Caption on back of postcard reads: "Near U.S. 219 a Thomas, Tucker County, is Blackwater Falls, 63 feet high. It is the most impressive spot in the rugged gorge of the Blackwater which drains the lovely Canaan Valley, rimmed about by mountains 3,700 feet high. This region was made famous in "Blackwater Chronicles" by Porte Crayon, the pen-name of General David Hunter Strother." See original for correspondence. Published by Tygart Valley News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)

Blackwater Falls, Thomas, Tucker County, W. Va.

Identifier:: 044802
Collection Number:: A&M 1687
Title:: Blackwater Falls, Thomas, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1952
Description:: Caption on back of postcard reads: "Near U.S. 219 a Thomas, Tucker County, is Blackwater Falls, 63 feet high. It is the most impressive spot in the rugged gorge of the Blackwater which drains the lovely Canaan Valley, rimmed about by mountains 3,700 feet high. This region was made famous in "Blackwater Chronicles" by Porte Crayon, the pen-name of General David Hunter Strother." See original for correspondence. Published by Tygart Valley News Company. (From postcard collection legacy system--subject.)
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: postcard
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView