, apply the lessons by capturing the striking scenery.

38631. Old White Art Colony at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
039179
Title:
Old White Art Colony at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Here students, having received instructions in painting, drawing and ceramics, apply the lessons by capturing the striking scenery.
Several unidentified people, including children, sit on their mounts in front of the "The Greenbrier".

38632. Horseback Riding at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
039180
Title:
Horseback Riding at 'The Greenbrier', White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1936
Description:
Several unidentified people, including children, sit on their mounts in front of the "The Greenbrier".
Squire Murphy, 2nd from the left and four unidentified children.

38633. Squire Murphy and Company, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.

IDNO:
039181
Title:
Squire Murphy and Company, Tug Fork River Area, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Squire Murphy, 2nd from the left and four unidentified children.
Unidentified man sitting on top of a culvert. Several supports use to shape the culvert are lying in the foreground. This image is probably a pinpoint photograph.

38634. Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039182
Title:
Culvert on Ohio Extension of Norfolk & Western Railroad in Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Unidentified man sitting on top of a culvert. Several supports use to shape the culvert are lying in the foreground. This image is probably a pinpoint photograph.
Unidentified engineers stand outside their icicle covered cabins with a team of oxen.

38635. Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039183
Title:
Civil Engineers at Norfolk & Western Railroad's Camp Eight, Tug District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Unidentified engineers stand outside their icicle covered cabins with a team of oxen.
The subject's full name is most likely Selkirk McCoy, the son of Asa McCoy and a member of the West Virginia branch of the McCoy family in Logan County. This photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

38636. Kirk McCoy, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039184
Title:
Kirk McCoy, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
The subject's full name is most likely Selkirk McCoy, the son of Asa McCoy and a member of the West Virginia branch of the McCoy family in Logan County. This photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

38637. Ham Williamson Dwelling, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039185
Title:
Ham Williamson Dwelling, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio Extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
A wood craving illustration published in "The New York Illustrated News", with the caption: "Governor Pierrpont (sic) in front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Virginia., welcoming the Illinois troops to the soil of Virginia." Pierpont was the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, loyal to the Union during the Civil War.

38638. Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont and Illinois Troops, Wheeling, Va. (W. Va.)

IDNO:
039186
Title:
Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont and Illinois Troops, Wheeling, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1861/08/12
Description:
A wood craving illustration published in "The New York Illustrated News", with the caption: "Governor Pierrpont (sic) in front of the Custom-House, Wheeling, Virginia., welcoming the Illinois troops to the soil of Virginia." Pierpont was the governor of the Restored Government of Virginia, loyal to the Union during the Civil War.
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.

38639. Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia

IDNO:
039188
Title:
Landing Of Federal Troops at Parkersburg, Western Virginia
Date:
ca. 1861
Description:
A colored wood craving illustration of Parkersburg on the Little Kanawha River in Wood County, Va. (later West Virginia). Several Federal troops from states west of the Ohio River were deployed here during the Civil War to hold vital railroad lines and turnpikes of which Parkersburg was the terminus.
View of the Tug Fork River, looking from the Civil Engineers' Camp 6. The photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

38640. Looking Down River From Camp 6, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039189
Title:
Looking Down River From Camp 6, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
View of the Tug Fork River, looking from the Civil Engineers' Camp 6. The photograph was taken during the building of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.