This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."This is a picture of Canaan Mountain taken near where the country store and Mountain View Motel is now located and shows how bare the mountain was after the timber was cut and it had been burned by fires. This picture was taken about 1910."

Canaan Mountain, Tucker County, W. Va.

Identifier:: 050620
Collection Number:: 4151
Title:: Canaan Mountain, Tucker County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1910
Description:: This image is part of the Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Collection. The Thompson family played a large role in the timber industry of Tucker County during the 1800s, and later prospered in the region as farmers, business owners, and prominent members of the Canaan Valley community."This is a picture of Canaan Mountain taken near where the country store and Mountain View Motel is now located and shows how bare the mountain was after the timber was cut and it had been burned by fires. This picture was taken about 1910."
Subjects:: Mountains--West Virginia--Tucker County., Logging and Lumbering--Deforestation and Disasters., Lumber trade--West Virginia--Davis., Sheep--West Virginia., Logging and Lumbering--Portraits--Group.
Family Names:: Thompson family.
Geographic:: Tucker County (W. Va.), Davis (W. Va.), Canaan Valley (W. Va.)
Acquisition Source:: Fletcher, Sarah T.
Acquisition Method:: Gift
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView