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At the far side of the photo is John Barker's farm in the background. Near the side of the river is Hoke Neely farm at Surveyor Branch.

1813. Farms on the Banks of the Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048522
Title:
Farms on the Banks of the Mouth of Bluestone River, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
At the far side of the photo is John Barker's farm in the background. Near the side of the river is Hoke Neely farm at Surveyor Branch.
Surveying men and their equipment are pictured outside a large white home. Family members stand closely by. Subjects are unidentified.

1814. Surveyors and Equipment at a House in Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048562
Title:
Surveyors and Equipment at a House in Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Surveying men and their equipment are pictured outside a large white home. Family members stand closely by. Subjects are unidentified.
A group of men and one young boy stand in front of the C. & O. Fire Hose Station. O. P. Garten, husband of Ruby Garten, is third man from right in the back row. The remaining subjects are unidentified.

1815. C. & O. Carpenters Force at Avis Railroad Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048574
Title:
C. & O. Carpenters Force at Avis Railroad Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
A group of men and one young boy stand in front of the C. & O. Fire Hose Station. O. P. Garten, husband of Ruby Garten, is third man from right in the back row. The remaining subjects are unidentified.
Three unidentified men are pictured inside the telegraph office, where the ticket office was later located.

1816. HX Telegraph Office, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048605
Title:
HX Telegraph Office, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three unidentified men are pictured inside the telegraph office, where the ticket office was later located.
Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.

1817. Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048619
Title:
Railroad Employees Sitting on Store Porch, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Conductor O. J. Hellems, who died October 5, 1973, and sheet metal worker L. M. Reid are pictured.
Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.

1818. Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048650
Title:
Train at Hinton Yards, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Engine No. 2101, named "Chessie Steam Special", is pictured on the C. & O. track.
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."

1819. Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia

IDNO:
048690
Title:
Mallet Locomotive Pulling Coal Train through Southeastern West Virginia to Western Virginia
Date:
undated
Description:
Photo description reads, "2-8-8-2 H-7 Mallet used on coal train between Hinton (Summers County, W. Va.) and Handley (Kanawha County, W. Va.), and between Hinton and Clifton Forge (Alleghany County, Va.) from 1924 until replace by the 2-66-6 H 8's during 1940."
Three unidentified women, accompanied by two unidentified men, are pictured sitting on the railing of the wooden bridge.

1820. Group Pictured on Footbridge in Forest near Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
048696
Title:
Group Pictured on Footbridge in Forest near Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Three unidentified women, accompanied by two unidentified men, are pictured sitting on the railing of the wooden bridge.
Huntington was the president of the C. & O. Railway when the line moved, in 1972, into what would later become Hinton and Summers County, W. Va.Huntington purchased, for the railroad, all the land where the City of Hinton now stands at public auction. He later purchased from the railroad all the land that would not be used by the railroad.

1821. Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway

IDNO:
048700
Title:
Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Date:
undated
Description:
Huntington was the president of the C. & O. Railway when the line moved, in 1972, into what would later become Hinton and Summers County, W. Va.Huntington purchased, for the railroad, all the land where the City of Hinton now stands at public auction. He later purchased from the railroad all the land that would not be used by the railroad.
Meador wearing a hat and jacket.

1822. Ernest Meador of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048714
Title:
Ernest Meador of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Meador wearing a hat and jacket.
Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.

1823. Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048715
Title:
Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.
Portrait of the older woman.

1824. Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048716
Title:
Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of the older woman.