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Squire Murphy, 2nd from the left and four unidentified children.

39181. 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.

39182. 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.

39183. 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.

39184. 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.

39185. 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.

39186. 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.
Photograph taken of several unidentified civil engineers during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.

39187. Engineers Hunting Trouble, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039187
Title:
Engineers Hunting Trouble, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Photograph taken of several unidentified civil engineers during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
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.

39188. 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.

39189. 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.
Completed cut-roadbed for the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

39190. Redrock Roadbed Complete, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039190
Title:
Redrock Roadbed Complete, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Completed cut-roadbed for the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Two unidentified civil engineers in camp during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

39191. 'Some of the Boys' in Camp, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039191
Title:
'Some of the Boys' in Camp, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Two unidentified civil engineers in camp during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.
Ned is probably the one sitting with Ran in his lap. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

39192. Ned & Ran, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.

IDNO:
039192
Title:
Ned & Ran, Tug Fork River District, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1892
Description:
Ned is probably the one sitting with Ran in his lap. The photograph was taken during the construction of the Ohio extension of the Norfolk and Western Railroad.