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Notes on back of photograph: "Uncle Edgar Lucher (3rd on porch), Uncle Ira Lucher (And first wife, who's name is unreadable), Uncle Sam Fordham and Clara Lucher (daughter of Aunt Nina)." Note the nets over the horses' ears to keep flies out.

41233. Horse and Carriages Outside of Fisher's General Store, Grassy Creek, W. Va.

IDNO:
041237
Title:
Horse and Carriages Outside of Fisher's General Store, Grassy Creek, W. Va.
Date:
1900
Description:
Notes on back of photograph: "Uncle Edgar Lucher (3rd on porch), Uncle Ira Lucher (And first wife, who's name is unreadable), Uncle Sam Fordham and Clara Lucher (daughter of Aunt Nina)." Note the nets over the horses' ears to keep flies out.
Fighter pilot in WWII, won many victories over Europe. After the war became a Jet test pilot and the 1st to travel faster then sound in 1947.

41234. General Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager from Lincoln County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041238
Title:
General Charles E. 'Chuck' Yeager from Lincoln County, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Fighter pilot in WWII, won many victories over Europe. After the war became a Jet test pilot and the 1st to travel faster then sound in 1947.
"Captain Bill Griffith" (William C. Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, West Virginia. Griffith captained a stern wheeler named "Peytona" on the Coal River. He was the first to navigate a stern-wheeler through the Coal River's new locks and dams in 1855. During the Civil War, Griffith served in the ranks of Company B, 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army.

41235. Captain Bill Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041239
Title:
Captain Bill Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, W. Va.
Description:
"Captain Bill Griffith" (William C. Griffith of Big Briar Creek, Boone County, West Virginia. Griffith captained a stern wheeler named "Peytona" on the Coal River. He was the first to navigate a stern-wheeler through the Coal River's new locks and dams in 1855. During the Civil War, Griffith served in the ranks of Company B, 36th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Confederate Army.
This photo was taken before retirement from active duty, July 1960. Hearne served in the West Virginia State Legislature and State Republican Party.

41236. Colonel Julian G. Hearne Jr., Wheeling, W. Va.

IDNO:
041240
Title:
Colonel Julian G. Hearne Jr., Wheeling, W. Va.
Description:
This photo was taken before retirement from active duty, July 1960. Hearne served in the West Virginia State Legislature and State Republican Party.

41237. Ned Chilton, Newspaper Editor of Charleston Gazette

IDNO:
041241
Title:
Ned Chilton, Newspaper Editor of Charleston Gazette
Commanded Confederate troops during the first invasion of Kanawha Valley, 1861. Wise was Governor of Virginia, 1856 -1860.

41238. Brigadier General Henry A. Wise

IDNO:
041242
Title:
Brigadier General Henry A. Wise
Date:
ca. 1856-1860
Description:
Commanded Confederate troops during the first invasion of Kanawha Valley, 1861. Wise was Governor of Virginia, 1856 -1860.
Director, producer, and screenwriter in the motion picture industry.

41239. Clyde Ware from West Union, Doddridge County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041243
Title:
Clyde Ware from West Union, Doddridge County, W. Va.
Description:
Director, producer, and screenwriter in the motion picture industry.

41240. Bridge Across Buffalo Creek at Cressmont, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041244
Title:
Bridge Across Buffalo Creek at Cressmont, Clay County, W. Va.
Dundon was a resort area along the Elk River.

41241. Dundon Office, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041245
Title:
Dundon Office, Clay County, W. Va.
Description:
Dundon was a resort area along the Elk River.
Probably a guest of the resort at Dundon near the Elk River.

41242. M.W. Bradley at Dundon, Clay County, W. Va.

IDNO:
041246
Title:
M.W. Bradley at Dundon, Clay County, W. Va.
Description:
Probably a guest of the resort at Dundon near the Elk River.
Colored postcard of the glass factory.

41243. Libbey Owens Glass Plant, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
041247
Title:
Libbey Owens Glass Plant, Charleston, W. Va.
Description:
Colored postcard of the glass factory.

41244. View of Tunnelton, W. Va.

IDNO:
041248
Title:
View of Tunnelton, W. Va.