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From left to right 1) Unknown 2) Harold Stassen 3) Unknown 4) President Irvin Stewart.

37. Conferring a Degree, West Virginia University

IDNO:
030744
Title:
Conferring a Degree, West Virginia University
Date:
1950
Description:
From left to right 1) Unknown 2) Harold Stassen 3) Unknown 4) President Irvin Stewart.
"Early Oil Wells--To the south, birthplace of West Virginia's oil industry. On Hughes River oil was found in gravel beds in 1810. As "bank oil," a medicine, Bushrod Creel sold 100 barrels of it per year in 1836. Volcano was one of first boom oil towns."

38. Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
030871
Title:
Early Oil Wells Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
"Early Oil Wells--To the south, birthplace of West Virginia's oil industry. On Hughes River oil was found in gravel beds in 1810. As "bank oil," a medicine, Bushrod Creel sold 100 barrels of it per year in 1836. Volcano was one of first boom oil towns."
"Tollgate--The Northwestern Turnpike, a favorite project of George Washington, opened in 1838. Such highways were called "turnpikes" from the gates at which tolls were collected. This town is named for the toll gate which stood here."

39. Tollgate Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.

IDNO:
030876
Title:
Tollgate Historic Marker on U. S. Route 50 in Ritchie County, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
"Tollgate--The Northwestern Turnpike, a favorite project of George Washington, opened in 1838. Such highways were called "turnpikes" from the gates at which tolls were collected. This town is named for the toll gate which stood here."
The Place of Fashion is located on Rt. 50; the fire department is to the left. The building was once Town Hall and also housed Fitzhugh building and Knights of Pythias.

40. Barber Shop and Place of Fashion Clothing Store, Bridgeport, W. Va.

IDNO:
031276
Title:
Barber Shop and Place of Fashion Clothing Store, Bridgeport, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
The Place of Fashion is located on Rt. 50; the fire department is to the left. The building was once Town Hall and also housed Fitzhugh building and Knights of Pythias.
Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.

41. Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker

IDNO:
031419
Title:
Prince of the French Explorers Historic Marker
Date:
1950
Description:
Cairo Illinois or Mound City, Illinois or Kentucky. The marker reads: The Prince of the French Explorers--Commissioned by Louis XIV of France the Sieur Robert De La Salle, sweeping down the Mississippi with his Flotilla of canoes stopped in 1882 at this place. In his quest for the mouth of the Mississippi and an outlet for the French fur trade. This river called Ohio by the Iroquois and Quabache (Wabash) by the Algonquins was proclaimed by La Salle on April 9, 1882 to be the Northern watershed of the New Province of Louisiana of the French Colonial Empire.
A great snow fall during the week of Thanksgiving in 1950, Clarksburg, W. Va.

42. Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032303
Title:
Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A great snow fall during the week of Thanksgiving in 1950, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Three men shoveling snow in front of Wayne Feeds on the corner of School Avenue and Hewes Street near Kaiser Fraser Auto shop in Clarksburg.

43. Wayne Feeds Store after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032304
Title:
Wayne Feeds Store after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Three men shoveling snow in front of Wayne Feeds on the corner of School Avenue and Hewes Street near Kaiser Fraser Auto shop in Clarksburg.
Two men stand on the sidewalk, Hewes Street behind piled snow.

44. Hewes Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032305
Title:
Hewes Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
Two men stand on the sidewalk, Hewes Street behind piled snow.
A car completely blanketed with snow on Main Street near Empire Bank, a Tampa, Florida number plate peeks through.

45. Main Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032306
Title:
Main Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A car completely blanketed with snow on Main Street near Empire Bank, a Tampa, Florida number plate peeks through.
A snow covered Hewes Avenue looking toward North East, beyond the pile of snow Central School's tower peeks through, Clarksburg, W. Va.

46. Hewes Avenue after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032312
Title:
Hewes Avenue after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A snow covered Hewes Avenue looking toward North East, beyond the pile of snow Central School's tower peeks through, Clarksburg, W. Va.
A view of Crosby's Jewelers' storefront during the Great Thanksgiving Snow in 1950; the store is on the south Third Street behind what would be New City in 1990.

47. Crosby's Jewelers after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032315
Title:
Crosby's Jewelers after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A view of Crosby's Jewelers' storefront during the Great Thanksgiving Snow in 1950; the store is on the south Third Street behind what would be New City in 1990.
A view of snow covered 4th street, Clarksburg, W. Va.

48. 4th Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
032319
Title:
4th Street after the Great Thanksgiving Snow, Clarksburg, W. Va.
Date:
1950
Description:
A view of snow covered 4th street, Clarksburg, W. Va.