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Logs and lumber piles seen from a distance.

157. Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Mill Yard, Bergoo, W. Va.

IDNO:
000157
Title:
Pardee and Curtin Lumber Company Mill Yard, Bergoo, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Logs and lumber piles seen from a distance.
Portrait of crew with surveying equipment.

158. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

IDNO:
000158
Title:
Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
Portrait of crew with surveying equipment.
A Pardee and Curtin Company operation.

159. Cutting Bridge Stringers for a Logging Railroad

IDNO:
000159
Title:
Cutting Bridge Stringers for a Logging Railroad
Date:
1933-1934
Description:
A Pardee and Curtin Company operation.
Smoke emanating from burning mill at night.

160. Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill

IDNO:
000160
Title:
Fire at Cherry River Boom and Lumber Co. Mill
Date:
1924/12/04
Description:
Smoke emanating from burning mill at night.
Log Train passing along hillside.

161. Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Log Train

IDNO:
000161
Title:
Greenbrier, Cheat, and Elk Railroad Log Train
Date:
ca. 1916
Description:
Log Train passing along hillside.
Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949. Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.

162. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000162
Title:
Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Pardee and Curtain Lumber operation. This tree, possibly a redwood, was used to build the Titanic. More info from Comstock's "Of Times Past", 1949. Cut from Cuppernick ? Bend near Curtin, Nicholas County.
Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.

163. Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000163
Title:
Loggers Posing in Front of Giant Tree Near Curtin, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Possibly a redwood tree used in building the "Titanic". Harvested by the Pardee and Curtin Lumber Co.The man on the left is John Harvey Reid.

164. Team of William 'Bill' McCourt on Logging Road

IDNO:
000164
Title:
Team of William 'Bill' McCourt on Logging Road
Date:
1933-34
Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.

165. Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest

IDNO:
000165
Title:
Survey Crew Working on Boundaries of Monongahela National Forest
Date:
undated
Description:
Group of men pose at their camp site. None are identified.
Group portrait of loggers with their tools.

166. Loggers in Pocahontas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
000166
Title:
Loggers in Pocahontas County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Group portrait of loggers with their tools.
Men generally did not live in towns when they worked timber. Instead, they came in from outlying areas, lived in groups in barracks, and went home over the weekends. Here they lived in arks on the river.

167. Arks Tied on Greenbrier River Near Cass, W. Va.

IDNO:
000167
Title:
Arks Tied on Greenbrier River Near Cass, W. Va.
Date:
1898
Description:
Men generally did not live in towns when they worked timber. Instead, they came in from outlying areas, lived in groups in barracks, and went home over the weekends. Here they lived in arks on the river.
Group portrait of lumber workers in front of building.

168. Lumber Workers at Logging Camp in Pocahontas County

IDNO:
000168
Title:
Lumber Workers at Logging Camp in Pocahontas County
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Group portrait of lumber workers in front of building.