The North Fork Cottages are located on Routes 4 and 28 in Cabins, W. Va., an unincorporated community in Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of Monongahela National Forest.
Text on the front reads, "Nancy Hanks, mother of Lincoln, was born beyond the Saddle. The Devil's Saddle from Allegheny Front Mountain, 8 miles west of New Creek, W. Va. U.S. 50. Elevation 2725 feet."
Virginia Electric and Power Company, Mt. Storm, W. Va.
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Text on back reads, "West Virginia Energy Center, Mt. Storm Power Station, Star Route Box 430, Mt. Storm, WV 26739. The Mount Storm Power Station is located on Mt. Storm Lake in the rugged Allegheny Mountains of north-eastern West Virginia. The 1,200-acre lake, built to serve the power station, also serves as a public recreation center. The station is known as a "mine-mouth" plant and is the largest coal-fired power station owned and operated by Virginia Power."
Text on the back reads, "Stony River Dam and $150,000,000 power plant of the Virginia Electric and Power Company near Mt. Storm, West Virginia. This new 1200 acre lake is located in some of the most rugged country in West Virginia. In the distance is the old Stony River Dam. The highway shown is W. Va. Route 93 which crosses the dam and follows Beaver Creek to Davis, West Virginia. This area is approximately 25 miles from Oakland."
America's Ideal View, near Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
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A view of the Potomac River from Capon Mountain, 5 miles north of Berkeley Springs, W. Va. On the left of the river is West Virginia, and on the right is Maryland.
White Water Racing, North Fork South Branch Potomac River, W. Va.
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Text on the back reads, "First week-end of April each year is white water racing on the North Fork. Here is the start of the 14 mile course beginning at the Mouth of Seneca and ending at the Smoke Hole in Grant County, W. Va."
White Water Canoe Racing, North Fork South Branch Potomac River, W. Va.
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Text on the back reads, "The first weekend of April each year there is white water racing over a 14 mile course, starting in Mouth of Seneca, W. Va., and ending near Petersburg, W. Va."
"Smoke Holes" refers to the Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.
Text on the back reads, "Here the South Branch of the Potomac flows through the Trough. It can best be seen only by boat and is about 2 miles long, just off U. S. 220 in Hardy and Hampshire County, W. Va."
Double Rock in Big Gap, Smoke Holes, near Upper Tract, W. Va.
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"Smoke Holes" refers to Smoke Hole Canyon, a 20 mile gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.
Hotts Cottages was located along the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in Cabins, an unincorporated community in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest.
Virginia Electric and Power Co., Mt. Storm, W. Va.
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Text on the back reads, "Mine Mouth Generating Station, at Mt. Storm, W. Va., provides power to the free world's first 500,000 volt transmission system."
